MBA - Master of Business Administration
Our MBA (Master of Business Administration), in taking a holistic approach to business and management development, is a rigorous program of organizational functional areas that include marketing, operations, finance and human resources, while being international in focus.
In response to the needs of today’s integrated world, MBU has designed an MBA program that enables you to develop a multi-dimensional business perspective that is essential for the globalized business environment.
Facts
Duration: 1 year (3 semesters) 6-month internship and thesis
Credits: 60 US credits / 90 ECTS
Requirements: 3 years of work experience minimum
Intakes: September / January / April
Program taught in: English
Diploma: Internationally recognized ACBSP accredited Masters’ diploma.
Program details
Program pathway
Our Master of Business Administration, in taking a holistic approach to business and management development, is a rigorous program of organizational functional areas that include marketing, operations, finance and human resources, while being international in focus. In response to the needs of today’s integrated world, MBU has designed an MBA program that enables you to develop a multi-dimensional business perspective that is essential for the globalized business environment.Our students will be able to learn with an experienced and global cohort, due to the fact that all of our MBA students have a minimum of three years of work experience. The program’s modules integrate managerial economics, organizational behavior, strategic management, entrepreneurship and innovation, among other areas. The students will have an emphasis on skills development activities, such as career communication and management, as well as job search training. Throughout their journey at the Montreux Business University, our MBA students wishing to focus on research will have thesis supervisors to support them.
Program goals
The MBU MBA program is a generalist, career-development program for applicants with at least three years of work experience. This program is underpinned by holistic development principles and its overall educational aims satisfy the International Standards for Masters Awards in Business and Management:
• The advanced study of organizations, their management and the changing external environment in which they operate;
• The preparation for and development of a career in business and management by developing skills at a professional level, or as a preparation for research or further study in the area;
• The development of the ability to apply knowledge and understanding of business and management to complex issues, both systematically and creatively, and to improve business and management practice;
• The enhancement of lifelong learning skills and personal development so as to be able to work with self-direction and originality and to contribute to business and society at large.
Learning objectives
After the completion of the MSc program, our students will be able to:
• The advanced study of organizations, their leadership and strategic management and the changing external environment in which they operate;
• The preparation for and development of a career in business management by developing creative and innovative analytical skills at a professional level, or as a preparation for research of further study in the area;
• The development of the ability to apply and communicate knowledge and an understanding of business and management to complex issues, both systematically and creatively, and to improve business and management practice;
• The enhancement of critical thinking, problem solving and lifelong learning skills and personal development so as to be able to work with self-direction and originality and to contribute to business and society at large.
Corporate visits and seminars
As part of the curriculum, MBU organizes corporate visits to multinational companies together with seminars given by prominent guest speakers which will provide students valuable hands-on experience, as well as professional guidance. The corporate visits and seminars will enable students to earn credits and see by themselves how to apply the business theory they learn in class in the business world by being on-site, meeting business professionals from different sectors and interacting with them. It is also a unique opportunity to build a network of contacts and help students see and realize in which sector they want to develop their career.
Study Abroad trip
Once a year, we organize a study-abroad trip for final year Bachelor students to one of our partner universities
Students have the opportunity to meet other students from more than 17 different nationalities with over 100 participants for a special management training focused on real life case studies and activities which involve leadership, creativity, finance, marketing and management tools.
Admission Requirements
• Completed and signed application form
• Bachelor’s Degree and the Official Academic Transcript
Bachelor’s Degree in business or another discipline and official academic transcript Students with a non-business degree should contact the admissions department.
• Two letters of recommendation (one of the letters should be from an academic source)
• Letter of intent (500 words minimum)
• CV
• Scanned copy of passport
MBA students must be able to prove a minimum of three years of work experience.
Pre-Master’s:
Students who have a non-business degree may have to pursue a Pre-Master's program for a period of one to two semesters (three to six months) to prepare for the MBA or the MSc pathway.
How to apply?
• Send us an e-mail to admissions@mbuniversity.ch
• If you need assistance, have any questions or require additional information, send us an e-mail to admissions@mbuniversity.ch
After you have sent all of your application documents to MBU, you will get an answer from the Admissions Department within a week. We strongly advise you to send your applications as soon as possible in order to ensure your space at MBU.
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