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Master in Management

Academic Programmes

Professional Programmes

Seminars

Executive Education

Corporate Programmes & Services

Research

International Advisory

Academic Programmes

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3 Introduction

4 Programme Profile

5 Programme Structure

6 Concentrations

8 Curriculum

10 Questions to the Programme Director

11 Faculty Profiles

12 Studying in Frankfurt

14 Services offered by Frankfurt School

15 Germany – Land of Ideas

16 Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

17 Five Good Reasons

18 Your application

19 Your Contacts

Contents

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Engineer the world of business – your career in banking and manufacturing

Today’s business environment is challenging. Globalisa-tion, customer demands and technological changes are just some of the factors that highly efficient companies need to deal with. This requires permanent rethinking of business processes to stay competitive, something com-panies will only achieve if management embraces an analytically sound approach to complexity.

If you want to succeed in this environment you need to combine specific knowledge with an ability to think holistically and in a process-oriented way. Our Master in Management programme gives you the necessary tools and concepts to kick-start your career in banking, manufacturing and beyond.

The first semester teaches you the basics of manage-ment. It lays the foundation for mastering the craft of management. Regardless of where you see yourself in future, the first semester provides you with the basic toolkit you will need to succeed in your professional career.

The second semester covers the core of management. At the same time you choose your concentration for the remaining three semesters: banking or manufacturing. Together with general courses for the entire programme you will gain in-depth knowledge of your chosen field of expertise in semesters 2, 3 and 4.

“Frankfurt School of Finance

& Management offers you a

wide array of programmes

to develop and enhance

your professional and leader-

ship skills. Earn a Master in

Management and expand

your career horizons. We

look forward to welcoming

you!”

Professor Dr. Udo Steffens

President and CEO

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Upon graduation you will have a wide array of career options in different sectors. Your understanding of pro-cesses, business models and general management will put you on the fast track to senior management.

We invite you to join us.

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Programme Profile

The Master in Management at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management is a demanding process-oriented academic programme that is dedicated to advancing the analytical competences of students with a first academic degree or professionals who are already in a manage-ment position.

The programme provides participants with an advanced understanding of management theory and the ability to design, implement and evaluate improvement pro-grammes in applications that are relevant to banking and manufacturing.

Having gone through our two-year programme success-fully, you will have developed an enhanced ability to respond independently and flexibly to the ever-moving challenges of today’s working environment in manufac-turing companies or banks.

Target group

Recent graduates or professionals who want to deepen their knowledge of general management with a focus on processes in banking and manufacturing. All students need to have at least a first academic degree.

Time model

The Master in Management is offered in a unique way to combine full-time study with work. Courses are taught in a 3-day model. You will be at Frankfurt School on Saturdays and on two additional days per week, enabling you to work three full days.

Key features

Academic faculty with teaching and research expe-rience in manufacturing and banking that exposes you to current hot issues from the interface between academic research and state-of-the-art professional practice

A rich, streamlined learning environment provides

you with clear guidance and critical breathing space for independent work, experimentation and in-depth exploration

By combining on-site sessions in Frankfurt with independent self-study and online resources, the programme enables you to maintain your regular employment during your Master’s studies

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Programme Structure

In the first semester you’ll learn the basics of manage-ment – principles that will serve as a basis for the next semesters. This semester consists of five compulsory courses. If you have a first degree in business you can, under certain conditions, skip this semester and go straight to the second semester.

In the second semester you’ll encounter four compul-sory courses offering a variety of topics such as strate-gic management, controlling, ethics and sustainability, and of course operations management as key for your further development. Furthermore, in this semester you will choose between two concentrations: banking and manufacturing. In these concentrations you will acquire the specific knowledge needed to become a true expert in your area. You can find more information about these concentrations on the following page.

The third semester will cover topics in your concentration plus some general modules on issues linked to trans-formation processes, such as information management, human resource management, leadership and organi-sational behaviour, and business dynamics.

The company project

The company project is a chance to work on a real-world problem. After the second semester you will work on a project related to a bank or a manufacturing company. Analysing a process-related problem will allow you to bridge the gap between theory and practice. In addition, you will gain some first-hand insight into tasks that you may encounter in your professional career.

