Geneva, Switzerland

MBA in International Business

Language: English Studies in English
Subject area: economy and administration
University website: www.ifm.ch

Developed by professionals, this cutting-edge MBA provides you with the skills and mindset to successfully work within international markets.

The program constructs a broad vision of international business and a detailed understanding of the major challenges currently facing global companies. The sector needs individuals with flexible patterns of thinking and behaviour to succeed in a competitive international business environment.

This program is an excellent combination of a solid general MBA in conjunction with a specialization focused on international aspects of business and management. This degree develops a deep understanding of the organizational structures of international businesses and international trade. Our MBA provides you with excellent knowledge in international management, economics, international marketing and sharp skills in analysis, negotiation, leadership and strategy. You will develop the ability to analyze and recognize business opportunities, and then to manage inherent risks to settle successful deals on international markets.

This program prepares graduates for top managerial careers in any type of industries ranging from multinationals, import-export companies, consulting firms to international organizations.
Our employment record is excellent : 86% of our MBA graduates find a job or a new job within 6 months.

Our MBA offers an innovative, employability-focused approach to studies by using current industry examples, discussions, case studies, problem-solving and group work. The curriculum has been designed to give you real-life business skills. Courses are taught by professors with real-business experience.


QUICK FACTS

  • Triple accreditation: ACBSP, IACBE, EDUQUA

  • Length: Full Time (9 Months)

  • Small classes: 15-20 students

  • Language: courses taught in English.

  • MBA students: 50% local & 50% International, 90% speak 2 languages or more

  • 3 intakes per year: January, April, and October.


WHAT OUR ALUMNI SAY

"The education I received at IFM has helped me a lot to first of all give me an orientation of what I would like to do and secondly, the practical approach IFM follows, provided me with valuable information helping me every day in my professional career."
Julian Strosek, General Director, Kiveda Group, Germany

"This intensive training is oriented towards « business realities ». It has helped 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, Managing Director, Ubisoft, United Arab Emirates


ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

  • An online application form and a 300-400 word motivation letter

  • Official Undergraduate diploma: Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

  • For non-native English speakers, provide proof of your English proficiency.
    (IELTS (6.0), TOEFL (80 ibt) or equivalent. In-house IFM / online English test)

  • A resumé / curriculum vitae showing your work experience if applicable.

  • A non-refundable application fee of CHF/EUR 150.

  • International Students: proof of financial means to pay for the course (letter or bank statement).

Business
Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling goods or services. Simply put, it is "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit. It does not mean it is a company, a corporation, partnership, or have any such formal organization, but it can range from a street peddler to General Motors." The term is also often used colloquially (but not by lawyers or public officials) to refer to a company, but this article will not deal with that sense of the word.
International
International mostly means something (a company, language, or organization) involving more than a single country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries. For example, international law, which is applied by more than one country and usually everywhere on Earth, and international language which is a language spoken by residents of more than one country.
International Business
International business consists of trades and transactions at a global level. These include the trade of goods, services, technology, capital and/or knowledge.
Business
Business has to be fun. For too many people, it's "just a job."
Jack Welch (2001) Jack: Straight from the Gut Ch. 24.
Business
O brave youth, how good for thee it were couldst thou be made to understand how infinitely precious are thy school years—years when thou hast leisure to grow, when new worlds break in upon thee, and thou fashionest thy being in the light of the ideals of truth and goodness and beauty! If now thou dost not fit thyself to become free and whole, thou shalt, when the doors of this fair mother-house of the mind, close behind thee, be driven into ways that lead to bondage, be compelled to do that which cripples and dwarfs; for the work whereby men gain a livelihood involves mental and moral mutilation, unless it be done in the spirit of religion and culture. Ah! well for thee, canst thou learn while yet there is time that it will profit thee nothing to become the possessor of millions, if the price thou payest is thy manhood.
John Lancaster Spalding, Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), pp. 58-59.
Business
I believe that leaders and leadership teams working together in a proper design will run the business more effectively than by hierarchical, command-and-control managing. But I can't prove that. And there are no models.
Marvin Bower (1966) The Will to Manage p. 7.
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