International School of Management GmbH (ISM) is a German

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headquartered in

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. It is a private university with state recognition.

Overview

The International School of Management (ISM) is a private, state-recognized

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that has been offering career focused management education programs with an international orientation. ISM has seven campuses in

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, Cologne,

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and Berlin.

History

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Originally founded in 1990 as IDB-Wirtschaftsakademie in Dortmund by Klaus Evard, it was renamed the International School of Management (ISM) in 1992. In 1994 it was recognized as a private

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. The company shares were taken over in 1998 by ESO Education Group. In 2006, in accordance with the Bologna Process, ISM switched the

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a courses to

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and

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courses .

Accreditation

ISM is recognized by the Ministry of Science of North Rhine-Westphalia, giving degrees that it issues equal status to those obtained at state universities. In June 2004, ISM gained accreditation from the

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for a period of ten years; this was renewed for a further 10 years in 2015. The university first received accreditation from the

FIBAA The Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA) is recognised accreditation body in all German speaking countries (Germany-Switzerland-Austria), FIBAA was founded in 2002 to accredit schools of business. Since the la ...

for its MBA program in 2003. Since then all ISM study programs have received FIBBA accreditation.

Ranking

In the 2020

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, ISM ranked highest for Internationality, Contact to professional practice and Support at the beginning of studies. In the 2020

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ranking, ISM achieved a global Top 25 score in the categories, Contact to work environment and Student mobility. In the 2019

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Ranking, for

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, ISM came 4th in private universities and 14th overall.

Partnerships

As of 3 September 2019, ISM is partnered with 188 universities across 43 different countries.

Notable people

Academic staff

* Ulrich Lichtenthaler *

Bert Rürup Hans-Adalbert Rürup (born 7 November 1943) is a German economist and former chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts. He was formerly a professor of economics at the Darmstadt University of Technology. From 2010 to 2012, he was presi ...

Hermann Schubert __NOTOC__ Hermann Cäsar Hannibal Schubert (22 May 1848 – 20 July 1911) was a German mathematician. Schubert was one of the leading developers of enumerative geometry, which considers those parts of algebraic geometry that involve a finite nu ...

References

External links

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