xMBA - German Academy for Technology & Entrepreneurship
Get international management certification
while studying engineering or
management (6 months part-time)
Program description
The xMBA program is an innovative, practice-first, fast-track program focusing only on experiential learning to provide hands-on work experience. The intense program focuses on state-of-the-art technologies and processes directly from domain experts.
Program dates
The batches start in March, June and Sept.
Where does it happen?
100% online, 3-5hrs a week commitment. Can be completed in 6 months part-time. Participants can additionally join GATE Business Exchange Programs to Germany if interested.
Who is it for?
Bachelor or Master students of engineering and management who would like to do an additional practical certification program to boost their career. Engineering working professionals and founders who would like to gain management experience by working directly with companies.
Why should you do it?
xMBA is not a traditional degree focused on theory-based learning. xMBA is a practical program where you work directly on hands-on projects from German companies, and learn by doing. It is led by industry experts from Germany and Europe, and can be completed part-time alongside your current degree program. It is a certification program to boost your CV with real work experience.
xMBA is taught by industry experts in German/EU
xMBA Modules
Mandatory Modules
Product Management, AI Product Development, Digital Marketing, AI in Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Data Analysis, Recruitment, Hubspot CRM
Mandatory Modules
Product Management, AI Product Development, Digital Marketing, AI in Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Data Analysis, Recruitment, Hubspot CRM
Specialization (choose one)
Data Science, NLP and LLM, Generative AI and Prompt Engineering
Specialization (choose one)
Data Science, NLP and LLM, Generative AI and Prompt Engineering
Exchange Program to Europe
You will be attending our European Management Exchange Program as a part of xMBA. For more details, check out the exchange programs page
Specialization (choose one)
You will be attending our European Management Exchange Program as a part of xMBA. For more details, check out the exchange programs page
Externship
An externship is a form of work experience obtained usually by working on real company projects. You can do a remote externship (online) with our partner companies for 3 - 6 months
International Projects
An externship is a form of work experience obtained usually by working on real company projects. You can do a remote externship (online) with our partner companies for 3 - 6 months
Traditional MBA vs xMBA
Our training focuses on providing you work experience rather than just theoretical knowledge
Traditional MBA
- Book-based
- Outdated curriculum
- Professor-led
- No real company projects
- No work experience
- 1-2 years
- 20000$ – 100000$
- On-campus
- No career guidance
xMBA
- Practical training via company projects
- None of our mandatory modules are taught at uni
- Industry-expert-led, incl. 1-1 task reviews weekly
- Work with direct company projects
- Gain work experience via Externship
- 6 months
- Entirely online
- Personal career guidance
- Certification Program (not traditional degree)
12 years of delivering global exposure through innovative programs for aspirants
GATE and it’s group of companies in Germany, including INK, Moyyn, NoAcademy, MyHelpBuddy and LeData have been on a mission to provide international exposure to aspirants, certification programs, exchanges, bootcamps, job placement and higher education mentoring since 12+ years.
GATE PROGRAMS
German/EU Exchange Programs
1-2 weeks tech and business certification programs in Germany, along with cultural immersion trips
Projects in German companies
Gain practical work experience from German companies remotely by working on their projects and boost your CV
Job placement mentorship
Explore job opportunities with our 1-1 job mentoring from industry experts from Germany
Centre of Excellence in AI & Business Innovation
GATE CoE are centres established in schools and colleges, to share Germany/EU-based industry expertise and knowledge
xMBA - 100% online international management program
Complete an international program in 6 months, while you are studying Bachelor's or Master's
German certification trainings
Join our technical and management bootcamps and get certified with hands-on experience and coaching from Germany
GATE FOUNDER
Aravinth Palaniswamy
Aravinth is a serial entrepreneur, founded 3 organizations in Germany and has worked in automotive, robotics, and AI domains for the past 13 years. Aravinth founded GATE with the mission of providing international exposure to aspirants. Aravinth graduated from RWTH Aachen in 2016, and later studied Business from RWTH Business School and Harvard Business School. With GATE Trainings, Aravinth trained more than 500 students in Management.
xmba coaches from germany
Quirin
Entrepreneur - Cologne
Founder of 2 startups in Germany, Business Coach, Chief Executive Officer at Moyyn – AI Recruitment startup and has 15+ years of experience in Venture Building, and Business
Development.
Dr. Chetana
Data Scientist - Munich
Experienced Data Scientist, Product Owner, and PhD graduate from IIM Ahmedabad and has worked 10+ years in various top companies in the world like Amazon, FLIX, Zalando, HCL. Trained more than 500 students till date.
Tejaswini
AI Product Expert - Berlin
10+ years of experience in Automobile companies like VW, ZF. Alumni of RWTH Aachen University, acquired German citizenship and coached 100+ students on career guidance and higher education.
