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Become an impactful leader of the 21st century.

Impact MBA

Lead yourself to drive transformative change within organizations. Tailor your learning experience by diving deep into topics such as business innovation, leadership, sustainability, entrepreneurship and many more.

Format
Part-time / Full time available
100% Online
Next intake
March 2025
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Tuition
From €327/month*
*Before scholarship and reductions
Tuition
€338/month*
€338/month*
Duration
12-18 Months
Credits
60 or 90 ECTS
Language
English
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*Based on extended payment plan & reductions.
Language
English
Accreditation
State-recognized
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#1 university in Germany for innovative education and impactful careers.

And 25th Globally according to WURI (World University Rankings for Innovation)
We're ranked #1 in Germany for innovation in leadership education and #3 in Europe by the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI)
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Globally Recognized MBA

Our fully accredited, award-winning MBA is ranked number one in Germany by WURI for innovation in leadership education, ensuring both quality and international recognition.

Real-World Challenges for 21st-Century Skills

Master the 21st-century skills needed to thrive as a leader by engaging in real-world business challenges. From sustainable ventures to ESG leadership, our active learning model ensures you apply knowledge in dynamic, hands-on projects.

Purpose-Driven Learning

Find meaning in your career and turn it into action with our personalized, purpose-driven MBA. Start by identifying your unique mission, then design a learning journey that empowers you to lead impactful, sustainable transformations in business and beyond.

Community-Powered Fulfillment

Empowered by purpose, elevated by community. Join a global network of mentors, peers, and changemakers who support your journey and amplify your impact through collaboration and shared purpose.

Tech-Enabled Personalization

Your learning journey is as unique as your purpose. With AI as your coach and tutor, receive personalized feedback and growth paths designed to help you unlock your potential and achieve your goals.

Maximum Flexibility

Study a minimum of 10 hours per week, with one live session, and on-demand lessons available anytime. Our flexible model allows you to balance your studies with your personal and professional commitments.

Why our Impact MBA is for you

Globally recognized MBA
Our fully accredited, award-winning MBA is ranked number one in Germany by WURI for innovation in leadership education, ensuring both quality and international recognition.
Diverse Career Opportunities
Whether advancing in your current organization, launching your own sustainable venture, or transitioning into consulting, the program equips you with the skills needed to lead in today’s business world.
Practical and Purposeful Learning
Our MBA combines practical learning with purpose-driven leadership, helping you gain the essential skills to turn your passion into action.
Global Community of Change Makers
Grow meaningful connections within a global community of mission-driven professionals, collaborating on projects and driving collective change across industries.
Personalized Learning Paths
Tailor your MBA with specializations such as ESG management, digital transformation, or organizational psychology, ensuring your learning aligns with your specific career goals and personal mission.
Maximum Flexibility
Our flexible model requires just 10 hours per week, including one live session. With on-demand, bite-sized lessons available anytime, you can learn at your own pace and stay on track.
Equip Yourself for Transformative Leadership
Our full accredited Impact MBA program provides the skills, knowledge, and mindset to lead with purpose and drive sustainable innovation. By the end of this degree program, you will be ready to lead with:
Deep Expertise in Sustainable Business
You will have a comprehensive understanding of sustainable business practices and how to implement them across various industries.
Transformative Leadership Capabilities
You will have developed leadership skills that empower you to lead transformative change within organizations and drive positive impact in society.
Strategic Problem-Solving Skills
You will be able to think strategically and innovatively, addressing complex business challenges with sustainable, future-focused solutions.
Innovative Mindset for Sustainable Growth
You will have gained the entrepreneurial tools to foster innovation, driving organizations toward long-term sustainability and growth.
Deep Expertise in Sustainable Business
You will have a comprehensive understanding of sustainable business practices and how to implement them across various industries.
Transformative Leadership Capabilities
You will have developed leadership skills that empower you to lead transformative change within organizations and drive positive impact in society.
Strategic Problem-Solving Skills
You will be able to think strategically and innovatively, addressing complex business challenges with sustainable, future-focused solutions.
Innovative Mindset for Sustainable Growth
You will have gained the entrepreneurial tools to foster innovation, driving organizations toward long-term sustainability and growth.

