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Motto | International. Individual. Inspiring. |
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Type | Private business school |
Established | 1990 |
President | Prof. Dr. Ingo Böckenholt[1] |
Students | Over 3200 |
Location | |
Campus | Dortmund Frankfurt am Main Munich Hamburg Cologne Stuttgart Berlin |
Website | http://www.ism.de |
International School of Management GmbH (ISM) is a German business school headquartered in Dortmund. It is a private university with state recognition.
Overview
The International School of Management (ISM) is a private, state-recognized University of Applied Sciences that has been offering career focused management education programs with an international orientation.[2][3]
ISM has seven campuses in Dortmund, Frankfurt am Main (2007), Munich (2009), Hamburg (2010), Cologne(2014), Stuttgart (2016) and Berlin (2019).[2][4]
History

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 university of applied sciences for originally five years and received an extension. The company shares were taken over in 1998 by ESO Education Group.[2][3]
In 2006, in accordance with the Bologna Process, ISM switched the Diploma courses to Bachelor and Master 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.[2][3]
In June 2004, ISM gained accreditation from the German Council of Science and Humanities for a period of ten years; this was renewed for a further 10 years in 2015.[3]
The university first received accreditation from the FIBAA for its MBA program in 2003. Since then all ISM study programs have received FIBBA accreditation.[3]
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.[5]
In the 2020 U-Multirank ranking, ISM achieved a global Top 25 score in the categories, Contact to work environment and Student mobility.[6]
In the 2019 Wirtschaftswoche Ranking, for Business administration, ISM came 4th in private universities and 14th overall.[7][8]
Partnerships
As of 3 September 2019, ISM is partnered with 188 universities across 43 different countries.[9]
Notable people
Academic staff
References
- ↑ "Hochschulleitung".
- 1 2 3 4 "Beschluss der FIBAA-Akkreditierungskommission für Programme" (PDF). FIBAA.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Stellungnahme zur Akkreditierung der International School of Management Dortmund (ISM) (Drs. 6182-04), Juli 2004". Wissenschaftsrat. 2004.
- ↑ "Dortmund - International School of Management ISM". en.ism.de. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ↑ "CHE-Ranking: ISM punktet bei Studienberatung und Praxisnähe". www.pressebox.de (in German). 9 May 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ↑ "German Universities in Global Comparison" (PDF). U-Multirank.
- ↑ "Rankings and Figures - International School of Management ISM". en.ism.de. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ↑ PresseBox (c) 2002-2021 (8 May 2019). "ISM unter den besten privaten Hochschulen im WirtschaftsWoche-Hochschulranking, ISM International School of Management GmbH, Pressemitteilung - PresseBox". www.pressebox.de (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Partner Universities" (PDF). International School of Management GmbH (ISM). 3 September 2019.
- ↑ "Ulrich Lichtenthaler: Integrated Intelligence and AI". www.ulrichlichtenthaler.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- 1 2 "International School of Management (ISM)". ism.de (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ↑ "Prof. Rürup neuer Präsident an der ISM". www.eso.de. Retrieved 9 January 2021.