Program Overview
In the Master's program in Management and Economics, you combine business and economic thinking: How do you develop successful corporate strategies in a complex market environment? Which economic policy frameworks influence business decisions? How do you use empirical methods to make well-founded management decisions?
You will gain comprehensive insights into business contexts and develop a profound understanding of the economic mechanisms that shape markets and companies. In doing so, you will deepen your knowledge in human resource and organizational management, innovation, and microeconomic analysis, with a focus on modern empirical research methods.
Through the Master's program in Management and Economics, you will learn to integrate business and economic perspectives and apply your knowledge in new situations. You will develop the ability to make well-founded assessments even with limited information while taking social and ethical responsibility into account.
Study at a Glance
Degree: Master of Arts UZH in Business and Economics (Major: Management and Economics)
Scope: 120 ECTS Credits
Duration: 4 semesters (full-time)
Language of instruction: English (main language of instruction) und German
Start of studies: Fall or Spring semester
Structure of the Master's Program
The Master's program comprises a total of 120 ECTS credits and is divided into:
- Major program Management and Economics (90 ECTS including Master's thesis 30 ECTS)
- Minor program (30 ECTS)
The Major program Management and Economics (90 ECTS) consists of a mandatory section (36 ECTS), elective mandatory section (24 ECTS), and Master's thesis (30 ECTS).
Mandatory Section (36 ECTS):
- Corporate Finance (3 ECTS)
- Advanced Microeconomics I (6 ECTS)
- Empirical Methods (6 ECTS)
- ME 1 Personnel Economics (6 ECTS)
- ME 2 The Economics of Innovation (6 ECTS)
- ME 3 Organizational Economics (6 ECTS)
- ME 4 Accounting & Economics (3 ECTS)
Elective Mandatory Section (24 ECTS):
You select modules from the six subject areas in Business Administration and the three subject areas in Economics:
- BWL 1: Accounting, Auditing and Governance
- BWL 2: Corporate Finance and Banking
- BWL 3: Personnel and Leadership
- BWL 4: Marketing, Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship
- BWL 5: Strategy, Organization and Innovation
- BWL 6: Business Analytics and Operations
- ECON 1: Macroeconomics
- ECON 2: Microeconomics
- ECON 3: Empirical Economic Research and Econometrics
To ensure the integration of both disciplines, you must earn at least 6 ECTS credits from the Business Administration area (BWL 1 – BWL 6) and at least 6 ECTS credits from the Economics area (ECON 1 – ECON 3).
Master's Thesis (30 ECTS):
The Master's thesis forms the conclusion of the program and enables an in-depth scholarly examination of an economic research question.
The Minor program (30 ECTS) serves for further specialization and profiling. You choose from the offerings of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics (see below) or other faculties at UZH.
Minor Offerings of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics
Business Administration:
Marketing, Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship
Strategy, Organization, and Innovation
Business Analytics and Operations
Accounting & Corporate Finance (together with Finance Department)
Economics:
- Economics
- Behavioral Economics
- Development and Economic Policy
Finance:
- Finance
- Investment Management
- Sustainable Finance
Informatics:
- Information Systems
- Informatics
- Data Science
- Artificial Intelligence
Through the free combination of Major and Minor, you design your studies according to your individual areas of interest and career goals.