Tailor Your Learning with a Flexible Curriculum

Our four-phase curriculum is designed to offer you choice and flexibility, supporting your unique goals at every stage of your skill development for an impactful learning experience.
Core Modules

You’ll start your journey by mastering the program's six competency areas. Your personal mission statement will lay the groundwork for your desired specialization, competency development and mindset cultivation. Modules include:

  1. Learning Insights
  2. Mission Identification
  3. Sustainability Foundations
  4. Build Your Dream Team
  5. Responsible Leaderships & Organizations
  6. Introduction To Innovation
  7. Strategy Development
  8. Group Challenge
Customised Learning

In this stage, you’ll deepen your expertise by selecting elective modules that align with what matters most to you and your mission. Our flexible program allows you to decide on your focus as you progress, with modules offered multiple times throughout the year. This level of personalization ensures every choice you make supports your evolving career goals and aspirations.

Technological Mastery
Sustainability Thinking
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Self-empowerment
Cognitive Proficiency
Social and Emotional
Grand Challenges

The Elevation Phase focuses on finding solutions for Sustainable Development Goals. These grand challenges are designed and delivered together with our industry partners, with a focus on key areas such as:

  1. Climate Action
  2. Responsible Consumption & Production
  3. Biodiversity Loss
  4. Sustainable Cities & Communities
  5. Clean Energy
  6. Education
Final Thesis Project

The Activation Phase is where your innovative ideas will come to life. You will work towards your own project's goals, with the support from your peers, our industry experts and your mentors. It's the culmination of your transformative journey. You will the opportunity to choose from one of these project modalities:

  1. Initiating Social and Behavioral Change for Sustainability Transformation
  2. Human - Centered AI Products
  3. Transforming Businesses for a Sustainable Tomorrow
  4. Co-Creation Initiatives
  5. Influence of Sustainability on Firm Performance & Strategy
Orientation Phase
15 ECTS
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Core Modules
  1. The ToU Way Of Learning
  2. Mission Identification
  3. Build Your Dream Team
  4. Sustainability Foundations
  5. Responsible Organizations & Leaders
  6. Introduction To Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  7. Strategy & Global Markets
  8. Mentoring Challenge
  9. Orientation Group Challenge
Calibration Phase
45 ECTS (for 90ECTS version) or 15 ECTS (for 60 ECTS)
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Customised Learning
  1. Choose From Specialist Tracks
  2. Build Your Own Curriculum
Technological Mastery
Sustainability Thinking
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Self-empowerment
Cognitive Proficiency
Social and Emotional
Elevation Phase
15 ECTS
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Challenge-Based Electives (Choose 1 or 3)
  1. Elevation Grand Challenge: Building an Impactful Tech Product
  2. Grand Challenge: Measuring Impact
  3. Elevation Challenge With Rawbite
  4. Grand Challenge: Creating Impact - Drive Change From Within
Activation Phase
15 ECTS
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Thesis Project (Choose 1)
  1. Initiating Social and Behavioural Change for Sustainability Transformation
  2. Strategy For Life: Work On Your Personal Growth Plan
  3. Human-Centered AI Products
  4. Co-Creation Initiatives:  Developing Co-Creation Processes For New Product Developments In Existing Companies
  5. Activation: Transformation Lab
Technological Literacy
Sustainability Thinking
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Self-empowerment
Cognitive Proficiency
Social-Intelligence
Select your elective
Select your elective
Select your elective

Explore How our Learners Personalize their Journeys

At Tomorrow University, you have the freedom to customize your learning journey as you go.

With a variety of elective modules, you can shape your curriculum to align with your mission—no need to decide everything upfront. Build your path along the way, tailoring your focus to your evolving goals. Some popular pathways include:

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Learn from Industry Leaders

Our Impact MBA is backed by some of the world's leading impact professionals.
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New Work
Marina Ziblis
Change Manager at PWC
Climate leadership
Tim Schumacher
Founder of WorldFund
Sustainable TECH
Lara Sophie Bothur
Voice for Innovation at Deloitte
INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
Christian Poensgen
Productivity Coach & Author
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Verena Pausder
Chairwoman German Startup Association
ESG Management
Lubomilla Jordanova
Founder & CEO Plan A

Master the 21st-Century Skills Needed for Future Readiness

Cognitive Proficiency
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Self-empowerment
Social & Emotional
Sustainability Thinking
Technological Mastery

According to the World Economic Forum, 21st-century skills like adaptability, digital literacy, and critical thinking are essential for success in the future business landscape.

At Tomorrow University, these skills are seamlessly integrated into our MBA curriculum, adding depth to traditional business knowledge. Our learning app allows you to track your skill development in real-time, giving you a clear view of your progress.

Scholarships & Financing Options

Collaborate on Real Projects With Industry Partners

Grover

Learners explore innovative solutions using generative AI to revoluntionize Grover’s online shopping experience, a pioneer in the circular economy.

