• Standard period of study: 1 semester as preparation for any of the ISM master's
• Campuses: Dortmund, Frankfurt/Main, Munich, Berlin
• Degree: Pre-Master qualifying for pursuing a Master of Arts/Master of Science
• Accreditations: AACSB, FIBAA, German Accreditation Council

Only around 6% of business schools worldwide are AACSB-accredited – an internationally recognized mark of quality for excellence in teaching, research, and social impact.

Sound knowledge of business administration is often the prerequisite for a Master's programme in the field of management. However, many interested students do not meet the admission requirements with their Bachelor's programme.

The compact preparatory semester enables you to qualify for the diverse Master's programme at ISM. It doesn't matter in which field you have completed your Bachelor's degree: we make you fit for the Master's!

In the one-semester Pre-Master, which starts each spring semester at ISM, students with a non-economic Bachelor degrees receive a sound business education at university level qualifying them for a later Master's degree. The programme has been specially tailored to the needs of prospective managers so that they are optimally prepared for a Master's degree in a management or business administration program.

In addition to the basic principles of business administration, accounting and quantitative methods, students also learn about human resource management and international marketing.

Principles of Business Administration

• Principles of Procurement & Production (2,5 ECTS)
• Principles of Marketing (2,5 ECTS)

Financial Reporting & Taxation

• Financial Reporting (3,5 ECTS)
• Taxation (1,5 ECTS)

Management Theory & Practice

• Corporate Management (2,5 ECTS)
• Strategic Management (2,5 ECTS)

Principles of Finance

• Investment Theory & Finance (2,5 ECTS)
• Cost Accounting (2,5 ECTS)

Quantitative Methods for Business

• Business Mathematics (2,5 ECTS)
• Statistics (2,5 ECTS)

International Business

• International Management (2,5 ECTS)
• Intercultural Management (2,5 ECTS)

• a successfully completed bachelor's degree, comprising at least 180 ECTS points, or
• an equivalent course of study at a university or university of applied sciences or a foreign university of equivalent level, and
• the application documents as well as
• participation in a multi-level entrance test (written and oral).