International School of Management GmbH (ISM) is a German

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headquartered in

Dortmund Dortmund (; ; ) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the List of cities in Germany by population, ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city ...

. 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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(2007),

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

(2009),

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

(2010),

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

(2014),

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

(2016) and

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

(2019).

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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for originally five years and received an extension. The company shares were taken over in 1998 by ESO Education Group. In 2006, in accordance with the

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, 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

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for its MBA program in 2003. Since then all ISM study programs have received FIBBA accreditation. Since 2024 ISM is also accredited by

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Ranking

In the 2023 CHE University Ranking, ISM ranked highest in the fields for Support at the beginning of the studies, graduation in due course and work experience. 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 countries.

Notable people

Academic staff

* Ulrich Lichtenthaler *

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* Hermann Schubert

References

External links

* {{coord missing, North Rhine-Westphalia Business schools in Germany Universities and colleges in North Rhine-Westphalia Private universities and colleges in Germany 1990 establishments in Germany Universities and colleges established in 1990