Generative AI
Commerce
Circular Economy
Eintracht

Collaborating with Eintracht’s digital creative company, learners propose new ways to align investments with sustainability goals and ethical principles to tackle moderns economic, social, and environmental problems.

Sustainable Investments
Ethics
Finance
KFW

Partnering with one of the world’s leading banks, learners engage in the Data Science Process, solving real-world problems using raw data sets.

Data Science
Kelp Blue

Learners identify technology-based market opportunities to expand the product portfolio of Kelp Blue, which manages large-scale underwater kelp forests for carbon sequestration.

Ecology
Marine Biology
Product
Nadia Ali
Co-Founder of Aether

"Tomorrow University has been a cornerstone of my personal and professional development. It has an outstanding faculty, innovative courses, and most importantly a supportive community. The university not only challenges and inspires its students but also provides them with the tools and resources necessary for success. My experience here has been transformative, equipping me with the skills and confidence to pursue my ambitions. To those considering Tomorrow University: it's not just an institution, it's a launchpad for your future. Thank you for an unforgettable journey."

André Luiz Casagrande
Impact MBA
Manager at Daimler Truck AG

"Tomorrow University's Impact MBA is definitely fulfilling all my expectations. The program's practical approach, stellar faculty, and interdisciplinary focus have equipped me with the skills and knowledge to drive positive change in the world. From hands-on projects to networking opportunities, every aspect of the program has been invaluable. I highly recommend it to anyone passionate about making a difference in the fields of sustainability, leadership, and innovation."

Trusted by +600 learners
"Tomorrow University's Impact MBA is definitely fulfilling all my expectations. The program's practical approach, stellar faculty, and interdisciplinary focus have equipped me with the skills and knowledge to drive positive change in the world. From hands-on projects to networking opportunities, every aspect of the program has been invaluable. I highly recommend it to anyone passionate about making a difference in the fields of sustainability, leadership, and innovation."
André Luiz Casagrande (Manager at Daimler Truck AG)
"Tomorrow University has been a cornerstone of my personal and professional development. It has an outstanding faculty, innovative courses, and most importantly a supportive community. The university not only challenges and inspires its students but also provides them with the tools and resources necessary for success. My experience here has been transformative, equipping me with the skills and confidence to pursue my ambitions. To those considering Tomorrow University: it's not just an institution, it's a launchpad for your future. Thank you for an unforgettable journey."
Nadia Ali (Co-Founder of Aether)

Study with Purpose

We strongly believe that learning should go beyond preparing you for a job—it should empower you to pursue your true calling. With Tomorrow University you'll uncover your purpose and align your studies with what truly drives you, turning your passion into meaningful action and lasting impact.

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Gain the Skills to Turn Your Passion into Action

Explore how our learners are fulfilling their unique missions while studying at Tomorrow University.

Perfect farm
From a Master's project prototype, Niklas Bøe founded Perfect Farm to help livestock farmers cut greenhouse gas emissions.
tree.ly
Lukas Bals co-founded Tree.ly to build climate-resilient forests by partnering with organizations to boost CO₂ absorption and promote sustainability.
My goodbyes
James Barrett launched the health & wellness app MyGoodbyes to help people find more approachable ways to cope with death.
AI SDG Guide
Steve Mullen and Talia Boates created an AI SDG Guide for Kids, later featured by the World Series of Innovation by the NFTE.
Marmar
Ahmad Rufai Yusuf built MARMAR, your pocket AI pharmacity to transform medication management into a seamless experience.
Fynn innovate
Robyn Davie and Nina Sekulovski launched a self-development academy to support individuals in reaching their potential.
of Our Learners Balance Full-Time Work and Study
of Our Learners Balance Full-Time Work and Study
of Our Learners Balance Full-Time Work and Study

Define Your Own Success: Turn Your Career into Your Calling

Earn a globally recognized degree while gaining the tools to forge a unique career path aligned with your passion and mission.

€85,000 - €120,000/year
Business Leader
Build meaningful products
Product Manager
Change the lives of 5,000 people
Impact Founder
Traditional or uncharted, the choice is yours!

