GISMA Business School (reviews)

The MSc in international business management has the main subject like finance and risk management. International economics, and research methods and scientific work, which helps students in business.

Basically, it’s good but I can’t say much because I didn’t attend the classes physically because of the Covid situation. But I will say some words about teaching, it’s like totally different and the reason is for our some faculties. They are very friendly and happy to help you every time. There’s a problem with their administration and international student support team. After all, everything is perfect from my side.

I was in Gisma, Hannover in 2005 for MBA. Things may have changed since then, nevertheless I want to tell my experience after many years.

That year, there were about 50 students, it was a diverse environment. Students were from various countries. Staff was German, they were kind and friendly. The people supporting you, eg. the real-estate agent, were helpful. I also liked the organized German amenities: smooth roads, bicycle ways, walking lanes, parks, on-time and comfortable transportation, etc. The lecturers were American coming from the Purdue University, USA. Lessons were told in English. School’s slogan was “Challenge Yourself”.

What I didn’t like about the school was the lecturers’ perspective of University Life. For me University Life should be a bundle of joining classes, studying regularly, doing moderate amount of homework plus doing sports, joining some activities, travelling a bit, making new friends and involving in the local life a bit.

For the lecturers it meant only one thing: Homework. It was already a dense 1-year program, the course schedule was dense. In addition, the lecturers were making you drown in really much homework after the lessons. They were giving more homework than given in a regular 2-year MBA program.
New friends in a foreign country? Sports? Travel? Regular studying? Of course not. You even did not have enough time to sleep because of exaggerated load of homework. Lecturers’ comprehension was drowning people into homework and creating geeks stuck on a chair – business students who don’t socialize, etc.

Besides, they seemed enjoying it. Once, after having done much homework past midnight, we got a mail from one of the lecturers telling us he was travelling with his Cabrio, having fun and giving us more homework with an LoL at the end.

Lecturers created small groups of their choice: 4 or 5 students in each group to make most of the homework and projects together. I am not against team-work, it is essential; however, teams should have been mixed and rebuilt from time to time. But lecturers insisted students would proceed within the same team most of the year. By this way, you could end up having spent time with only your few teammates doing homework in a room after a whole year in a foreign country.

Some students were smarter and faster. If you had relatively slow proceeding teammates, it meant that you had to spend more time in the white meeting rooms, surrounded with white walls, white floor and white tables. The building used to be part of a brain surgery hospital. It was converted to a university building later. Personally, I like open space and vivid colors. The feeling of being stuck in a white hospital room trying to do homework on the white board with a couple of friends at midnight was not suitable for me.

Before I joined Gisma; I got electronics and communication engineering BS degree from a very reputable university with high degree, then completed my compulsory military duty then worked at a factory for 1 year. I have completed many courses which were way harder and complicated than MBA courses. I was a successful student.

I was not only looking for an MBA degree but also a memorable student life when I was applying Gisma. It failed to meet my expectations, especially the latter one and I decided to turn back to my country without spending my parents hardly earnt money in Germany any more.

That experience was the first and the biggest failure in my life and it affected many things in my life (my career, relationship with my parents, monetary status, etc) negatively. If I had chosen a regular MBA college at that time, I am sure I could have completed it and my life would have been much better now.

But as I told at the beginning, it has been many years and things may have changed. I recommend you to search whether it is still a homeworksity or has evolved into a university before applying.

At GISMA, I have learned a lot and this can be credited to great curricular and the great international exposure that I received here. I can vouch for GISMA’s quality of education and I am sure that you won’t regret studying at GISMA.

My experience with the course is amazing. It offers the best possible modules synchronized with the digital era of marketing. Gives you career opportunities and especially caters your learning process.

I chose this program because of its triple accreditation, as it is important to me that my degree be relevant in more than one country. I really enjoy the program and the quality of the professors and curriculum of GEM. I also specifically chose to study at the Berlin campus because of the future work opportunities here – and because I love the city.

GISMA provides multiple high level degrees in partnership with leading European business schools. The course work is based on recent demands by the business world. The offered career service facilitates learnings by offering self-development workshops and visits of local companies and start-ups. Outstanding in vibrant Berlin surrounding.

GISMA Business School is a vibrant place to pursue a management degree in Berlin, Germany. Professors usually fly from all over the world to GISMA campus to impart education. The city of Berlin is also multicultural and has lot of start ups hence why it is called the start up capital of the world. GISMA also has great ties within the corporate sector which benefits students altogether.

GISMA Business School offers high quality education in one of the most vibrant cities in Europe. By partnering with well known Universities from other european countries it offers a international environment. We get students form all over the world. This gives us the opportunity to learn how to work in multicultural teams. Furthermore, due to the diverse background we get to learn something new from all our colleagues. __The professors are highly trained and have a wide practical experience in the field that they teach. The courses are structured in such way that it gives us the chance to use the theories and models that we learn in real life simulations. __Studying at GISMA Business School is the best choice that I made regarding my education. Not only did it offer me the chance to learn something new but it also brought me to Berlin, one of the best cities in Europe for young professionals.

GISMA Business School is a great business school and helps me orientate my career in the right direction. They have professors with years of experience in their field and provide a great learning experience. Best part about the business school is that it provides a degree from a different business school (from different country) in Germany. Berlin is a very vibrant city with a lot of startups and has a lot of job opportunities. The best part of GISMA Business School is the international exposure that a I got. I have students from 10 different nationality.