“With the Master’s pro-

gramme in Management

the Frankfurt School offers

one of the best opportuni-

ties to become a successful

manager in manufacturing

companies or financial in-

stitutes. After graduation,

candidates will be capable

of improving processes in companies in a sustain-

able manner.“

Professor Dr. Jörn-Henrik Thun

Operations Strategy,

Academic Director of the Master in Management

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

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The banking concentration

Over the last decades, banking has developed into a global industry. Today, banking activity has attained unprecedented levels of dynamism in almost every market sector. Banks are developing and offering an ever greater number of complex products. At the same time, customers are becoming more discern-ing and demanding. This trend shows no signs of abating. In such a climate, organisations must devise commercial and decision-making structures that are flexible enough to cope with permanent and above all rapid change.

In order to build yourself a career in the financial services industry, your thoughts and your actions must show strategic thinking and awareness. Our concentration in banking will prepare you systemati-cally for the new challenges ahead.

You will acquire the methods and skills necessary to successfully complete the demanding projects that you will manage in the course of your banking ca-reer. The concentration in banking prepares you for a promising career in the following fields of work:

banking management consulting other companies in the financial services industry

and related areas

As a Master in Management graduate with a con-centration in banking you will be well prepared for a broad range of tasks in the financial services in-dustry of the future.

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systematically for the new challenges with a sound process-oriented programme.

In the courses of the concentration you will acquire the methods and knowledge that are indispensable to complete comprehensive and demanding projects. You will be qualified to master challenges in the following fields of work:

manufacturing (automotive, electronics, etc.) consulting other activities related to industry (such as IT)

The concentration in manufacturing prepares you to become a successful manager in the wide and very promising area of manufacturing.

The manufacturing concentration

Many manufacturing companies are faced with the challenges of a dynamic and complex business envi-ronment which is characterised by trends such as in-tense competition and globalisation. In order to stay competitive, manufacturers have to rethink their busi-ness processes. They have to find new ways of gener-ating competitive advantages. Hence, today’s manu-facturers are in need of highly competent managers that are able to create new approaches or improve existing processes.

Developing your career in a manufacturing company, as manager you are asked to find innovative solutions for complex problems. This concentration was spe-cially created to respond to the developments faced by manufacturing companies. It will prepare you

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Curriculum

8 CURRICUlUm

Semester 1 Business Law and Economics

Concepts and Cultures of Law, legal systems of the world, basics of Inter-national Private Law and interna-tional litigation; core principles of economic analysis including rational-ity, efficiency, equilibrium, informa-tion, organization, and institutions.

Accounting

Principles of financial and manage-rial accounting: structure, details and interconnections between the balance sheet, income statement/P&L state-ment and cash flow statement; IAS and IFRS, cost accounting, planning, control and performance manage-ment, and strategic management accounting.

Finance

Principles of corporate finance and finance theory: financial system, valuation and capital budgeting, valuation under uncertainty (Portfolio Theory, CAPM), principles of market valuation (efficient market hypo-thesis, principle of no-arbitrage), probabilistic concepts required for valuation under uncertainty.

Statistics

Methods of statistics, probability theory and statistical decision theory for typical decision problems under uncertainty that managers face in actual business settings.

Principles of Management

Introduction to the principles and con-cepts of management and leadership.

Semester 2 Strategic Management

Strategic decisions in a complex and dynamic environment characterised by intensive competition and effects of globalisation.

Controlling

Main approaches of controlling.

Ethics and Sustainability

Raise awareness for ethical aspects and sustainability when designing processes.

Operations Management

Understanding the process of trans-forming inputs into output, primarily based on practical examples pre-pared and presented by students.

Risk Management

Dimensions and boundaries of opera-tional risk; operational risk in the context of banking supervision and quantifica-tion and management of operational risk.

Operations Research

Technical tools to solve typical problems in production, logistics, and other areas of manufacturing companies, including linear and nonlinear programming, queuing systems, simulation and decision analysis.

Semester 3 Business Dynamics

Principles of systems, thinking in feedback loops; analysis of com-plex systems and understanding of their dynamic behavior.

Information Management

Knowledge about the main IT appli-cations used in modern business.

Leadership and Organisational Behaviour

How to organise and lead a modern company.

Human Resource Management

Main concepts of modern HR Management.

Process Management

Aspects of modelling, measuring, improving and controlling business processes in banks; insight into current research projects at the Frankfurt School ProcessLab.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Just in Time/Just in Sequence; Supply Chain Design; Strategic Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain Risk Management; Reverse Logistics.

