GISMA Business School was launched in 1999 as an initiative by the then prime-minister Gerhard Schröder, in a joint initiative with the state of Lower Saxony and private-sector enterprises. In September 2013 GISMA became a member of the international higher education group, Global University Systems B.V. (GUS). GISMA Business School is committed to providing supplementary business education with a unique blend of theory and practice, thus effectively filling the gap between conventional university studies and the shifting requirements of today’s global marketplace. GISMA serves the learning needs of individuals aspiring to take on major managerial responsibility with businesses of international reach and scope. GISMA strives to provide a superlative learning environment for the achievement of objectives. GISMA stands for cross-cultural inspiration, a principle lived daily by our teachers, students and corporate participants from around the world. Our educational portfolio aims at providing supplemental management training as a complement to first-degree studies and job experience. All courses at GISMA are taught in English, as the world’s foremost language for business and global communication. Our alumni come from as many as 40 different nations and are taught by professors of diverse cultural backgrounds.