The European School of Management and Technology, also known as ESMT Berlin, is a private non-profit business school based in Berlin, Germany. The business school was founded in 2002 by 25 global companies and institutions including Bosch, KPMG, Siemens and T-Mobile. ESMT Berlin offers a master's degree in Management, a Full-time MBA, and an Executive MBA, as well as executive education in the form of open enrollment and customized programs. ESMT Berlin is one of four business schools in Germany with the Triple accreditation. It is one of the most prestigious business schools in Europe, ranked 9th by the Financial Times.
Programs
ESMT Berlin offers a Master's in Management, a Full-time MBA, a Part-time MBA, an Executive MBA, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management, and several executive education courses. It also has a PhD program.
Financial Times Executive Education The top 30 schools worldwide 2019: 12
Financial Times Executive Education Open 2019: 8
Financial Times Executive Education Customized 2019: 18
Campuses
Berlin
The school's headquarters and main campus is located in the former GDR Staatsratsgebäude in Berlin next to the Federal Foreign Office and opposite of the UNESCO world cultural heritage Museum Island. Constructed in 1960s’ socialist architectural style to host the Staatsrat of the GDR, it represented the supreme institution of the East German state governance. From 2004 to 2005 the building underwent an extensive renovation supervised by the German architectHG Merz. The main foyer is accessible to the public and guided tours are available.
The school's Cologne campus, Schloss Gracht, is a historic castle and grounds where the Metternich family lived for centuries. From 1968 it was the home of the Universitätsseminar der Wirtschaft which offered executive education courses. USW was later integrated into ESMT Berlin and became the site of ESMT's German-language executive education courses. After successfully integrating the courses into the main campus of ESMT in Berlin, Schloss Gracht was sold as of November 30, 2018. It will be converted into a stress and sports medicine centre.
Centers and chairs
Centers
Center for Financial Reporting and Auditing
Center for Leadership Development Research
Center for Sustainable Business and Leadership
Digital Society Institute
Hidden Champions Institute
Institute for Endowment Management and Entrepreneurial Finance
The main governance structures are the Executive Management Committee, chaired by Jörg Rocholl, PhD, President and Managing Director of ESMT Berlin and the Supervisory Board of ESMT GmbH chaired by Werner Zedelius, Senior Advisor, Allianz SE.
