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EBS Full-time MBA

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10 great reasons for earning your MBA at EBS

1) A comprehensive yet tailored international MBA that

enables you to develop excellent business and

management knowledge to advance successfully in

today’s dynamic and complex global business

environment.

2) Three-track programme structure allows you to

choose the MBA focus that builds upon your prior

academic and work experience and positions you

successfully to reach your professional goals.

3) Instruction in English by reputable EBS faculty with

guest lectures and talks delivered by distinguished

practitioners from the corporate world.

4) High-impact, intensive learning in small groups based

on state-of-the-art teaching and learning methods.

5) Opportunity to apply what you learn in class while

working on business projects individually or in teams.

6) Personal development and individual coaching in

one-to-one sessions to help you reflect on your goals

and support you in mastering your personal and

professional challenges.

7) Support provided to enable you to position yourself

in the job market and take your next career step.

8) Excellent career platforms and networking

possibilities through a strong corporate network

encompassing more than 200 international

organizations and the EBS Alumni network.

9) An excellent study experience in Germany given

Germany’s high overall quality of life, excellent

national infrastructure and high level of personal

safety. International students in particular enjoy

discovering exciting locations in Germany and nearby

European cities – such as Berlin, Munich, London,

Brussels, Paris, and Vienna – all of which are just a

train ride away.

10) German companies are respected around the world

for their technical leadership and competence. Many

of them work closely with academic institutions to

provide internship opportunities to qualified students,

and have placed an increased emphasis on hiring

highly trained and qualified applicants to work in

Germany or as employees of German firms in their

home countries.

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“Since business is my passion, choosingthe MBA programme at EBS was clearly thenatural choice for me. The EBS reputationin Germany is excellent, not only becauseof its high-quality education, but alsobecause of its extensive corporate network.Additionally, the MBA offers the ideal mixof international connections, individualattention and practical relevance. Overall,it best prepares me for taking onmanagerial responsibility in my futureprofessional career.”

Albert S., MBA student


Germany: among the world’s leading economic and academic centresA global economic and business successDespite the challenges facing the global economic environment and financial markets, Germany remains among the world’s mostdynamic and robust economies. The country’s foundations for long-term competitiveness and employment are rooted in itscomprehensive university and vocational training systems, deepexpertise in engineering, science, business and finance, and arelentless competitive focus placed on quality.

Germany’s economy is the largest in Europe, the fourth largest inthe world on a nominal GDP basis, and ranks third in total globalexports.

Germany excels in many global industries, such as automotive,machinery, electrical and precision engineering, chemicals,technology and software. German companies are among the world’sleaders in alternative energy research, development, manufacturingand project delivery, particularly in the wind turbine and solarpower sectors. Many German companies provide qualified studentsthe opportunity to do internships or conduct collaborative research.

In addition to being home to many large, multi-national firms,Germany's industry growth is also driven by 3 million small andmedium sized enterprises (SMEs). These are family-owned companieswith fewer than 500 employees, but which in total employ morethan 70 % of the country’s workforce. Germany also hosts many ofthe world’s largest annual international trade fairs and congressesin cities such as Hanover, Frankfurt and Berlin.

Studying in GermanyGermany’s global economic and technological leadership is based inpart on the excellent reputation enjoyed by its universities. Eachyear nearly a quarter of a million international students, totallingmore than 10 % the total number of the country’s students, engagein academic study and research across the country.

They are attracted by a range of international study and researchopportunities and the desire to be a part of an international, highlyqualified academic community.

During recent years, Germany has adapted its university system andcourses of study to be fully aligned with international academicstandards and practices governing Bachelor, Master and MBAprogrammes. University accreditation, such as EQUIS, ensures thatthe degrees students earn enjoy full recognition around the world.

As in any country, employment opportunities in Germany dependupon prevailing business trends and the macroeconomic situation.German companies have, however, placed an increased emphasison hiring highly trained and qualified employees who can workeither in Germany or as employees of German firms in their homecountries. German companies work closely with academic institutionsto provide internship and employment opportunities to qualifiedstudents. As an international graduate with a degree from a Germanuniversity, job opportunities on the German market are available toyou. If you are not a German citizen but wish to work in Germany, youmay prepare yourself for this possibility while you are a student,which includes studying the German language.

Non-EU students are permitted to work part-time for up to 120 daysa year in Germany while studying at a recognized German university.Following graduation, students are permitted to stay in Germany forup to 18 months and work up to 120 days while seeking employmentcommensurate with their studies.

