Master in Management MIM Germany? (WHU - Mannheim - HHL)

Hi harsya071,

you might also have a look at HHL, which is similarly positioned as WHU and ESMT (and is also named in the title of this thread).

Please see below my comments on your profile

-Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering (i know not basically business/Management ; but i have good amount of Industrial/Warehouse/production/Supply Chain Management classes)
-> could be problematic, as most German Masters are consecutive, requiring at least partial business studies during an undergraduate degree. I think you should contact the universities whether the courses you did are sufficient in this. I could imagine that the private universities are more flexible in this than the public ones.
-GPA 3,1 of 4,00
-> I cannot judge this. For Mannheim I think there is a conversion calculation that they apply for foreign GPAs to result in German grades and then in points for the application process
-TOEFL 583 (PBT, need to take again for updates)
-> WHU requires at least 100 in iBT, PBT is not accepted; Mannheim does not require any English test (only GMAT)
-GMAT (not yet taken, will guess around 600+)
-> WHU and Mannheim have 600 GMAT as minimum
-Work Experiences ;
- Forwarding Logistics around 3 months (Part Time)
- Shipping Line (Taiwanese company) / currently working 1 Year Experience in Marketing Import/Export position
- Co-Owner Restaurant (while study in College, around 1 to 1,5 years)
-->sounds good. restaurant ownership could be interpreted as Entrepreneurship. See that Mannheim does not value internships highly (maximum of 6 points in application process for internships and work experience)

-> What you did not mention is an exchange semester or comparable international experience.
Note that Mannheim places substantial weight on an exchange semester with a pointage of 22 points for an exchange semester. Without an exchange semester it is very difficult to get into the Mannheim program.
Further note that only a part of the total Mannheim master places are available for English-only speakers, as the majority of the program is English-German. I think to remember that ca. 20% of the overall spots were reserved for the English-only program. As there are some courses only available in German, with the English-only program you have a limited choice for courses. However, this might be less severe for you as most German are Accounting/Taxation courses which seem to be of less interest to you either way.


To increase your chances
- get at least 600 in GMAT, higher pointage is advised
- get 100 in iBT for WHU, higher pointage is not of advantage (but doesn't harm either)
- have an exchange semester (for Mannheim) or refer to international experience (for WHU, international experience here is more broadly, could also be an internship abroad or similar)