WHU-Otto Beisheim school of Managemet

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is a private business school in Vallendar, near Koblenz, Germany. It was founded in 1984 on the initiative of the Koblenz Chamber of Commerce and later named for retailer Otto Beisheim, founder of Metro. It is a specialist management school rather than a full university, with a second campus in Düsseldorf for some master's and MBA programs.

Departments cover finance, accounting, marketing, economics, entrepreneurship, and supply chain and operations. Research units include the Entrepreneurship Center, the Center for Sports and Management, and groups in family business and digitalization. The school uses international exchange and double-degree partnerships for its graduate cohorts.

Enrollment is about 1,700 students across bachelor, master's, MBA, and doctoral levels, with a high international share in the English-taught master's and MBA programs. The professoriate is a small research-active group plus visiting and clinical faculty. Alumni include Rocket Internet co-founder Oliver Samwer and executives and founders in German industry and consulting.

Graduate study centers on consecutive M.Sc. programs, MBAs, and a doctoral program leading to the Dr. rer. pol. Supervision is close, with small cohorts and a thesis or dissertation. The academic year follows the German semester pattern. Vallendar is a small Rhine town; many master's and MBA students also use the Düsseldorf campus, closer to corporate internships in the Rhine-Ruhr region.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, WHU-Otto Beisheim school of Managemet lists 1 master's program, in business & management.