ESMT Berlin Tuition to Rise to €38,500 for 2027 Master’s Degree

Tuition fees for a master’s degree at ESMT Berlin are set at 38,500 euros for 2027, according to an L’Express.fr report.

European School of Management and Technology established its campus in 2002 in Berlin, situated 80 kilometers from the Polish border within the former East German region known as the “new Länder,” L’Express.fr reported.

The surrounding deindustrialized area lacks DAX-listed corporate headquarters, and local infrastructure includes a newly built airport that still lacks direct flights to New York. Local politics lean away from market liberalism, illustrated by the left-wing party Die Linke winning regional elections with a platform focused on nationalizing private real estate firms.

“Elle exerce un attrait incroyable sur les étudiants du monde entier. C’est la ville la plus internationale d’Allemagne, un vivier incroyable de start-up qui attire entrepreneurs, investisseurs et talents venus du monde entier,” Jörg Rocholl told L’Express.fr. Rocholl is the director general of the institution.

The campus occupies the former East German Council of State building where communist officials once planned the state economy. The entrance hall features a socialist realist stained-glass window created by Walter Womacka celebrating the German labor movement, while the bunker used by former East German leader Erich Honecker remains beneath the garden’s glass-tesserae fountain.

Twenty-five corporate founders established the school to train managers under a German corporate model, drawing support from firms including BMW, Airbus, Lufthansa, Allianz, Deutsche Bank, Munich Re, Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, SAP, and DHL Group.

“Nous avons une conception du management qui diffère avec d’autres régions du monde. En France, vous la nommez ‘capitalisme rhénan’,” Rocholl told L’Express.fr, describing a social market economy model that includes worker co-management.

German nationals form a minority among the roughly 1,000 students who enroll annually in programs taught entirely in English. "Nous choisissons les meilleurs, ceux qui font preuve d'enthousiasme et qui ont un esprit d’entreprise," Rocholl told L'Express.fr.

Over two decades, ESMT has risen to twelfth place in the Financial Times European business school rankings. The Berlin institution partners with HEC Paris on the Creative Destruction Lab, an initiative dedicated to start-ups with joint programs concerning next-generation computing and the defense sector.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz selected the school to host the inaugural Invest in Germany summit in October, following previous visits by French President Emmanuel Macron to speak at the Berlin Global Dialogue. Master’s tracks for 2027 cover Global Management, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence, and Innovation & Entrepreneurship.