General Information
“International Education Management (INEMA) - an extra-occupational, international Master's Program” is a joint
program of the Department of International Educational Leadership and Management of the Ludwigsburg University
of Education and the Helwan University, Egypt.
The purpose of the program is to develop and to provide managerial skills as well as competencies for cross-cultural
challenges in education.
Funding partners are the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Corporation
for International Cooparation (GIZ). The program is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
and by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Developement (BMZ)
The international Master Program INEMA “International Education Management” started in 2010 at the Institute of
Educational Leadership at the Ludwigsburg University of Education. It is an extra-occupational master study
program based on a modern student-oriented teaching/learning design to meet the requirements of students
balancing their job and learning needs and career perspectives. The program is shaped by the following
main characteristics:
Reform & Change Qualification for Education Systems: The overall aim of INEMA is to qualify
young professionals as experts in international education management. They are enabled to identify, initiate
and guide necessary and sustainable reform processes in the education sector in an intercultural environment.
Internationality: Internationality and intense exchange across cultures are key pillars of the
joint degree program of the Ludwigsburg University of Education and Helwan University, Cairo, in cooperation
with DAAD, GIZ and ministries in Germany and Egypt. The program started as a German-Arab program, but was developed to now work beyond this scope. While students from the MENA region and from developing countries make up a significant portion of the participants, students and alumni come from around the globe. Alumni also
are appointed across Europe, Africa, Asia and America. For the past years, the selection committee has strived to nominate a balanced mix of European, Arab and worldwide professionals
into the program, so that everyone can learn and benefit from each other. Applications are accepted from candidates around the globe. The course will result in an international network of education
management specialists.
Extra-occupational blended learning format: The program takes place in a blended learning format,
giving optimal conditions for developing students’ professional action skills and deepen their theoretical
competence. This means that students study mostly from their home country. While students come together during attendance phases in Ludwigsburg and Cairo, the times in-between
are filled with supported online learning phases. The program contains a wide share of self-organized learning,
project work and individualized tasks. Being a scientific program, also qualifying for the third cycle (e.
g. Ph. D.) of the framework of qualifications for the European Higher Curriculum, contents and methods are
adjusted to prepare students to develop and perform their own research on the base of current theoretical
concepts.
Scientific and generic competences: Both, generic international management competencies for
the education sector and well-founded scientific competency enable students to conceive, design, implement,
and adapt a substantial process of research and to contribute through original research that extends the
international frontiers of knowledge.
Creativeness, reforms, and transfer: Expertise shall be gained to reform education systems internationally.
Therefore, INEMA both demands and delivers conceptual, procedural, and analytic thinking as well as creativeness
when it comes to reforming and rebuilding of new and innovate changes in education systems. Decision-making
is based on analysis, reasoning and development of complex education structures. Part of an essential and
deepened knowledge of scientific work is the handling of statistical data material and evaluation of the
findings of scientific studies. Generic knowledge and competencies in the fields of strategic management
and the management of change processes and quality render possibilities to develop the education sectors.
Transferable knowledge and applicable decision-making processes enable our students to perform research-based
innovation in a cross-cultural context. Students are expected to be able to deal with the high demands concerning
networked and cross-linked education systems.
Key future competencies: The program takes new and innovative aspects of management and science
into consideration and focus, being meaningful in both national and international surroundings. INEMA enables
students to take over responsibilities in international teams and projects and to transfer their knowledge
and scientific backgrounds into practical problems. Key competencies for application and research are continually
updated since they are having even more meaning in the future for the students’ ability to develop their
skills continuously and self-directed in the sense of life-long, self-directed, and autonomous learning.
High demand for our students: INEMA thereby addresses students in the field of education systems,
development cooperation and education institutions facing a substantial and growing demand on labor market
and in governance and administration.
Structure of the Program
Length of the Program
The Master program is designed to take between four and six semesters to complete. For ambitious students, the fast track makes it possible to complete the entire program within four semesters. The regular track consists of six semesters, leaving more time for academic writing, reflection and for completing online learning assignments and other tasks. The program consists of three semesters with attendance phases (semester 1, 2 and 3) and one or three semesters without attendance phases (semester 4 for the fast track, for regular track also semesters 5 and 6).
Phases of Attendance
During the first three semesters, there are two attendance phases (10 days each) per semester, alternating between the Ludwigsburg University of Education in Germany and the Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt.
Self-learning Phase
There are self-learning phases that consist of autonomous studying, e. g. with module books, business simulation and case studies. Tasks and materials are provided through the MOVE online learning platform. Support from lecturers is available throughout all self-learning phases.
Coaching
The program features professional coaching for personality development, project management and career guidance.
Transfer
The program puts a strong focus on transfer of experiences. This is made possible through exchanges between students, interactive transfer sessions, best practice studies, internships and project work.
