Delete search term

Header

Main navigation

School of Management and Law

About Us

“The ZHAW School of Management and Law relies on three success factors: excellence in research, a national identity with an international focus, and study programs including BSc, MSc, and continuing education programs that are both innovative in their content and teaching methods as well as practically oriented.”

Prof. Dr. Reto Steiner, Dean and Managing Director, ZHAW School of Management and Law

Vision Statement

Our educational programs and our research in management and law enable entrepreneurial activity and contribute to resolving social challenges. We stand for Swiss excellence with a global reach.

Mission Statement

We deliver innovative, interdisciplinary and intellectually challenging education in management, economics and law, enabling our graduates to compete successfully in the domestic and international environment.

We contribute to the success of private and public sector enterprises and organizations through research, continuing education and consulting.

We practice and actively promote sustainable development and corporate responsibility.

Our highly qualified faculty and staff utilize their expertise to advance knowledge and practice in areas most relevant to our stakeholders.

Rooted in the Zurich metropolitan area we cultivate strong national and international alliances and partnerships.

Building Competence. Crossing Borders.

Strategy

Strategic Positioning

The ZHAW School of Management and Law (ZHAW SML) is a nationally recognized leader with a global reach in teaching, research, and executive education. Through academic excellence and an entrepreneurial perspective, the ZHAW SML creates value for business and society.

Quality and Employees

The ZHAW SML is among the leading business schools worldwide that meet the highest quality standards. It fosters an inspiring and diverse working environment that attracts, supports, and retains talented, entrepreneurial, and committed professionals in the long term.

Social Responsibility

The ZHAW SML is a responsible business school that aims to develop sustainable solutions to economic and societal challenges through research and education.

Networks and Cooperations

The ZHAW SML is deeply rooted in society, business, and academia, actively engaging in national and international networks and strategic partnerships.

Teaching and Learning

The ZHAW SML is a leading Swiss provider of academically sound and practice-oriented study programs for ambitious students from Switzerland and abroad. It fosters holistic and critical thinking, empowering students to take responsibility.

Research and Development

Research at the ZHAW SML combines academic excellence with practical relevance and strong social impact.

Executive Education and Services

The ZHAW SML is one of Switzerland’s leading providers of innovative, science-based, and practice-oriented executive education and services, with a national footprint and a global perspective.

Our Seven Core Values

Goal Orientation and Respectful Cooperation

We work together in a respectful and cooperative way which transcends structural boundaries. We promote and value the skills of all our employees, regardless of their position in the organization.

Creative Freedom

We offer a working environment which promotes initiative and creativity. We encourage and expect our employees to be motivated and to think and act independently. We support innovation and give our employees a platform to explore and communicate new ideas.

Diversity

We safeguard and cultivate diversity for the benefit of knowledge acquisition, innovation, and social cohesion. The diversity of our employees is fundamental to our success.

Integrity & Academic Freedom

We behave with integrity in all we do. We believe in the value and preservation of academic and organizational freedom.

Quality

We set ourselves ambitious goals and consistently deliver quality work in our four performance areas. We are guided by scientific principles in all we do.

Relevance

Through innovative knowledge generation, transfer, and application, we make a relevant contribution to the welfare and development of society as a whole.

Personal Contacts

We promote and cultivate personal contacts with our stakeholders (*) to assist in collaborative ventures.

(*) Stakeholders include commercial clients, universities, other ZHAW schools and departments, sponsors, chambers of commerce, media, learned societies, official bodies, and professional associations.

Facts and Figures

Retention Rates for Our Degree Programs and Continuing Education Programs

Retention rates are used to measures the proportion of students of degree programs and participants of continuing education programs who are successful in completing their academic studies.

Bachelor of Science (BSc)

A Bachelor’s program consists of two stages: first-year studies and main study period.

Master of Science (MSc)

Our consecutive Master’s programs have a retention rate of 75%.

Continuing Education Master’s Programs (EMBA; MAS)

Our continuing education Master’s programs have a retention rate of 95%.