- Degree
- Master of Business Administration and Engineering in Life Science Management
- Course location
- Berlin
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- All courses are held in English (100%).
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Mode of study
- Less than 50% online
- Programme duration
- 3 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Application deadline
- 28 February every year
Individual applications can be assessed after deadline has passed. Please contact the programme manager for more information or check out the website for deadline extensions. (https://lsm.htw-berlin.de/)
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- 6,166 EUR
- Additional information on tuition fees
- 18,500 EUR plus semester contribution
Tuition fees can be paid in instalments. For more information, please read the fees & financing section (https://lsm.htw-berlin.de/applying/fees-financing/) or contact the programme manager.
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- Bridging the Gap between Life Sciences and Management
This internationally accredited Master’s degree programme in Life Science Management provides you as an academically qualified professional with an advanced level of comprehensive, industry-specific knowledge and management expertise for the international life science industry. Benefit from this unique integral programme approach that recognises the need for leaders with a deep understanding of both science and management.
Ideally prepared for future positions with greater responsibility
Our study programme, taught exclusively in English, is dedicated to engineers, natural scientists, business managers, industrial engineers and similar professionals. The aim of the programme is to help students apply their existing knowledge to fundamental problems within life sciences and supplement this competence with branch-specific knowledge and managerial expertise. The curriculum covers a wide range of academic topics as well as practical modules, enabling you to comprehend the entire value chain from various perspectives. As a graduate of this programme, you will be perfectly prepared for a senior position within an international job environment in life sciences, and you will be able to easily adapt to the respective work processes.
Leverage your career to the next level now
After completing the MBA & Engineering in Life Science Management programme, you will be able to make business decisions based on comprehensive, industry-specific knowledge, and you will be prepared to take on managerial responsibilities (https://lsm.htw-berlin.de/career-impact/) within the international life science industry. Check out some LSM student journeys (https://lsm.htw-berlin.de/my-lsm-story/).
We partner with leading, global applied companies to equip you with both the life science academic knowledge and practical work-based experience required to work in the international life science industry. Here are a few examples of the companies our students are working with: Bayer, Pfizer, Biotronik, Capgemini, IGES Institute, TissUse and Thermo Fisher.
Over 96% of the MBA & Engineering in Life Sciences Management graduates are employed within three months (https://lsm.htw-berlin.de/applying/statistics/) after graduation. Watch employability perspectives (https://youtu.be/pCngv-984Fg?si=D6g-QJ409xls6k_z)of our LSM alumni.
Study in the “Health Capital” Berlin (https://youtu.be/QZIEeuwkdwM?si=iHpiPUVo-lYnoheN), Germany's Life Science Hotspot
With its numerous biotech, medical engineering and pharmaceutical companies, research institutes and public institutions, Berlin offers you an excellent base for networking, apprenticeship and project work during your studies as well as the opportunity to propel your career and achieve more senior management roles within the life science industry. Germany's low tuition fees, safe and comfortable studying environment and excellent universities attract plenty of international Master's students.