Advancing your career through facilities offered at EBSWe are able to draw on the know-how and wide-reaching experienceof more than 200 corporate partners. Reputable firms provide EBSwith support and guidance so that an optimal combination oftheory and practice is one of our key success factors.

EBS Career Services staff and external trainers support students intheir search for internships and in identifying their next careeropportunity.

Our alumni network maintains important links to a number ofindustry sectors. The strong bond shared among EBS alumni andtheir close ties with their alma mater are a valuable resource forstudents who are looking to make their next career move.

The EBS Coaching Programme, although not a formal part of theprogramme curriculum, has played a significant role in ourstudents’ success over a number of years. Offered on a voluntarybasis, our individualized coaching is a unique supplement to theMBA course of study. Experienced coaches – managers fromindustry – provide support and mentoring to participating students.

Through intercultural training and language courses you are able toget the most out of your study experience and career possibilities(International Track and Gateway to Germany Track). You have thechance through individual projects to sharpen your skills anddevelop a deeper sense of your career direction. This calls for youto demonstrate individual initiative, creativity, organizational talentand effective teamwork skills. Achieving a high level of criticalreflection and the ability for you to transfer your learningexperience into your next job are major objectives of the EBS MBA.

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EBS Business SchoolEBS is the top address in Germany for tomorrow’s executives andbusiness leaders, and home to one of the largest business andmanagement studies faculties in Germany with around 40 outstandingprofessors and more than 30 renowned guest professors andlecturers from around the world.

Founded in 1971, EBS is the oldest private business school in Germany.EBS is also a leading university in the field of executive education withmore than 6,500 professionals and executives taking part yearly in 30specialist executive education programmes. The number of EBS partneruniversities worldwide now numbers more than 200.

Over 200 EBS corporate partners, including many DAX-listed companiesand law firms, are a testimony to the practical, business-orientededucation gained by EBS students in the Bachelor’s, Master’s, MBAand Executive MBA programmes.

Internationality – strengthening your intercultural competenceFor more than 40 years internationality has been paramount at EBS.This is reflected in campus life, English as the language of instruction,the steadily increasing number of international professors, guestlecturers, number of international students from partneruniversities as well as the opportunity to spend a semester at anEBS partner university, depending upon your chosen track of study.

EBS CampusYour courses will take place largely on the EBS campus, situateddirectly along the Rhine River in the picturesque Rheingau wineregion, yet located close to the state capital of Wiesbaden and thefinancial metropolis of Frankfurt. With 320,000 companies and apopulation of nearly 5 million, the Rhine-Main area is Germany’sinternational business hub. The varied offerings of Wiesbaden,Mainz and Frankfurt make the EBS campus an ideal location forbusiness, culture and study.

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Choose one of our three excellent MBA track options that best suitsyour personal situation and professional goals. This permits you topursue a curriculum of study that matches your academic andprofessional background as well as your career development goals.Students from all three tracks share the same core modules duringthe first two semesters. This promotes a direct and personalexchange of academic, professional and cultural experience withfellow students and contributes to a strong group dynamic.

• Gateway to Germany TrackA 16-month programme of study designed specifically forinternational students who seek to gain an in-depth understandingof life in Germany and who are looking to prepare themselves fora career in the German corporate world or for employment with aGerman subsidiary in their home country or elsewhere, or withany of the hundreds of thousands of German corporate businesspartners.

Choose the MBA that suits your situation best

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Core Curriculum IISpring Semester Personalized PhaseSummer Break

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For all TracksCoaching, Mentoring, Career Development

• International TrackA 16-month programme of study designed for students for whoma semester of studying at one of the EBS partner universitiesaround the world will provide them with a higher level ofinternational experience and understanding sought after byemployers today. This also includes the possibility of obtaining adual degree in cooperation with the MIT-Zaragoza InternationalLogistics Programme in Spain.

• Accelerated TrackA 12-month programme of study designed exclusively forstudents with a strong first academic degree and at least fiveyears of relevant work experience. This programme providesstudents with the general management training required toenable them to move up within their existing organization, withthe background to help them advance their career in a differentindustry or functional area, and with the skills and knowledge toset up their own business.

“I founded an organization called 31 Projects to address the gap between social enterprises, non-profits, and entrepreneurs in need of help and students who have the skills to provide the needed assistance. The time spent at EBS and my term abroad at the IIM Ahmedabad gave me a well-rounded set of capabilities that are crucial in mycurrent role as an entrepreneur, where one has to be a master of all the diverse aspects of running a business."

