M.A. in International Management of Creative Leadership

• Degree: Master of Arts (M.A.)
• Model: full-time
• Language: English
• ECTS: 120
• Info: accredited
• Duration: 4 semesters/2 years
• Location: Berlin

The programme combines international management theories with creative leadership approaches as well as real business experience, and helps develop your skills as a manager of tomorrow. 

You learn how to apply a range of creative, artistic and entrepreneurial methods in management and gain advanced business knowledge in areas such as strategy, project and risk management as well as contract and international management. While working on projects you hone your communication, social and leadership skills.

Thanks to an interdisciplinary management education that includes management and creative modules as well as a project and skill-oriented concept, you will become an expert who can work in a variety of industries, professions and countries.

Choose from the following career paths:

• Positions in Strategic Management
• Business Development Manager
• Management positions in International Companies and the Creative Industries
• Positions in Communications and Marketing

In the first semesters of your Master's programme in International Management - Creative Leadership, you will acquire comprehensive knowledge in creative thinking, innovation management and strategic communication. You will learn how to stimulate creative processes in teams and develop innovative solutions for complex challenges. Through hands-on projects and workshops, you will gain valuable experience and be able to implement your ideas in real-life scenarios.

As you progress, your focus will be on leading and developing creative teams in an international context. You'll familiarise yourself intensively with change management methods, learn to consider cultural differences and work successfully in interdisciplinary teams.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to gain valuable practical experience, whether through internships or project work with companies. Before writing your Master's thesis, you will apply the concepts and methods you have learnt to develop creative solutions to real-world problems.

1st semester

1. Risk Management in Value Creation – 6 ECTS
2. International Contractual Management – 6 ECTS
3. Operations and Project Management – 6 ECTS
4. Leadership and Global Strategic Management – 6 ECTS
5. Negotiation and Conflict Management – 6 ECTS

2nd semester

1. Technological Foresight and Innovation Strategies – 6 ECTS
2. Business Model Generation – 6 ECTS
3. Legal Environment of International Business & Foreign Trade – 6 ECTS
4. Company Project I (Creative Project) – 6 ECTS
5. Company Project II (Creative Project) – 6 ECTS

3rd semester

1. Intercultural Management – 6 ECTS
2. Human Resource Management and Ethical Leadership in International Enterprises – 6 ECTS
3. Risk Management in Financing – 6 ECTS
4. Strategic Network Management – 6 ECTS
5. International Marketing Management – 6 ECTS

4th semester

1. Master's Seminar / Artistic Research – 6 ECTS
2. Internship / Creative Business – 6 ECTS
3. Master's Thesis / Arts-Based Research Project – 18 ECTS

Our International Management Master's - Creative Leadership programme has the FIBAA Premium Seal. With this seal, the European accreditation agency FIBAA, confirms SRH Berlin's outstanding quality in various assessment categories such as international focus, employability, promotion of job-relevant skills, interdisciplinarity and collaboration.

The FIBAA Premium Seal was established by FIBAA in order to identify and acknowledge study programmes with outstanding quality in all five core areas (goals and strategies, admissions, implementation, academic setting and general conditions, quality assurance). The evaluation certifies that these programmes considerably surpass all of the quality requirements outlined by FIBAA.

The distinction of a FIBAA Premium Seal gives students, prospective students, graduates, universities, and the job market a reliable indication of the exceptional quality of the study programme.

If the GPA, subject or language requirements are not fully met for direct entry into the programme, we offer a 1-semester PreMaster programme at the SRH International College. No separate application is required, and our admissions team will determine if this course is necessary for programme entry. 

To apply for the Master's programme in International Management - Creative Leadership, you will need to provide

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering. If you have not graduated yet, apply with existing transcripts.
• Letter of motivation
• Proof of English language proficiency
• Curriculum Vitae
• Copy of your identity card or passport

English language requirements:

Accepted English Proficiency Certificates (valid within 2 years), with at least the indicated score:

• IELTS Academic: 6.5
• TOEFL iBT: 87 points
• TOEIC Listening/Reading 785, Speaking 160, Writing 150
• Duolingo Certificate: 110 points
• Cambridge CAE or CPE (grade A, B, or C)
• Pearson English Test Academic (PTE-A): 59 points
• Linguaskill: 176 - 184 (CES) - all four skills required