Hochschule Esslingen · Esslingen University of Applied Sciences

The Esslingen University of Applied Sciences has been built on a long tradition of excellence in engineering education. Esslingen and Stuttgart are at the heart of the German automotive industry: many of the engineers that built this industry were educated here.

The central philosophy of Esslingen university is to offer degree programs that are both practice-oriented and constantly keeping abreast of industrial and corporate development. Small classes enable intensive cooperation between staff and students. Practice semesters, project work, group work and a thesis in the industry all aim towards successfully preparing students for an academically sound, professional career. The outstanding teaching quality and continual striving towards excellence have ensured that Esslingen university is regularly ranked among the top German universities.

Beginning in 1868 as a school for engineers, our university has expanded and changed with the times now to incorporate a highly successful Faculty of Business: an excellent basis for our MBA program in International Industrial Management.

One of the pioneers in the field of international graduate education in Germany, the Esslingen Graduate School offers a fully accredited MBA program taught in English to students from around the world.

Alumna Dr. Grace NG-KRÜLLE, MBA 1999, now a Research Fellow at Solution Forest in Australia wrote: "The Esslingen MBA is a melting pot of culture, a platform for brainstorming ideas and for building relationships that cut across conventional borders."

Our teaching faculty is comprised of professors from our university, international professors from our partner universities, as well as lecturers from our corporate and industrial partners.

Please see "How to apply" at www.graduate-school.de/mba

Please see "How to apply" at www.graduate-school.de/mba

Students are required to pay study fees of 1200 euros per semester. There is an additional enrollment fee of 116 euros per semester. There are no other study fees.

Esslingen

Located approximately 15 km from Stuttgart's industrial centre, Esslingen is a romantic medieval city set amidst the vineyards of the Neckar Valley in southern Germany. Around 1830, Esslingen was the most industrialised city in the kingdom of Württemberg and, to this day, it has remained a major centre for all kinds of engineering and related industries.

The region around Esslingen is home to some of the most famous corporations in the world of business. This mixture of industry, trade and culture is what gives Esslingen its special flair and atmosphere and forms the foundation on which the University of Applied Sciences has flourished.

Esslingen is easily accessible: Stuttgart International Airport is approximately 13km south of Stuttgart city centre and provides flights to and from a wide range of destinations throughout Europe. Rail links connect Stuttgart to most other major German cities as well as operating international services to Paris, Strasbourg, Vienna and Zurich.

The local student services run a number of student hostels, in three of which our students are normally lodged.

The hostel closest to the hilltop campus is the Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse hostel: for further details, please see http://www.sws-internet.de/en/wohnheim/geschwister...

Before commencing the MBA program, students attend a three-week introductory course in German language and culture. The aim of this course is to give students insights into German culture and provide them with the necessary German language skills.

Through excursions to places of interest, lectures and tours, this program shows students examples of German cities, architecture and life. During these three weeks, students are given the opportunity to get to know their classmates, the campus and the region they are living in before their actual studies begin in October.

German is a compulsory part of the Esslingen master's programs. Students do not receive credits for German but they have to demonstrate German language skills of at least Level A2 for admission to the third term (master's thesis). This is a study requirement: students who do not have these skills by the end of the second semester will be expelled from their graduate program.

To meet this requirement, it is therefore necessary to have already completed Level A1/Goethe II before arrival in September. The Graduate School offers German courses from level A2-B1 but not beginners' courses.

During the language and culture program in September, intensive German language classes are offered. During the term, these courses are continued once a week until the end of December.