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[Edited 08 Feb 2008 by ramdi]

Hi,
I have received mixed reviews and feedback on ESMT, Berlin. Their program seems to be very young (just 5 years old) but the founder panel of 25 companies seems to be impressive. Do you have any inputs on the same? Any feedbacks will be thankfully appreciated.

Thanks,
Ram

Hi Ram,
ESMT is definitely up and coming in Germany. And you're right, it's supporters are a basically a Who's Who of the German business world. But as you probably know Berlin is not really the business capital of Germany.

That said, The Economist included a paragraph ESMT in an article about rising European b-schools a few weeks ago. They mentioned that its president is a former INSEAD professor, and that it has the financial support to triple in size over the next few years.

So, yeah, it's up and coming, if not in the European rankings yet.

I've done a little research. Those 25 companies basically helped get ESMT off the ground a few years ago, and have some kind of deal where ESMT provides executive training for these companies. MBAs are still only a small percentage of the business education they provide. I'm not sure sure how close their HR departments reach out to the MBA students from the outside, but I suspect there's some interaction.

It's still very young, comparitively speaking. It will be a few years, I suspect, before ESMT will appear on international rankings or get accredited by someone like AMBA.

I visited the Berlin campus recently, and it is very centrally located in an old (but nicely refurbished) East German government building. Right across the street from the German Foreign Ministry and a golf shot away from the Deutsche Telekom offices. Half of the classrooms lookout on the former East German parliament building, which is slowly being dismantled as we speak. There's still stained glass socialist art in the lobby (a first for a business school?), but like I said, the building was rennovated just a few years ago.

Hi Ramdi,

I'm afraid I know even less about Munich, but as a resident of Berlin (having moved here from London), I'd struggle to find a single reason why you wouldn't want to live here. I've not attended ESMT Berlin myself, but if you still want some info on it let me know and I'll have a dig around.

Hi Ram,
How are you? Even i am trying to find out about ESMT. Please share your findings with me. Let me know if you are planning to join ESMT.

Thanks