GISMA Kingston

Our vision conveys what GISMA Business School stands for, defines our values and aids transparency, allowing you to understand exactly what we do and why, as well as what we have to offer.

Mission

• GISMA educates individuals to be responsible members of the global business community.
• GISMA stands for practice-oriented and inspiring management education at the highest academic level that enables students to be engaged in life-long learning.
• GISMA cooperates with a network of globally operating organisations and supports the business community in its internationalisation process by preparing international students for the German, British and International economy.

Vision

GISMA Business School:

• Works towards becoming the most international business school in Germany and the UK, valuing high diversity among students, faculty, staff and collaboration partners.
• Deems itself to be a school for business and employers, generating global insights, adjusting them to local conditions, and vice versa.
• Focuses on developing individuals into effective change agents for the German, British and the International economy.
• Bridges the gap between education and the corporate sector, applying varied views of best practice to maximise students' readiness to join the business world.
• Addresses the challenges of a competitive market environment with relevance to customers and distinctiveness to competitors.
• Provides a modern infrastructure and an inspiring learning environment that mirrors the unique character of a signature business school.

Education at GISMA Business School:

• Merges business experience and practice with academia and theory through customised, experiential and interactive learning.
• Strives for the development of a new kind of business leader, valuing the role of business in society, corporate sustainability, ethical awareness and stakeholder interests.
• Increases knowledge about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and bridges natural and social sciences in hybrid forms;
• Applies blended learning and digital technologies to complement human abilities and understands how digital disruption is changing the human condition.
• Is rooted in a liberal arts context and integrates a humanity-minded approach that stays adaptable and reactive in a rapidly changing world;
• Places language learning and communication skills at the forefront enabling students with rhetorical and client-facing skills to meet interpersonal and cross-cultural challenges.

USPS:

• The Kingston MSc International Business Management is double accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and EPAS.
• It has held EPAS and AMBA accreditation for more than 10 years
• Kingston Business School is accredited by AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).
• Kingston Business School is one of only five per cent of the world's business schools to be accredited by AACSB International
• Kingston University named one of top 50 in country in Guardian league tables 2020
• It is one of the largest business schools in the UK
• Kingston Business School’s MSc programmes are in the top 100 globally (Eduniversal Best Masters Rankings 2017)