MBA Finance | Executive Master in Finance (MiF)
Master of Business Administration

A program of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel in cooperation with TIAS, School for Business and Society, Tilburg University.

Next dates: November/December 2024

This master’s double degree program focuses on financial economics and its real-world applications, in particular on cor­porate financial decisions and their interaction with capital markets and financial innovation. The program offers you the opportunity to actively apply what you’ve learned in practical case studies, discuss your findings with your fellow students and deepen your knowledge in discussions with our professors. This allows you to transfer what you have learned to your everyday professional life and hence facilitates your personal and professional development.

The program is aimed at individuals who are focused on making financial decisions with a strong sense of corpo­rate and social responsibility. This is not only reflected in the knowledge which acquire during the program, but also in the way how you address and communicate your insights to your stakeholders.

This program is demanding. However, as an ambitious individual, you will appreciate the opportunity to expand your skills from module to module and bring your knowledge of finance to a level that is essential for you as a finance expert or as you seek to obtain a higher-level position.

Come along to an information event or contact us to discuss the course in person. We look forward to getting to know you and preparing you to discover and master the many challenges of business management, which are closely interviued with the modern theory and practice of finance. .

The course language is English.

The program combines the latest academic research with comprehensive practical expertise4 and offers students a part-time course for professionals with a globally recognized academic degree and major practical relevance.

  • The program lasts 15 months.

  • The master's degree consists of 11 study modules, each consisting of three to four days of in-person teaching, supplemented by intensive preparation and revision and an examination.

  • On successful completion of the 11 modules, you will go on to write and defend a master's thesis.

  • Most of the modules are taught in person in Basel and enhanced by interactive digital learning methods.

  • One to three study moduls involve a study visit to Tilburg or Utrecht.

  • One study module usually comprises a teaching time of three days. The course workload is expressed using ECTS (European credit transfer system) points.

  • One ECTS point is the equivalent of 30 hours' study. The course consists of a minimum of 60 ECTS points.

  • This amounts to a workload of around 1800 hours spread over a period of 15 months.

We recommend our students adapt their workload accordingly.

The course is aimed at academically and intellectually ambitious individuals with practical talent and high potential who hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree from a recognized university or university of applied sciences and wish to expand their analytical skills, strategic capabilities and leadership qualities in finance management substantially. Our students work in the finance or corporate finance sectors or wish to move in this direction. They seek further education opportunities alongside their career that combine a high level of academic rigour with their professional practice. Our target students have a strong sense of corporate and social responsibility to be reflected in their personal, management, and financial decisions.

We seek to attract a diverse student body.

  • Prof. Dr. Heinz Zimmermann, Studiengangleiter
  • Prof. Dr. Pascal Böni, Leiter Studiengangkommission TIAS

The MBA's teaching staff are first-class academics from two outstanding universities and remarkable practical experts with extensive experience and expertise in managing international companies.

They share sound and practical relevant knowledge of their subject area, using in-depth examples and case studies to share carefully considered approaches.

They love working with people in the midst of their career who get actively involved and contribute their experience.
Their teaching style encourages active thinking and knowledge exchange.

Bettina Greiner
Faculty of Business and Economics
MBA in Finance | Executive Master in Finance (MiF) der TIAS
Peter Merian-Weg 6
CH-4002 Basel

mba-finance@unibas.ch
MBA Finance

The course fees are CHF 39'500. This includes the costs of the programme, examinations, module resources, reading materials and coffee breaks.

Further information about the study program can be found on:

MBA Finance

Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel in cooperation with TIAS, School for Business and Society, Tilburg University

The course is offered as part of a collaboration between the Faculty of Business and Economics (WWZ) at the University of Basel and the Tilburg University business school, TIAS School for Business and Society.

The programme has been run successfully in the Netherlands for years now. In the Shanghai Ranking and the subject area of finance, the Tilburg School of Economics and Management at the University of Tilburg was ranked 25th worldwide (3rd in Europe) in 2022. In Business Administration, it took the 9th place (3rd in Europe again).

This makes it one of the few European institutions to secure a top global ranking. According to the Financial Times (FT), the Tilburg University Business School is one of the world’s top 50 business schools for executive education and the number one business school in the Netherlands.

The Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel laid the foundations at an early stage for research and teaching in innovative areas of finance such as distributed ledger technology (DLT), asset management, real estate finance, financial regulation and financial market micro- structures. In these fields, it isn’t just a major player in Europe – it’s a world leader. At the same time, the Faculty of Business and Economics maintains active and outstanding partnerships with institutions such as the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Swiss National Bank, as well as many banks and insurance companies, thanks to a wide range of research projects. Researchers at the School of Business and Economics and TIAS/Tilburg University are among the world’s top researchers and regularly publish in major journals.

The program benefits from both universities’ peak position and close links to business in the border area where Switzerland, Germany and France meet – a highly attractive and economically successful trinational area. Its proven strengths in research and global networking put the Faculty of Business and Economics in a position to offer an exciting, challenging and high-value part-time master‘s degree for professionals together with its effective and established partner TIAS.

Thanks to the partnership with Tilburg, this finance program from the University of Basel has a significant international component, setting it apart from all other specialist master’s programs in Switzerland and its immediate neighbours.

For further information please contact us: mba-finance@unibas.ch

Location

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät Peter Merian-Weg 6, 4002 Basel

und TIAS, School for Business and Society, Tilburg University in Tilburg/Utrecht

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