Management Theory + Business Cases, Challenges and Skills

Focus on the foundations of Financial, Human Resource, Marketing and Supply Chain Management; combine with courses from our contemporary Global, Digital, Sustainable and Social Business clusters; choose additional courses from among shared electives; improve your business skills throughout the program; and bring it all together in a Business Project.

Everyone’s professional career is different, and we’ve always believed that your academic career can be too. You will be the one customizing your program based on your previous studies, current interests and future ambitions. You will also attempt courses with students from other programs and concentrations through shared electives. Our program is modeled after our academic partner’s long-standing MBA program, through which it is also validated. We’ve made it our own and refined it for young metropolitan professionals such as yourself.

Modular design

Our flexible program structure is based on the American model of higher education, allowing students to choose their courses (with some limitations) based on program requirements which are different for each of our programs and which have to be met in order to finish.

Learn more about the Credit, Grading and Honor systems, and about several other relevant matters in the Education and Examination Regulations (EER).

This curriculum is valid for all students starting in October 2020 or later. While all efforts have been made to ensure that the program requirements and course overviews are complete and accurate at the time of publication, we reserve the right to make changes to the curriculum without prior notice. Some of the courses are subject to availability.

Program requirements

There are other concentrations in Digital Business, Social Business and Sustainable Business. The program can also be completed without concentrations. Slightly different program requirements apply.

Starting dates

Our academic calendar is based on a quarter system with four 10-week quarters per year that consist of two 5-week terms each. We refer to these quarters as Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer, and to these terms simply as A and B. Our program’s flexible structure and modular design allows you to optimally plan your studies and choose from among multiple starting dates in October, November, January, February, April, May, July, and August.

Program duration

You can complete the program in a full-time format within 1 academic year of 3 quarters of 20 credits each for a total of 9 months, or within 4 quarters for a total of 12 months, spreading the workload.

Alternatively you can complete the program in a part-time format within 3 academic years, depending on our course planning and your course selection. Completing half of the typical workload of a full-time format will equal twice the typical duration. The more flexible you are with your professional or other activities, the more courses you may be able to join in order to complete the program faster.

Teaching schedule

We schedule most courses on weekdays throughout the day, typically in blocks of 3 hours between 8.30 and 18.30, but there may be several evening courses between 19.00 and 22.00, weekend courses on Saturdays, and/or seminar courses with visiting faculty in two or more consecutive days. Some courses may be scheduled in a hybrid format, partially on-campus and partially virtual, or in a fully virtual format. When students combine on-campus and virtual courses, we refer to that as a blended program.

Additional options

After finishing the program, you can register for a 90-credit Dual Master program, or for a professional internship.

During the program, you can register for private tutoring per hour or per course, or for distance learning per course.

Before starting the program, you can register for a customized Pre-Master Foundation program designed for Bachelor-qualified students who previously studied something other than business and management, or for one or more Pre-Master Seminars designed as a refresher for those who did study business and management.

Admission details

Learn more about the Admission requirements, the Language requirements and the Program Fees. Contact us to find out about specific guidelines for Transfer Students and Exchange Students.

Metropolitan qualifications

Upon successful completion of the program, students receive our own Metropolitan Graduate Degree in Business Administration, as well as an international private (programmatically-accredited) Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree awarded by UIBS from Zurich, Switzerland. The UIBS-validated degree is issued  based on the recommendation of our local faculty members and Examination Committee (and of those from other campuses or partners where credits were earned).

Blockchain-verifiable

All our qualifications are awarded not only the traditional way on paper in a school-branded diploma cover, but also as a blockchain-verifiable award on the Ethereum blockchain. With this cutting-edge technology, we are adding a whole new dimension to diploma verification, of which students and alumni benefit. One major benefit of secure document verification is the instant verification by employers during the recruitment process.

Career center

With the help from our dedicated career services, students and alumni get the career support they need to help their professional careers take off. We organize relevant career seminars and guest speaker events on a regular basis, and our online career center provides 24/7 access to the latest job offers and internship opportunities, as well as to a wide range of videos and articles with helpful tips and advice.

Honor society

Alumni insights

Take a look at the UIBS LinkedIn page and see where our alumni work, what they do and what they have accomplished with a professional degree. You may be surprised about the variety of positions in small, medium, large and multinational companies across numerous industries that is represented.

While our programs prepare students for a wide range of professions across a wide range of industries, it is important to note that our programs do not aim for access to regulated professions or government employment. While access to government employment may be limited because of the private nature of our degrees, several alumni do work for government authorities in a number of positions.

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Flexible study programs

Our flexible study programs are based on the American model of higher education, allowing students to choose their courses based on program requirements, previous studies, current interests and future ambitions.

Multiple starting dates

Students can choose between multiple starting dates in the fall, winter, spring and summer of each academic year. Our modular course design and program structure allows for an optimal further education planning.

Professionally experienced faculty

Academically qualified and professionally experienced professors link theory and practice by bringing contemporary case studies into the classroom, preparing students as the global leaders of the future.

Global study destinations

Students can spend one or more quarters abroad with UIBS. All partner campuses offer similar study programs and follow similar program structures so that students can experience an interruption-free education.

Interested?

We believe in personal attention from start to finish. Our Admissions Advisors are only a click away and are available to answer any final questions and to assist with your online application.