Semester 4 Master’s Thesis Business Engineering

Transformation of function-oriented banks into modern process-oriented and customer-centric banks. Students will conduct their own project based on a case study.

Sales Management

Managing the customer process and distribution channels; using instru-ments such as customer segmen-tation and calculation of customer value combined with different dis-tribution channels and relationship and complaints management.

Project Management

Key principles of how to conduct projects successfully, including design, scheduling, and monitoring of project steps; capacity planning of resources such as human capital.

Marketing and Innovation Management

Product & Process Innovations; Inno-vation & Diffusion Technology Manage-ment; Marketing.

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Semester 1 Business Law and Economics

Concepts and Cultures of Law, legal systems of the world, basics of Inter-national Private Law and interna-tional litigation; core principles of economic analysis including rational-ity, efficiency, equilibrium, informa-tion, organization, and institutions.

Accounting

Principles of financial and manage-rial accounting: structure, details and interconnections between the balance sheet, income statement/P&L state-ment and cash flow statement; IAS and IFRS, cost accounting, planning, control and performance manage-ment, and strategic management accounting.

Finance

Principles of corporate finance and finance theory: financial system, valuation and capital budgeting, valuation under uncertainty (Portfolio Theory, CAPM), principles of market valuation (efficient market hypo-thesis, principle of no-arbitrage), probabilistic concepts required for valuation under uncertainty.

Statistics

Methods of statistics, probability theory and statistical decision theory for typical decision problems under uncertainty that managers face in actual business settings.

Principles of Management

Introduction to the principles and con-cepts of management and leadership.

Semester 2 Strategic Management

Strategic decisions in a complex and dynamic environment characterised by intensive competition and effects of globalisation.

Controlling

Main approaches of controlling.

Ethics and Sustainability

Raise awareness for ethical aspects and sustainability when designing processes.

Operations Management

Understanding the process of trans-forming inputs into output, primarily based on practical examples pre-pared and presented by students.

Risk Management

Dimensions and boundaries of opera-tional risk; operational risk in the context of banking supervision and quantifica-tion and management of operational risk.

Operations Research

Technical tools to solve typical problems in production, logistics, and other areas of manufacturing companies, including linear and nonlinear programming, queuing systems, simulation and decision analysis.

Semester 3 Business Dynamics

Principles of systems, thinking in feedback loops; analysis of com-plex systems and understanding of their dynamic behavior.

Information Management

Knowledge about the main IT appli-cations used in modern business.

Leadership and Organisational Behaviour

How to organise and lead a modern company.

Human Resource Management

Main concepts of modern HR Management.

Process Management

Aspects of modelling, measuring, improving and controlling business processes in banks; insight into current research projects at the Frankfurt School ProcessLab.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Just in Time/Just in Sequence; Supply Chain Design; Strategic Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain Risk Management; Reverse Logistics.

Semester 4 Master’s Thesis Business Engineering

Transformation of function-oriented banks into modern process-oriented and customer-centric banks. Students will conduct their own project based on a case study.

Sales Management

Managing the customer process and distribution channels; using instru-ments such as customer segmen-tation and calculation of customer value combined with different dis-tribution channels and relationship and complaints management.

Project Management

Key principles of how to conduct projects successfully, including design, scheduling, and monitoring of project steps; capacity planning of resources such as human capital.

Marketing and Innovation Management

Product & Process Innovations; Inno-vation & Diffusion Technology Manage-ment; Marketing.

Students choose between the two con-

centrations:

Concentration Banking

Concentration Manufacturing

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Q: Why are processes so important for banking and manufacturing?

A: We live in a fast-paced world. Companies have to embrace change and con-stantly optimise their per-formance. You can only do

this if you have an excellent understanding of the proc-esses that drive your business model. Q: Is there a need for process-oriented managers in the market?

A: Absolutely. Managers who have a thorough under-standing of processes are in high demand. But what’s key is that our graduates will have the broader picture as well. They are not just another supply chain expert or lean management specialist. As Masters in Management from Frankfurt School they truly master the connection of busi-ness strategy, processes and operations.

Q: Isn’t the Frankfurt School a business school for banking and finance?

