Master in International Business Development

• Programme structure

  Skills acquired 

  The distinctive characteristics of the MScIBD are targeted to meet the particular needs of companies and organisations. Specific academic knowledge and practical skills acquired during working groups devoted to case studies, such as critical analysis and synthesis, problem resolution, communication and autonomy, are developed.

  An internship in a company or organisation in Switzerland or abroad can be added towards the end of the programme, which would enable more rapid integration with the world of business.

  Course structure

  The length of the course is fixed by each student according to his / her availability. As necessary (i.e. professional or personal reasons), completing the programme on a part-time basis is possible.

  The 90 ECTS credits of the MScIBD programme are composed of courses and seminars, mobility programmes and a mandatory thesis of 30 ECTS, which can either be an internship thesis or a research thesis.

  After a semester of studies, students can also benefit from the faculty’s mobility programme for one semester in a member university of the faculty’s mobility network. Subject to a study contract for mobility, students may acquire 30 ECTS, allowing the recognition of the ECTS credits obtained in Switzerland or abroad.

  Interactive teaching

  The courses taught in the MScIBD programme are given by professors of the Enterprise Institute of the University of Neuchâtel and external qualified experts. An entity of the Faculty of Economics, this institute specialises in business management and is staffed by professors and part-time lecturers, as well as several researchers with principal activities in academic research, organisation of international conferences, teaching and adult training.

  The students are supported in an individual and personal way, thanks to the reduced class size and the availability of professors and teaching assistants.

• Career opportunities

  Career opportunities

  Job perspectives following the completion of this programme include employment in SMEs, large organisations, NGOs and other international organisations, as well as various institutions working with or for SMEs.

  The economy’s need for well-trained managers in international business extends the job market potential to numerous countries.

• Admission conditions

  Admission conditions

  This study programme is open to students who possess a bachelor’s degree in management or economics from a Swiss university Under certain conditions, other degrees can be considered equivalent for admission to the MScIBD.