Jon Reifschneider, USA, MBA alumnus

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Global Consulting Project

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MBA Project • Data Analysis for Business Decisions & Managerial Economics

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• Creating Operational Excellence

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Gateway to Germany Track:Prepare yourself to engage in the German corporate world

Welcome to German businessThe Gateway to Germany Track is tailored to familiarize internationalstudents with German society, culture and business and equip themwith the language and soft skills necessary to succeed in a German-speaking business setting. This track is ideal for those students whoaspire to work in a German-speaking country or internationally withGerman subsidiaries or country organizations or with any of thethousands of German corporate partners or suppliers.

German language training and practical project exposure add astrategic edge to your professional profile.

The Global Consulting Project is designed to lead you through themanagement consulting process. It includes developing andpresenting a consulting proposal and subsequently implementingthe consulting project.

• 16-month MBA with the focus on general management • German language & cultural training• Global Consulting Project• Exposure to a strong network and German corporate

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• You are looking for an MBA to prepare you to work in a German-speaking environment or with German companies abroad

• You would like to acquire practical and relevant managerial skills and a background in general management

Gateway to Germany Track Your Aspiration


Argentina • Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires

Australia• Macquarie University, Sydney

Brazil• Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo• COPPEAD, Rio de Janeiro• Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas

de São Paulo, São Paulo

Costa Rica• INCAE, Alajuela

Chile• Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC), Santiago• Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economia y Negocios, Santiago

China• Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong

University, Shanghai• Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Business, Guangzhou

India• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), Ahmadabad• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), Bangalore• Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), Kolkata• Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIMI), Indore• Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK), Kozhikode• Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML), Lucknow• Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon

Korea• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul• Seoul National University, College of Business Administration, Seoul• Yonsei University, Seoul

Mexico• Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

(ITESM), Mexico City

Peru• Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados (ESAN),

Lima

Philippines• Asian Institute of Management, Makati City

South Africa• University of Witswatersrand, Wits Business School, Johannesburg

Taiwan• National Chengchi University, College of Commerce, Taipei• National Taiwan University, College of Management, Taipei

Thailand• Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration at

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

Uruguay• Universidad ORT, Montevideo

USA• University of Montana, Missoula, Montana• Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management,

Nashville, Tennessee

This track provides you with extensive exposure to the complexitiesof the global business environment and equips you with themanagerial tools needed to operate in a geographically dispersedsetting. Additionally, you will spend your third semester abroad atone of our partner universities. The core curriculum iscomplemented with a specialist module in InternationalManagement and a module in Language & Culture.

EBS maintains a dynamic network of partner universities around theworld to afford our MBA students with a wide range of study optionsfor their semester abroad. Some of the partner universities thatcurrently maintain MBA-level study possibilities based on studentexchange include the following:

International Track: Prepare yourself for the global business world

• You want to prepare yourself to take over management responsibility in a global context

• You want to enhance your business education through international experience and develop a network with international students abroad

• 16-month MBA with the focus on international general management

• Intercultural skills training• Integrated study term abroad• Access to strong alumni network and corporate partners

Your AspirationInternational Track


Accelerated Track:Build on your prior experience to accelerate your career opportunities

Strengthen your foundation for the futureThe Accelerated Track is a 12 months full-time programme designedfor students with a well-rounded professional background and whoaim to return to the workforce quickly after gaining a generalmanagement education.

The core curriculum comprises a solid foundation of managerial andleadership knowledge. Strategic skills, intercultural competencies,managing in turbulent times, leading responsibly and adaptingsuccessfully to a rapidly changing business environment are anessential part.

• Compact 12-month MBA with the focus on general management

• You are academically accomplished and have at least 5 years of business work experience

• You would like to gain a solid theoretical foundation and general management training

• You want to broaden your business knowledge and skills to advance your current career or make a career change

Accelerated Track Your Aspiration

“After more than 8 years in thecorporate world, I felt the need toacquire more modern business knowledgeto push myself and my company further.As a member of the board of directors,my responsibility is to be constantly onmy feet. In a rapidly changing businessworld one has to keep up or fall behind.

As I did not want to join a part-timeprogramme but rather an intensive full-time programme, the EBS MBA wasjust the right choice for me with itscomprehensive curriculum encompassingtopics that were lacking in my personaland professional growth. The curriculumwas state-of-the-art and I could applythe lessons I learnt directly into mybusiness, which I continued during mystudies.”