A: The Frankfurt School traces its roots back to the Bankakademie, which was founded in 1957 as an in-stitute to provide training for German banks. Based in Frankfurt, one of the world’s most important financial

hubs, we still have a strong focus on finance. However, our management department today is one of our big-gest units and it is still growing. Many leading professors of management recently joined Frankfurt School. We already have a number of top-level non-financial pro-grammes, on both Bachelor and Master levels. As its full name suggests, the Frankfurt School of Finance & Manage-ment is about much more than just finance. Q: Is it possible to work while doing the Master in Management?

A: Yes! The Master in Management is a full-time pro-gramme, but its unique time model enables you to work up to three days a week. Classes are held on Saturdays and two additional days per week. It is certainly in-tense, but the Frankfurt School has lots of experience with this kind of programme and I can assure you that it can be done. By the way: no other German university currently offers a comparable programme that allows you this kind of flexibility.

Questions to the Programme Director Dr. Matthias Catón

QUeSTIONS TO THe PROgRamme DIReCTOR

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Faculty profiles

Prof. Dr. Natalie PackhamQuantitative Finance

Prof. Dr. Jürgen StrohheckerProduction Management and Controlling

Prof. Dr. Jörn-Henrik ThunOperations Strategy, Academic Director of the Master in Management

Prof. Dr. erich BarthelHead of Management DepartmentLeadership and Cultural Management

Prof. Dr. Dominik georgiDeutsche Bank Chair for Retail Banking and Service Managment

Prof. Dr. Jürgen moormannBanking Management

Prof. Dr. elisabeth müllerInnovation Mangement

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Frankfurt am Main is one of the world’s leading financial centres, acting as host to a vast number of banks and other financial institutions. At the same time it is centrally located in Germany, Europe’s manufacturing power-house. Situated in the prosperous region of Hesse it is close to many of the global players that make up Germany’s export prowess. When you opt for a course of study at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management you are also choosing to benefit from the immediate proximity of these companies and of their expertise. But your time at Frankfurt School will also be enriched by the cultural diversity and exceptional leisure facilities available in the city and surrounding region.

Welcome to frankfurt!

Allow Frankfurt to inspire you, and your degree course will become a magical time full of new experiences. Frankfurt has plenty to offer visitors – even if you are working alongside your studies. Frankfurt is one of Europe’s liveliest cities, with a profusion of cultural activities to suit all tastes. Regardless of your preferred leisure pursuits – museums, concerts, opera, cinema, theatre – you’ll find plenty of interesting events happen-ing in Frankfurt, with something new to see, listen to, experience or appreciate every day.

STUDYINg IN fRaNKfURT

frankfurt: Studying at the heart of europe

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The Alte Oper (Old Opera House), the Städel Gallery and the Schirn Kunsthalle are all venues with global reputa-tions, ready to inspire you with the latest music and art.

The city also has plenty of culinary delights on offer. The visitor cannot help but enjoy the swift-changing variety of Frankfurt’s gastronomic offerings, while in nearby Rheingau and Rheinhessen, wine-lovers will appreciate the impressive number of wine growers with international cachet. But in particular, you must try Frankfurt’s regional speciality, if only once and never again: while Äppelwoi is not to everybody’s taste, it is very much a part of Frankfurt life.

Everybody is always mobile in Frankfurt, thanks to a highly efficient overground and underground rail network. Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, the main railway station, is one of the city’s major transport hubs, with excellent connections to every part of Germany. And if you need to travel to other parts of Europe or further abroad, you’ll find that Frankfurt Airport is the equal of any airport worldwide.

STUDYINg IN fRaNKfURT

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Beyond tuition – adding value through our services

Negotiation of trainee placements and jobs optimised for your study needs

Advice on applications (for permanent positions or corporate training programmes, through our Assessment Centre)

Help with choosing your next job and planning your future career

Benefits to you? While you’re still studying, you can start making contacts in precisely the companies and sectors in which you’re hoping to forge your future career. In consultation with you, we can develop an individual career plan that matches your abilities and aspirations as closely as possible.

Of course we’re also ready to help with anything else you might need, such as accommodation for the dura-tion of your stay in Frankfurt. We feel that your course of study should be a genuinely life-enriching experience, leaving you with lasting, positive memories of the time you spent in Frankfurt.

feedback

We attach great importance to openness, transparency and a climate of mutual respect. At Frankfurt School, our teaching staff, programme management and study advisory always have time for you. While our pro-grammes don’t feature scheduled consultations as such, students regularly provide us with valuable feedback. Which means the content and quality of our teaching are also subject to continual improvement. By being open to your questions and suggestions, we can swiftly identify and implement ways to improve our programmes and optimise our delivery.