Balance Work and Study with Ease

Week 1
Our program is designed to fit your life, with a weekly commitment starting from 10 hours plus one live session— you have the flexibility to study when it suits you best.
Flexible online lessons (Available anytime)
Mandatory live session (1 per week, 90 mins long)
Optional events
Week 2
With only one live session and the rest of your learning on-demand and asynchronous, our program lets you study entirely on your own terms.
Flexible online lessons (Available anytime)
Mandatory live session (1 per week, 90 mins long)
Optional events
Week 3
Worried about keeping up? Our bitesized lessons and milestones are there to keep you motivated and on track!
Flexible online lessons (Available anytime)
Mandatory live session (1 per week, 90 mins long)
Optional events

Thrive in a Supportive, Purpose-Driven Community

Our Faculty

Our expert faculty are committed to your success, bringing real-world experience, personalized guidance, and a passion for empowering learners to reach their full potential.
Dr. Maren Ingrid Kropfeld
Impact MBA Program Director
Professor of Sustainability & Entrepreneurship, Program Director for Impact MBA

With an extensive academic and professional background in sustainable business models and consumption practices, Maren is dedicated to advancing sustainable impact across different business sectors to inspire collective socio-ecological transformation.

Dr. Maximilian Lude
Bachelors of Arts Program Director
Professor of Business Management & Innovation.

Maximilian brings extensive expertise in innovation and marketing, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises and family firms. His published research in top journals and his role as Founder & Managing Partner at philoneos GmbH enhance his value as the director for the bachelor’s program, ensuring a rich, practical, and research-driven educational experience.

Dr Sami Asad
Bachelor of Science Program Director
Professor of Sustainability & AI

Dr. Sami Asad disseminates foundational environmental science concepts to promote science-based sustainable decision-making. His research focuses on quantifying biodiversity and environmental responses to anthropogenic disturbance, utilizing AI for biodiversity conservation and sustainable land management.

Dr Jonathan Costa
Impact Master of Science Program Director
Professor of Data Science & AI

With a robust background in physics, high energy research, and dark matter exploration at prestigious institutions like Imperial College London and CERN, Jonathan brings invaluable expertise in cutting-edge science. His extensive teaching experience and data science skills ensure he bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application.

Connect and Collaborate at our Meetups & Global City Hubs


Our local city hubs bring learners together for in-person exchanges, meetings, and events.


With regional meetups, workshops, and conferences throughout the year, these face-to-face experiences allow you to network, collaborate, and build meaningful relationships within our community.

Admissions Process

Our learners come from +60 countries

95%
of our learners balance full-time work and study
75%
of our students work on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
40%
of our learners are founders of their own startups
Our learners are driving innovation and change in companies such as:

Stay Engaged with our Next-Gen Virtual Campus Experience

Our award-winning virtual campus delivers an unmatched learning experience that redefines online education.
With engaging bite-sized lessons, assisted learning and a fully integrated global community, it keeps you engaged and connected. Access your courses, resources, and peers anytime, anywhere, and from any device.

Why Impact Matters

True organizational success depends on the ability to create positive, lasting change. At Tomorrow University, we challenge the traditional, profit-focused MBA model by equipping learners with the skills to drive growth while making meaningful impact.

Central to our Impact MBA are the pillars of sustainability, innovation, and leadership. These principles prepare learners to tackle complex challenges and become resilient, purpose-driven leaders who can effectively steer businesses toward sustainable success and future readiness.

Program specifications

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duration
18 months (90 ECTS)
Requires a minimum of 180 ECTS from a Bachelor's Degree
12 months (60 ECTS)
Requires a minimum of 210 ECTS from previous Bachelor's or a Master's
Language
English
Tuition
From €387/month, total tuition €14,500 (90ECTS) 
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From €417.83/month, total tuition €11,500 (60 ECTS)
ACCREDITATION
The Impact MBA program is accredited through the  Accreditation, Certification, and Quality Assurance Institute (ACQUIN), a reputable non-profit organization association comprising over  150 higher education institutions in Europe, recognizing the rigorous  quality standards mandated by Germany’s Official Accreditation Council.

Official degree title: MBA in Sustainability, Innovation & Leadership
COHORT SIZE
Max. 50 learners
FLEXIBLE MODALITY
Part-time/ Full-time / 100% Online
Schedule
On-demand learning with 1 live session / week
credit transfer
We accept credits from other universities and programs. Save on tuition, transfer your credits to ToU.
Next Intake: 17th of March 2025
Application deadline
18th of February 2025
Pursuing an accredited online MBA  will help you transform your team and company. Through our remote-first program you’ll learn the 21st-century competencies needed to stand out and accelerate your career.
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Access Quality Education Without Financial Barriers

We offer flexible tuition models, including monthly payment plans, to fit your financial needs—no hidden fees, no surprises. To make learning even more accessible, we provide scholarships of up to 2,000€, income share agreements and more.

Scholarships & Finance Options

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