Degree guide · Germany
Business master's in Germany
MSc International Business, MiM, MBA and specialist business master's at German universities and business schools — pre-experience and post-experience — with rankings, tuition and admission facts.
Programmes295in Germany
Universities121
Duration24 mo143 of 295
Tuition (non-EU)€307 – €52,500recorded fees, 185 of 295
The degree, plainly
Germany's business master's landscape splits between tuition-free public universities (Mannheim, LMU Munich, Frankfurt Goethe, Cologne, HU Berlin — €150–400/sem) and private business schools (Frankfurt School, WHU Otto Beisheim, Mannheim Business School, ESMT Berlin, EBS, HHL Leipzig — €20,000–€40,000/yr). Mannheim's Master in Management sits in the FT MiM global top-30; WHU and Frankfurt School follow. Programme mix spans pre-experience MiM / MSc International Business, specialist MScs (marketing, HR, supply chain, entrepreneurship), and post-experience MBAs at Mannheim, Frankfurt School and ESMT. Admission expects a business or economics bachelor's, GMAT/GRE at competitive schools, IELTS 6.5–7.0.
Top schools
Ranked using THE / QS / ARWU where available.
ESMT Berlin
Berlin · 7 programmes
FT EBS #12
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
Düsseldorf · 7 programmes
FT EBS #20
Technical University of Munich
Munich · 4 programmes
THE #26
University of Mannheim
Mannheim · 4 programmes
FT MiM #28
University of Cologne
Cologne · 3 programmes
FT MiM #37
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Leipzig · 9 programmes
FT MiM #46
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg · 2 programmes
THE #47
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Munich · 3 programmes
QS_WORLD_2025 #59
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen · 1 programme
THE #92
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin · 3 programmes
QS_WORLD_2025 #97
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg · 4 programmes
THE #125
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Berlin · 1 programme
QS_WORLD_2025 #126
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin · 3 programmes
THE #140
Mainz University of Applied Sciences
Mainz · 4 programmes
ARWU #151
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main · 2 programmes
ARWU #151
Programmes by school
Up to three programmes per top school — click through for admission facts and tuition.
ESMT BerlinBerlin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of ManagementDüsseldorf
University of MannheimMannheim
University of CologneCologne
Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg
Freie Universität BerlinBerlin
Universität HamburgHamburg