MBA in International Marketing (3 accreditations) - NEW!
Geneva, Switzerland
DURATION
9 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
20 Dec 2024*
EARLIEST START DATE
Mar 2025
TUITION FEES
CHF 35,300 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* consult website for application deadlines: https://ifm.ch/en/admissions.html
Introduction
This outstanding program prepares and equips you to tackle global marketing challenges like technology, emerging trends, and sustainability. You will grasp marketing’s pivotal role in organizations through studying best practices, product and brand analysis, and consumer behavior.
The degree grounds you in organizational structures and marketing practices within a global context. You will refine skills in analysis, negotiation, leadership, strategy, and cultivate an innovative mindset. You will learn to assess markets and competitors, manage projects, and devise innovative communications and strategies to secure a business’s competitive edge.
This specialization prepares graduates for a wide range of prominent marketing roles in various sectors, including product management, advertising, communications, brand management, sales, and international marketing.
Employability: You will engage in real-world business scenarios using case studies, teamwork, engaging discussions, practical projects, and realistic business simulations.
WHY CHOOSE AN IFM MBA
• Our curriculum, dedicated to excellence and regularly updated, is crafted for creating opportunities and ensuring significant career impact.
• Earn an accredited, highly-ranked MBA in a brief period, coupled with an extraordinary, transformative experience.
• Maximize your investment stemming from the quality of course content, diverse elective options, optimal duration, and program flexibility.
• Sharpen essential skills and learn to present your competencies and accomplishments compellingly to prospective employers.
• Experience personal growth, immense satisfaction, and gain a life-changing qualification that accelerates your career.
• Benefit from afternoon classes, offering a harmonious balance between studies, personal life, internships, or part-time work.
• If required, we can customize a schedule to align with your professional obligations and academic requirements.
ABOUT IFM BUSINESS SCHOOL, SWITZERLAND
IFM Business School is a triple-accredited, top-ranked and internationally acclaimed private institution. Boasting over 50 years of Swiss-quality education, IFM is celebrated for its outstanding and innovative business education through global rankings. Located in Geneva’s vibrant center, in Switzerland, IFM’s campus is at the heart of global business.
IFM’s distinctive educational approach delivers fresh perspectives, modern management insights, essential skills, practical tools, and the confidence necessary for success. Our commitment to innovation shines through our dynamic, hands-on teaching style. Developed by our experts with contributions from business leaders, our forward-thinking curriculum equips you for today’s business challenges, fostering an innovative, sustainable, digital, and entrepreneurial mindset for career excellence.
FACTS & FIGURES
• Accreditations: ACBSP, IACBE, EDUQUA
• Ranking 1: ranked in the top tier one for the MBA program in Europe and in the world > more
• Ranking 2: ranked #3 in Switzerland and #71 among the top business schools in the world in CEOWORLD survey>more
• Degree awarded: Master of Business Administration (with specialization in International Marketing)
• Duration: 1 academic year (9 Months)
• 12 courses: 10 core courses and 2 electives.
• Schedule: Mon - Fri, starting at 2pm
• Small classes: our classes average 20 students to promote exchange, class interaction, team work.
• Language: taught in English
• 2 intakes per year in March and October
WHAT OUR ALUMNI SAY
“The IFM MBA allowed me to develop the skills required to start my career with confidence. I enjoyed working in a great atmosphere, while being supervised by friendly and open-minded top professionals. I am very proud of my experience as an IFM student as this solid university background helped me realize my projects.”
Jon Malmezac, Sales & Implementation Associate, Sharp Focus, Inc., Los Angeles, USA
“The IFM MBA is oriented towards “business realities”. It helps me in my day-to-day tasks as a manager, such as reflection and the capacity to take a step back, allowing us to gain a bigger picture of the solutions needed by a company.”
Yannick Theler, Chief Executive Officer, Savvy Gaming Studios, Saudi Arabia
“My experience at IFM was very beneficial for me. The knowledge I gained there was both theoretical and practical, taught by academics who were experts in their fields and who prepared me perfectly for the world of business.”
Nirosha Beck, Head of Marketing & Communications, Impact Hub Geneva, Switzerland
ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
- A completed application form.
- A 300-400-word cover letter
- Official Undergraduate diploma: Bachelor degree or equivalent
- Official copies of your university academic transcripts and certificates (in English or French)
- An up-to-date resumé / curriculum vitae showing your work experience if applicable
- For non-native English speakers, provide proof of your English proficiency (IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge, etc.) *
- A copy of your passport photograph (ID) page
- One recent passport-sized, colour photograph, jpeg format, of yourself for the student ID card.
- A non-refundable application fee of CHF/EUR 150.-
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*Exemption from an English language test is possible if you have studied or worked in English.
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