International School of Management, Germany

International School of Management
MottoInternational. Individual. Inspiring.
TypePrivate business school
Established1990
PresidentProf. Dr. Ingo Böckenholt[1]
StudentsOver 3200
Location
Technologie-Park, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 19, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
CampusDortmund
Frankfurt am Main
Munich
Hamburg
Cologne
Stuttgart
Berlin
Websitehttp://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

Main building and surrounding campus.
Dortmund campus.

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]

Since 2024 ISM is also accredited by AACSB.[5]

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.[6]

In the 2020 U-Multirank ranking, ISM achieved a global Top 25 score in the categories, Contact to work environment and Student mobility.[7]

In the 2019 Wirtschaftswoche Ranking, for Business administration, ISM came 4th in private universities and 14th overall.[8][9]

Partnerships

As of 3 September 2019, ISM is partnered with 188 universities across 43 countries.[10]

Notable people

Academic staff

References

  1. ^ "Hochschulleitung". Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Beschluss der FIBAA-Akkreditierungskommission für Programme" (PDF). FIBAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Stellungnahme zur Akkreditierung der International School of Management Dortmund (ISM) (Drs. 6182-04), Juli 2004". Wissenschaftsrat. 2004. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Dortmund - International School of Management ISM". en.ism.de. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Press Release Tuesday, April 30, 2024". aacsb.edu. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  6. ^ "CHE-Ranking: ISM punktet bei Studienberatung und Praxisnähe". www.pressebox.de (in German). 9 May 2023. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  7. ^ "German Universities in Global Comparison" (PDF). U-Multirank. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Rankings and Figures - International School of Management ISM". en.ism.de. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  9. ^ 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). Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Partner Universities" (PDF). International School of Management GmbH (ISM). 3 September 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Ulrich Lichtenthaler: Integrated Intelligence and AI". www.ulrichlichtenthaler.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  12. ^ a b "International School of Management (ISM)". ism.de (in German). Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Prof. Rürup neuer Präsident an der ISM". www.eso.de. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.