Get the best possible start to a career at the intersection of business and society. With a specialization in Politics and Management, you acquire sound, practice-oriented business knowledge to deal with important current issues of financial, social, public health, and environmental policy.

Megatrends such as digitalization, mobility, health, demographic change, and sustainability/ecologization pose major challenges for the public sector. Private companies, on the other hand, are increasingly impeded by the regulatory state in their business development. This situation calls for problem solvers who can apply their business know-how effectively, are familiar with the special features of the interaction between business and politics, and are able to take them into account. Our specialization in Politics and Management can help you become such a problem solver.

As a graduate of the specialization in Politics and Management, exciting and challenging opportunities await you in all areas of public administration, in public companies (e.g., the Swiss Railway, the Swiss Post Office, or cantonal hospitals), private companies (especially in the areas of health, energy, and transport), and in national or international non-governmental and non-profit organizations (NGOs and NPOs). Following a successful start, you can often take on management responsibility (e.g., as a team leader) after a short time.

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As a full-time student, the program takes six semesters, as a part-time student eight semesters to complete. While classroom instruction is in German, you will have four semesters of English, bringing you up to Cambridge Advanced level. Four compulsory elective modules will enable you to deepen your knowledge of specific key focus areas.

By choosing four electives from a very wide, continuously updated, range of topics, you will be able to focus on your priorities. Of particular interest to students with a specialization in Politics and Management are modules in the following areas:

• Politics
• Economics
• Administration law (e.g., public enterprise law, public personnel law, or spatial planning & construction law),
• Cultural management
• Public health
• Renewable energy

• Typically, you will have a vocational baccalaureate in economics or services. There are various other ways in which you can be admitted to our program. Find out more here about admission requirements.
• Certificate from a college of higher education and training (HF): Exempt from examination, at least one year of regulated work experience in the commercial sector. With certain HF certificates (see admission requirements), direct entry to the main study program is possible (the assessment with 60 ECTS is waived across the board). Read about direct entry with an HF degree here (in German).