Admission requirements and deadlines
In order to start studying at the International School of Management, please first send the documents below by e-mail to your study advisor.
This is what you need for the first check of your application:
(more details you will find under "Documents to be submitted")
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- A successfully completed Bachelor's degree (transcript of records) comprising at least 180 ECTS points (for the Fast Track option 210 ECTS points), or
- An equivalent course of study at an university, university of applied sciences or a foreign university of equivalent level.
In addition to the general admission requirements, the following examination results must have been achieved in the first degree program:
Proof of at least 30 ECTS credits from a psychology or psychology-related (e.g. business psychology, communication sciences) or economics subject area. Of these, at least 10 ECTS credits must have been earned in quantitative, quantitative-methodological subjects (e.g. empirical social or market research, statistics, business mathematics, decision calculation, scientific methods, econometrics).
You do not need any prior knowledge of (business) psychology. Missing subject-specific ECTS from the Bachelor's degree program can be replaced by subject-specific internships or subject-specific professional experience. Subject-specific activities are considered to be in the following areas:
- Marketing
- Market research
- Human resources
- Consulting/Coaching.
Your next steps:
If you would like to apply, we invite you to register online for the admission test. You will then receive a confirmation of enrolment to the test with a link to our Online Application Portal and the concrete date of your interview.
Deadlines:
We have no fixed applications deadlines here at ISM, but we kindly ask international applicants who require a visa for studying in Germany to submit their application documents by July 15th of the same year.
Register for an admission test
If you have any further questions regarding the application process and deadlines for students not requiring a visa, please contact our study advisors.
