Master of Business Administration

SWISS UMEF is the first private higher education Institution in Geneva to have institutional accreditation by the highest federal accreditation authority in Switzerland.

This program allows the student to acquire a mastery of the principles of strategic management, marketing management, management control, financial management, human resource management, project management, etc., from a global and cross-cutting approach to the company.

Objectives:

At the end of this program, students will be equipped with the capacity for research and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. They will be critical in their approach and be able to use economic and financial language to analyze complex situations, debate and make rigorous proposals.

Learning outcomes:

• The courses have been created so that each graduate, on successful completion of their program, will have learned critical thinking, effective problem solving, effective communication, emotional intelligence skills, strategic planning and thinking, quantitative skills, innovation, and critical analysis.
• Students will be able to prepare variance analysis of the cost of operation as against budgeted costs, offer constructive advice on the reason for excess cost, and provide measures towards cost reduction and performance variation using standard costing techniques.
• Students will be able to make economic and management decisions that consider the global economic situation since the business units are affected by lots of exogenous factors beyond the control of managers.
• Students will be able to show their understanding of the impact of any adopted leadership style and approach in the organization and its consequences.
• Students will be able to prepare variance analysis of the cost of operation as against budgeted costs, offer constructive advice on the reason for excess cost, and provide measures towards cost reduction and performance variation using standard costing techniques.

First year 60 crédits (ECTS

• Marketing Management
• Human Capital and Talent Management
• Business Negotiation
• Accounting for Managers
• Business Law
• Leadership, Team Management
• Corporate Finance
• Digital Transformation
• Strategic Management
• Project Management and Decision Making

Second year 60 crédits (ECTS)

• Thesis Methodology
• Current Issues in Business Management
• Artificial Intelligence in Business
• SME Manage
• Cross-Cultural Leadership
• Thesis or internship

Various management positions (Administrative director, financial director, management controller, financial analyst, business economist, treasury manager, controller, internal auditor) in private and public structures, and in associations.