University of Zurich currently offers an Executive MBA taught in German. Working knowledge of German is a prerequisite to joining this program.
Admission requirements
- University degree
- Several years of management/ leadership experience
- Good knowledge of both German and English
Accreditation and ranking
- Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics accredited by EQUIS and AACSB
- Executive MBA ranks 58 in the 2017 Financial Times Executive MBA ranking
Program structure
- 15 months; starts in August 2018
- Three-day modules in Zurich (Thursday – Saturday), each 3 ECTS credits
- Week-long modules abroad
- 73 days in class; course preparation ca. 1 day per course day
Financial details
- Tuition fee: CHF 65 000 (excluding airfare and costs for accommodation)
- Early booking discount:
Application by December 31, 2017: CHF 6 000
Application by February 28, 2018: CHF 3 000
Program dates
- Application deadline: June 30, 2018
- Information sessions in Zurich: November 28, 2017; February 7, 2018; April 11, 2018
Further details
- Language of instruction: German and English (study trips and intercultural modules)
- Study trips: Yale University (New Haven, US) and Fudan University (Shanghai, China)
- ECTS credits: 80 out of a total of 89 ECTS credits have to be earned in order to graduate
- Maximum number of participants: 40
- Governing body: Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics
- Location of teaching facilities: Zentrum für Weiterbildung, Universität Zürich, Schaffhauserstrasse 228, Zürich
Program structure
Three-day modules in Zurich (Thursday – Saturday), each 3 ECTS credits;
- Ausgewählte Themen des Rechts (Introduction to legal studies)
- Controlling and Compliance
- Corporate Finance I
- Corporate Finance II
- Ethik und Leadership (Ethics and Leadership)
- Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Human Resource Management
- Information Management
- Innovation Management
- International Management I
- International Management II
- Marketing Management I
- Marketing Management II
- Medien und Kommunikation (Media and Communication)
- Mikro- und Verhaltensökonomie (Microeconomics and Behavioral Economics)
- Services and Operations
- Statistik und Datenanalyse (Statistics and Data Analysis)
- Strategic Management I
- Strategic Management II
- Value-based Management
- Wirtschaftspolitik und Makroökonomie (Economic Policy and Macroeconomics)
- Negotiation and Innovation Management: Yale University, School of Management, New Haven, US (6 ECTS credits)
- Characteristics of Business Management in China: Fudan University, School of Management, Shanghai, China (5 ECTS credits)
Master thesis (15 ECTS credits)
Lecturers in charge of modules
- Björn Bartling, University of Zurich
- Abraham Bernstein, University of Zurich
- Ingmar Björkman, Aalto University
- Helmut M. Dietl, University of Zurich
- Reto Eberle, University of Zurich
- Reiner Eichenberger, University of Fribourg
- Egon Franck, University of Zurich
- Sven Henkel, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
- Peter R. Isler, Niederer Kraft & Frey AG
- Conrad Meyer, University of Zurich
- Felipe Monteiro, Professor for strategy, emerging markets and global innovation
- David Oesch, University of Zurich
- Dieter Pfaff, University of Zurich
- Karl Schmedders, University of Zurich
- Paul Schönsleben, ETH Zurich
- Gerhard Schwabe, University of Zurich
- Carmen Tanner, University of Zurich
- Patrick Vogt, vogt media consulting
- Alexander Wagner, University of Zurich
- Max von Zedtwitz, Tongji University
If you have further questions, please contact us at:
Executive MBA Universität Zürich
Phönixweg 5, CH-8032 Zürich
Phone: +41 76 650 55 08
E-Mail: info@emba.uzh.ch
www.emba.uzh.ch
