Germany
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Global Online MBA
WHU’s Global Online MBA is an English, part-time MBA of 60 credits that normally takes 24 months and can stretch to 60. Admission needs a bachelor’s degree, two years of postgraduate work, English proof, and a GMAT, GRE or Executive Assessment unless experience changes that requirement. Tuition is €38,000, with dated early-bird reductions.
The school’s page presented this as a current program. Last checked 2026-10-27. Confirm the details with the school before you apply.
- Country of the award
- Germany
- Delivery
- Online, campus optional
- Residency
- Not published
- Duration
- 24 months, with flexibility up to 60 months
- Language
- English
- Tuition
- €38,000 published total tuition
- Admissions test
- GMAT or GRE waiver published
- Business school
- WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Overview
- Official award title
- Global Online MBA
- University
- WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
- Business school or department
- WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
- Awarding institution
- WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
- Awarding note
- Degree-awarding institution recorded as the university that publishes the program. Parchment wording was not separately photographed.
- Country of the award
- Germany
- Location recorded
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Executive MBA label
- Not labeled executive
- Named pathways
- No named specialization. This can still be a general MBA.
Study format and residency
- Delivery
- Online, campus optional. Programme page lists the format as online and Düsseldorf and awards 60 credits. A student-experience page describes a residential week on the Düsseldorf campus as a highlight. It is not explicitly stated that every student must attend, so residency is treated as optional pending a mandatory-attendance sentence.
- Intensity
- Part-time
- Duration
- 24 months, with flexibility up to 60 months
- Credits
- 60 credits (course pages list 2.5 credits per course)
- Teaching languages
- English
- Complete program in English
- Yes
- Language requirement
- If English is not native: TOEFL iBT old scale minimum 100, or new scale minimum 5.5 overall and 5.0 in every subsection (code 0682); or IELTS minimum 7.0 overall and 6.5 in every subsection.
- Live or asynchronous
- Live and asynchronous
- Mandatory residency
- Not published
- Residency detail
- A residential week in Düsseldorf is described for Global Online MBA students. Core courses can be interchanged with asynchronous courses or international course experiences.
- Intakes
- March and September. Applications were open; complete application by 30 November for a €1,500 early-bird discount (as stated on the programme page).
Admissions
- Previous degree
- Undergraduate degree (bachelor or equivalent), plus a general or subject-specific German Hochschulreife or equivalent international university entrance qualification
- Work experience
- Minimum of two years postgraduate work experience
- GMAT or GRE
- GMAT or GRE waiver published
- Test detail
- GMAT, equivalent GRE or equivalent Executive Assessment, 'dependent on previous experience — contact us for further details'. GMAT code FBR-FH-02; GRE code 7175. Scores valid five years.
- Geographic eligibility
- Not published. Online delivery is not treated as worldwide eligibility.
Tuition and funding
- Published tuition
- €38,000 published total tuition
- Fee notes
- Scholarships: WHU scholarships (globalization, women in business, entrepreneurship, and two diversity scholarships) have no published fixed amount and must be requested before the study contract. One scholarship application per person. €38,000. March intake: €2,500 off if applied by 30 September, €1,500 off by 30 November. September intake: €2,500 off by 31 March, €1,500 off by 31 May. Early-bird applications need CV and all degree certificates and transcripts; the recommendation may follow before the final decision.
Accreditation
- Business-school accreditation
- EQUIS — stated_on_cited_page. Named on the cited official page. Accreditation dates were not recorded in this review. Checked 2026-10-27.
- Business-school accreditation
- AACSB — stated_on_cited_page. Named on the cited official page. Accreditation dates were not recorded in this review. Checked 2026-10-27.
- Business-school accreditation
- FIBAA — stated_on_cited_page. Named on the cited official page. Accreditation dates were not recorded in this review. Checked 2026-10-27.
- Outcomes
- No salary or employment figure is published here. This directory does not estimate outcomes.
Sources
- Global Online MBA overview · checked 2026-10-27
- Fees and financing · checked 2026-10-27
- Admission requirements · checked 2026-10-27
- Curriculum · checked 2026-10-27