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Save the date: 16 – 23 May 2026

Global Master School (GMS) – Doing Business in Europe

Think global, act local – Sustainable Business Stories (6 ECTS)

The next Global Master School “Doing Business in Europe” will take place as an ERASMUS Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) from 16 – 23 May 2026.

The on-site phase will be hosted on the campus of Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences and in the surrounding region. The programme offers international students insights into sustainable business models and success stories within a European context.

Programme Title

Sustainable Business Stories

Flyer | GMS 2026 (PDF)

Fact Sheet | GMS 2026 (PDF)

Practical Information

Onsite programme:

Saturday, 16 May: Arrival in Aschaffenburg and informal get-together in the evening
Sunday, 17 May: Full working day, including an excursion to the business cooperation partner
Monday, 18 May: Official opening, academic programme and a guided city tour of Aschaffenburg in the evening
Tuesday, 19 May: Academic programme, excursion to ECB in Frankfurt
Wednesday, 20 May: Academic programme in Miltenberg, excursion to Faust Brewery
Thursday, 21 May: Academic programme, Campus Careers Event
Friday, 22 May: Academic programme, the BIP/GMS concludes in the evening
Saturday, 23 May: Departure

In addition, one compulsory online preparatory meeting will be held, including both a pre-assignment and a post-assignment.
To all participants in this year’s GMS, please make a note of this date in your calendar:
Monday, 4 May 2026, 6 pm (CEST), online via Moodle.
Participants will receive the link to the online session by email.

Programme | GMS 2026 (PDF)

This GMS will be conducted as an ERASMUS Blended Intensive Programme (BIP).

What does GMS stand for?

The Global Master School (GMS) is based on a trilateral partnership between the University of Applied Sciences of Aschaffenburg, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland and the University of St. Louis, Missouri, US. These GMS are intensive summer, spring or winter schools of 6 ECTS/3 UC and explore a set of identified business and management related themes, allowing students from all three participating institutions to engage and pool their knowledge and resources supported by academic inputs from lecturers from all three partners and practitioners. At Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences, these three GMS form an integral part of the English master‘s programme “International Management” (M.A.). The course language of all GMS is English.

Past programmes

Global Master School 2025 at Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences

Together with Aschaffenburg UAS and University of St Louis Missouri, the GMS was organized from 18 – 24 May 2025 in Seinäjoki.
The topic was “Export and Global Markets”.

Global Master School 2023 at Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences

2023 we were celebrating our 10th anniversary of our Global Master School with our partners University of Missouri St. Louis, USA and Seinäjoki UAS, Finland and we were joined by our ERASMUS partners Škoda Auto University and University of Economics in Katowice.
The topic was “Employer Branding & Talent Winning Strategies in a Globalized World – Case Study Bavarian Lower Main”.

Global Master School 2022 at the University of Missouri, St. Louis

University of Missouri, St Louis, Aschaffenburg UAS, Germany and Seinajoki UAS, Finland had created this unique graduate offering. Students and faculty from all three universities gathered at UMSL to explore and develop a global strategy for flipstik .
The topic was “Jumping the Pond: How can an American Brand Succeed in Europe?”.