Let’s be clear: we succeed when you succeed.

You’ll need to be alert and ready to explore complex subject areas at any moment. Concentration is key. And to help you concentrate fully on your personal and professional development, we’d like to support you as fully and effectively as possible. You can take advan-tage of the services provided by our Career Centre right from the start. As the interface between our students and our business partners, the Centre has plenty to of-fer. For example:

Online Campus

Our online campus will become a key element in your studies at Frankfurt School. Through this tried and tested online learning platform you have 24-hour access to all the most up-to-date programme content – complete with links to useful learning resources – even when you’re off-campus. You can also exchange news and views with your colleagues and fellow-students, either on work-related issues or for social rea-sons. And of course you can also use the online campus to contact your tutors or other teaching staff at Frankfurt School to ask them specific queries or find out more about a particular problem area.

Using our online campus, you can supplement your on-site study time and make progress at your own pace, as best suits your personal schedule.

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European Central Bank – a close neighbour of the Frankfurt School campus, as a matter of fact.

Building on the terrible experiences of politi-cal failure which lead to the Second World War, Germany developed the Social Market Economy as the guiding principle of mediating between business, politics and society, contributing one foundation stone for prosperity and peace in the growing and deepening European community of nations. The Social Market Economy takes for granted the responsible nature of business and its deep-rooted setting in the larger context of concerns for social justice, constructive and in-clusive political debate and sustainable ecologi-cal development.

Germany is a federal system with a large variety of regions, which have distinct traditions in business and social contexts, ranging from coastal states with their long historical tradition of global trade to the southern states with their unique clusters of engineering excellence. You only need to take a few steps to pay a visit to Germany‘s European neighbours in the east, west, south and north, offering a wealth of different historical legacies, lifestyles and cultures. The diversity of Europe and six decades of internal peace are the root causes of European competitiveness and creativity. The European experience will make a profound impression on you and will exert a lasting positive influence on your own professional life.

Germany is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of the modern university education system. In the early 19th century, Wilhelm von Humboldt pro-posed that research and teaching should effective-ly represent two sides of the same coin – an edu-cational principle that has successfully established itself worldwide as the basis for scientific collabo-ration, and is enshrined in the methodology of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. But during your studies in Germany, you will also dis-cover other giants of German intellectual history – perhaps while visiting Weimar, the heartland of classical Germany, where the spirit of Goethe and Schiller lives on today, or perhaps while wandering through Beethoven’s favourite haunts.

Germany is a country of many aspects, however. As one of the world’s leading industrial nations, Germany’s inventive genius has moved the world for over 150 years – literally, in many cases: con-sider the automobile, for example, invented in Germany back in 1886. Other German innovations include mechanical engineering, the chemical industry, medical technology and most recently, environmental technology – all industries that have had a worldwide impact, along with many others. Today, Frankfurt is the major financial marketplace of continental Europe, home to the

germany – land of ideas

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Frankfurt School’s success story is constantly beingwritten by our graduates. For more than 50 years now,we have been providing broad basic training for up-and-coming talent and advanced courses for experiencedpractitioners. Our graduates use the comprehensive in-depth knowledge that they gain here to shape the world of business in Germany, Europe and beyond. We are aprivate business school with official recognition as a uni-versity and accredited as an institution by the GermanCouncil of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat). A degree or advanced studies qualification from Frankfurt School is an excellent recommendation anywhere in the world. Consequently our students are drawn from a global pool and our campus is a meeting-place for students from every continent.

facts and figures

Founded in 1957 as Bankakademie e.V. University status with full authority to award

degrees since 2004; gGmbH (non-profit ltd. com-pany) owned by the Frankfurt School Foundation since 2008

Approx. 1,300 students on full-time academic study programmes

Approx. 5,200 students on part-time courses More than 10,000 participants on training courses Faculty: 42 professors in four departments Alumni: 3,625 graduates from academic study

programmes100,000 from part-time courses.

