Masters Degrees in Accounting, Switzerland

The Master’s Programme in Accounting and Finance (MAccFin) enables you to view financial corporate management from an integrative perspective. Our programme is characterized by its proximity to entrepreneurial practice: topical and relevant issues with the corresponding case-related approaches to solutions play as important a role in day-to-day studies as do reputed guest lecturers and close cooperation with selected companies. The MAccFin programme thus creates optimal conditions for a successful career start.

Objectives

The Master’s Programme in Accounting and Finance (MAccFin) prepares you for responsible activities in the field of financial corporate management. No matter whether you look at it from the perspective of a consultant, a controller, an auditor or a banker:
• you analyse an organisation’s sustainable financial and earning power and issue recommendations for further development;
• you deal with the requirements imposed by the capital market and the regulators;
• you create M&A processes;
• you conduct a value-oriented assessment of the profitability of customers, distribution channels and brands, as well as drawing up alternative action scenarios;
• you conduct management performance assessments and create incentive-compatible management instruments. Financial management thus includes a systematic and reliable record of corporate performance, as well as reporting for the attention of investors and other stakeholders.

Career opportunities

We would like to provide you with the wherewithal for an exciting and unique career. As a MAccFin graduate, you will not only have the necessary theoretical foundation but also be conversant with practice-oriented project work, positioning and opinion-leadership, as well as being involved in the production of solutions and decisions. MAccFin graduates find themselves in responsible positions in big and smaller corporations, on all continents, with responsibility in line functions, project management or consultancy, and as entrepreneurs. Typically, our graduates opt for business consultancy, investment banking, auditing (MAccFin credits will be credited to your auditor training) or a junior position in the finance department of a reputable firm. These starting positions are used as a stepping stone for growth with regard to functions, competence, responsibility, projects and leadership. Alternatively you can remain at university and opt for a doctorate and thus for further specialisation in your field in order to embark on an academic career.

Language

The programme is offered in German and in English.

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Master of International Business Administration

Gain a broad understanding in all areas of international business and launch a global career. Prepare yourself for a whole new experience and become able to lead in the international business environment.

The AGSB graduate program is designed for the successful undergraduate with some significant work experience so that the successful participant will gain the necessary skills and experience to successfully contribute to any business organization in a mid-level general management position.

Year 1: Preparing student to lead the next generation

In the master degree, you will integrate an innovative and complete approach to the activities of your organization.

You will acquire new skills in the use of new management tools.

You will benefit from a personalized follow-up with experts and get engaged in a practical and pragmatic high-level training with a highly qualified teaching team in line with the needs of companies and organizations.

Courses

International Accounting

International Economics

International Finance

Management

Marketing

Business Strategy

Entrepreneurship

Business Law

+ Topical Courses

Year 2: Combine theory and practice

In the second year of the master program, you will continue to study the same subject at a more advanced level.

In the second term, you will have the opportunity to put your knowledge to practice in a real-world work environment. You will complete a three-month administrative or managerial internship in a function such as marketing, finance, human resources or events management. This hands-on work experience will provide you with the necessary basis for your final project.

Courses

Research Methods

Project

Internship

MIBA Dissertation

+ Topical Courses

More about the program:

https://agsb.ch/programs/master-of-international-business-administration/

https://agsb.ch/admission/master-program/

Meet our alumni

https://agsb.ch/alumni/

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Study wealth management in the heart of private banking & boost your career

If you want to advise and manage high net worth client accounts or get prepared for a top level PhD program, then the Master in Wealth Management is for you.

A two-year program accredited by CAIA and SFI based on modules which combines traditional financial market courses such as portfolio management, with law courses such as banking regulation. Our curriculum also offers courses in new and multidisciplinary fields such as sustainable finance and neuro-finance. You can tailor the program to suit your career aspirations by choosing among the different modules and a wide range of elective courses. You can also earn credits while gaining industry experience through internships.

The quality of teaching is guaranteed by an exceptional faculty that combines cutting-edge academic research and industry knowledge and by various teaching methods encouraging learning by doing.

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The Master of Science in Commodity Trading

(former Master of Arts in International Trading, Commodity Finance and Shipping) was created in 2008 with professionals through the Swiss Trading and Shipping Association, this unique academic programme has been designed to respond to a need identified by Geneva’s commodity trading, commodity finance, and shipping community itself.

Developed with professionals

this innovative academic program for young students with a Bachelor Degree is conducted to best fit in with the demands of the commodity trading industry.

From 2018, Students will have to secure a part-time traineeship linked to Commodity Trading and in Switzerland as of the first semester in order to start the master.

The Master is designed for young students with a Bachelor degree with no or less than 3 years of work experience.

If you have more than 3 years of work experience, in any field of expertise, you can apply to the Diploma of Advanced Studies in Commodity Trading (DAS). You will find more information on the website by clicking here.

The Master in Commodity Trading, created in conjunction with the Swiss Trading and Shipping Association (STSA), is founded on the principle of a strong coordination between academia and the commodity trading industry. This partnership reflects the desire to create a highly specialized academic programme for people wanting to work while studying, in the trading field, in Geneva. 

Career opportunities

Graduates find work in all sectors both in Switzerland and abroad. Given the nature of the Geneva economy, opportunities are usually found in banking, financial institutions, fiduciaries, consulting firms, insurance agencies, local and international manufacturing, international trade companies (e.g. commodities trading, product distribution), international or global organisations (e.g. ICRC, UNHCR, WTO) and public administration.

Study Programme

Core courses (30 credits): Quantitive methods, Finance and Investment, Legal Aspects and Regulations, International Economics and Trade, Natural Resource Economy and Agri Commodities

Specialized courses (24 credits): Metals, Ores and Mineral, Options, Hedging Tools & Technics, Shipping, Transport & Logistics, Energy Oil and Gas, Energy Renewables, Types of Financing for Commodity Companies, Trade Finance for Banking Instruments, Accountancy, Control and Auditing, Marine Insurance, Commodity Price Mechanism, Commodity Price Risk, Shipping market, CSR and Business Ethics

Traineeship (30 credits)

Master Thesis (18 credits)

Application

The application procedure opens every year at the beginning of January.

Applications close on 28 February for all students.

There is only one Master intake in September every year. Attendance is mandatory for admitted students from day one.

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