Olga Moshun, Ukraine, MBA alumnus

Improving your soft skills will be of great importance to sharpenyour professional profile. Master a range of skills in communicationand conflict resolution, presentation and facilitation, understandingpower and politics in organizations, and negotiation management toqualify you for the next step in your career at higher levels ofresponsibility and authority.

Taking your advanced professional and academic background intoconsideration, you move on directly to your MBA Project which willbe completed immediately following the core curriculum.


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Qualification for admissions

To be considered qualified for admission to the MBA programme, wewill normally expect you to:

• Hold a degree equivalent to a Bachelor’s or higher• Demonstrate fluency in spoken and written English, typically

gained from prior studies / work experience• Have a minimum of three years of work experience (five years for

the Accelerated Track)• Demonstrate an above-average level of motivation and the ability

to contribute actively to the programme

Admissions procedure and requirements

To initiate the application process please upload the followingdocuments (www.ebs.edu/mba):

• Completed application form• Detailed CV / résumé• Copy of your academic degree(s)• Copy of your academic transcript(s)• Copy of professional qualification / certification certificate(s)• GMAT / GRE score• English language certification (TOEFL / IELTS score)• Two references in English• Two recent passport photographs• Motivation letter

Application deadline

The deadline for application is June 30 each year. Please submityour completed application documents as early as possible.Following the verification of your application materials, you will beinterviewed either in person or via telephone conference. EBS has arolling admissions process; for full details please visit us atwww.ebs.edu/mba.

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Fees and Scholarships

International Track and Gateway to Germany Track: 32,500 eurosAccelerated Track: 23,500 euros

EBS awards a number of scholarships annually to qualifiedapplicants. Early applicants may have improved chances of securingscholarship funding. For full details visit us at www.ebs.edu/mba.

Milestones1971 Founding of European Business

School in Offenbach

1987 Start of executive education

1989 /1992 Awarded higher education statusby the German state of Hesse

1993 Right to confer doctoral degrees

1998 Right to confer post-doctoral (professorial) qualification

2000 First award of MBA dual degrees in cooperation with internationalpartner universities

2004 First higher education institutionin Germany to complete the transition to Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes

2007 Launch of the Master’s programmes

2008 Launch of the EMBA programme in cooperation with Durham Business School (UK)

Launch of the MBA programme

2009 Establishment of the House of Logistics & Mobility (HOLM)

2010 Founding of EBS Law School

2011 Granted status and designation as EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht

Start of the first year of studentsat EBS Law School

2012 Awarded accreditation by EQUIS and the German Council of Sciences and Humanities


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About EBS

EBS – top address for tomorrow’s managersand legal professionals

• One of the largest business andmanagement studies faculties in Germany with around 40 outstanding professors and over 30 renowned guest professors and lecturers from around the world in 6 departments

• Innovative and inspiring law faculty with a unique teaching concept: 3 high level degrees in less than 5 years

• Currently over 1,500 students, around 170 exchange students, 170 doctoral students; 20 % international students enrolled in the full-time programmes

• Around 300 new students per year in the Bachelor’s, over 150 in the Master’s, MBA and EMBA programmes, and around 115 in the first state examination in law programme

• More than 6,500 specialists and executivestaking part yearly in 30 specialist executiveeducation programmes

• Personal development and Coaching programme open to all students

• More than 200 partner universities worldwide

• Over 200 corporate partners, including many DAX-listed companies and law firms

• More than 10,000 alumni spread over 30 countries

Rankings and accreditations

• In April 2012 EBS Business School received EQUIS accreditation

• The Durham & EBS Executive MBA is AMBA accredited

• All EBS programmes are FIBAA accredited

• In May 2012, EBS Universität was awarded accreditation by the German Council of Science and Humanities

• Ranked 1st in Germany and 13th in Europe in the QS Global 200 Top Business Schools Report 2012 ‘Employers Choice’

• Ranked 3rd as the best private university for business studies in Germany, 2012

EBS stands for:

We offer a unique network.

Responsibility Internationality

Excellence

We think, act and orientate ourselves globally.

We set the highest standards in education, research, and academic consultancy services for business-relevant topics.

We provide a practice-oriented, all-embracing education to produceresponsible individuals.

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EBS Universitätfür Wirtschaft und Recht

Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 365189 WiesbadenGermany

Phone +49 611 7102 00Fax +49 611 7102 1999

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Contact Jonathan PowerBusiness Development ManagerEurope, Middle East & Africa

Phone +49 611 7102 1572

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Sean Michael BipsBusiness Development ManagerAmericas & India

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David WindsorBusiness Development ManagerAsia

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