Outstanding research results and an excellent teachingrecord are the hallmarks of a business school with amodern format. We prepare our students for their futureresponsibilities by following a policy of strong practicalorientation, with the solid backing of scientific facts andtheoretical knowledge. And we provide a broad plat-form for debate and fruitful dialogue.

The close contacts we maintain with companies and organisations worldwide enable us to develop global counselling and training schemes that are geared to the future needs of the business sector. We offer a wide variety of programmes ranging from Bachelor’s and specialist or generalist Master’s degrees to Ph.D. courses. Frankfurt School is Germany’s market leader in the field of in-service training and continuing professional development. Our portfolio is rounded off by specialised or interdisciplinary Executive Education programmes.

As an institution we are committed to core values such as mutual understanding, respect and trust. Anyone who has passed through Frankfurt School usually remains loyal for life. Former students who have made their way in the world of business send their up-and-coming managers to us, while our fast-growing alumni network enables graduates to stay in touch across all national or corporate boundaries.

We shape Business

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Practical focusAll programmes offered by Frankfurt School are designed to ensure optimal integration of theory with practice. You will be taught by high-profile practitioners and experienced specialists, using up-to-date case studies based on real-world scenarios. The studies are characterised by their strong focus on practical projects.

ResearchTeaching and research are closely intertwined. New research findings are immediately fed into the teaching environment. At the same time, theories and methods are continuously being upgraded to reflect current business practice. As a result, we are constantly updating our syllabus.

multicultural settingYour studies will take place in a multicultural setting. As a result, during the programme you will develop a feel for the specific cultural con-ditions and expectations that prevail in interna-tional business circles.

When you opt for a course of study at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, you are also choosing to benefit from the immediate proximity of prestigious market players and their concentrated expertise. But there are other advantages, too:

five good reasons to study at frankfurt School

StatusIn national and international university rankings, Frankfurt School regularly appears among the top-ranked institutions. As a student, you will benefit from the university’s outstanding reputation in academic and business communities, while you are studying and also in your working life.

NetworkingYou will be studying alongside international students who, like you, completed their first degree course with distinction. In the course of working and debating with them, you will develop your own personal network of contacts, establishing friend-ships that will bring significant benefits throughout your subsequent career.

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Your Application

fact sheet

Major: Management with concentration in banking or manufacturing

Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Duration: 4 semesters. Classes on Saturdays and two additional days per week, enabling students to work three full days. Students with a business-related first degree with at least 210 ECTS credit points may apply to skip the first semester.

Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

ECTS Points: 120 ECTS

Language: English

Start of programme: September

Application deadline: 31 May

Admissions: First university degree, strong English lan- guage skills (TOEFL iBT, minimum score: 90; IELTS, minimum score: 6.5; Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English, minimum score: B; Cambridge Certificate of Proficien- cy; Pearson Test of English Academic, mini- mum score: 58), GMAT score report (pre- ferred), alternatively GRE or equivalent.

Tuition fees: EUR 29,400 (EUR 22,050 for students who skip the first semester)

Enrolment fee: EUR 100

The programme starts in September of each year. If you wish to apply for admission to the programme, the deadline for applications is 31 May. In individual cases, however, applications may be considered after expiry of the official deadline, as long as places are still available. Please check the website for detailed infor-mation.

In addition to your completed application form, you will also need to provide us with:

Certified copies of university degree certificates Evidence of your English language skills CV and proof of professional qualifications, if applicable A recent photograph Motivation letter

Once your application has been assessed, we will invite you to a personal interview with a faculty member in Frankfurt. The interview lasts approximately one hour. In the interview, we will learn more about your profes-sional and academic accomplishments and discuss yourgoals for the future. We can arrange telephone inter-views for those applicants who are unable to join us in Frankfurt.

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Your Contacts

No matter what assistance or information you need regarding your continuing education, we will gladly help you decide whether the Master in Management is right for you. The Student Advisory Office is ready and waiting to answer your questions. We look forward to hearing from you.

Information and application at:www.frankfurt-school.de/mim

Disclaimer

The contents of this brochure are current at the time of going

to press. All information published in this brochure is intended

merely to provide a general overview of the study programme:

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management reserves the right

to modify the curriculum, the schedule or any parts thereof. The

same applies to the tuition fees and internal and external exam-

ination fees. For the latest updates, please contact our Student

Advisory Office.

Student advisor:

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Programme Director:

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