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Introducing the Dual Master’s Degree in Business Administration
Welcome to the American Institute of Applied Sciences in Switzerland (AUS), where we offer an exceptional Dual Master’s Degree in Business Administration program in partnership with Tiffin University (TU). This unique program allows you to earn two prestigious degrees simultaneously, providing a comprehensive education that combines Swiss precision with American innovation.
AUS Degree:
Master of Science in International Business Administration (MIBA)
TU Degree:
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master Dual Degrees
CHF 25,000.- per year*
Program Overview
Our Dual Master’s Degree in Business Administration is designed to equip students with a robust foundation in core business functions, including marketing, finance, operations, and strategy. Through this program, you will gain a holistic understanding of business administration while having the opportunity to specialize in a field that aligns with your career aspirations, such as Accounting, Sports Management, or International Business.
Key Features
Two Degrees in One Program:
Graduate with a Master of Science in International Business Administration (MIBA) from AUS and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Tiffin University, enhancing your credentials and global employability.
Specializations:
Choose from a variety of specializations offered by Tiffin University, ensuring your education is tailored to your interests and career goals.
Global Perspective:
Benefit from a curriculum that integrates international business practices, preparing you for leadership roles in a globalized economy.
Flexible Learning:
Experience a blend of on-campus courses at AUS and online courses from TU, providing flexibility and a diverse learning environment.
Two Degrees in One Program:
Graduate with a Master of Science in International Business Administration (MIBA) from AUS and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Tiffin University, enhancing your credentials and global employability.
Specializations:
Choose from a variety of specializations offered by Tiffin University, ensuring your education is tailored to your interests and career goals.
Global Perspective:
Benefit from a curriculum that integrates international business practices, preparing you for leadership roles in a globalized economy.
Flexible Learning:
Experience a blend of on-campus courses at AUS and online courses from TU, providing flexibility and a diverse learning environment.
Why Choose the Dual Degree Program?
Comprehensive Business Education:
Our program covers all essential business disciplines, ensuring you are well-prepared for various career paths.
Specialized Knowledge:
Gain in-depth expertise in your chosen specialization, making you a competitive candidate in your field.
International Recognition:
Earn degrees from two renowned institutions, enhancing your global career prospects.
AUS MIBA Program Description
The Master of Science in International Business Administration (MIBA) program at AUS ensures that our students are fully prepared to lead and manage in today’s competitive and changing global marketplace. We focus on integrating traditional business knowledge with practical decision-making, problem-solving, creativity, and strategic thinking while engaging in real-world projects. We create a practical learning and research environment that emphasizes collaboration and active engagement with industry leaders.
TU MBA Program Description
The Tiffin University Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program helps students develop advanced competencies in communication, leadership, teamwork, information technology, and problem-solving. A distinguished faculty addresses current issues in management and prepares students for the technology-driven global workplace. Through case studies, research, and analyses of current business topics, you’ll learn to translate theories into practical business applications.
Program Structure
The Master’s program is a two-year program during which the student must obtain 90 credit hours | 120 European Credit Transfer System. The two-year program structure comprises six academic terms, with three terms per year (Fall, Winter, and Spring). Each term typically includes ten weeks of instruction and two weeks of examinations.
A standard course of study to complete a Master’s program over two years requires the completion of fifteen (15) AUS core courses, two (2) AUS elective courses, ten (10) TU core courses, and four (4) TU specialization courses. In addition, nine credit hours are required for Capstone work which should be completed during the last term of enrollment. The Master Capstone work can be either a thesis in the form of a research proposal, where the validity of one or more hypotheses is investigated, or in the form of a business plan.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Analyze and evaluate concepts, theories, and techniques across business functional areas.
- Formulate and evaluate solutions to business problems using analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Create and present coherent written forms of communication to diverse professional audiences.
- Compose and deliver effective oral presentations to diverse professional audiences.
- Collaborate effectively in diverse teams.
- Evaluate ethical obligations and social responsibility considerations for responsible management.
Specialization Options
Master – AUS Specialization options
Master – TU Specialization options
The Aviation Management specialization provides pertinent knowledge of the aviation industry and provides students with the necessary skills to fast-track their aviation careers. Grounded in cutting-edge business theory and experiential learning and directly taught by aviation professors, this MIBA program gives the students a well-rounded and hands-on exposure to the industry.
The Data Analytics specialization will help you not only analyze data but understand it, translate it and incorporate it into strategy at the top levels of your organization. The Data Analytics specialization focuses on the development of adept decision-making related to statistics, accounting, economics, finance, computer information, policy, ethics, law, globalization and marketing.
The Finance specialization enables you to build upon the core work in the MBA program with a focus on economic and financial business practices. The finance courses will provide an opportunity for you to learn about local, national and international economies in cooperating and competing markets. You’ll explore performance of stocks, bonds, commodities and other types of investments. The degree prepares you to work in the field of financial management either independently or with a corporation, bank, securities firm, nonprofit organization or an investment agency.
With the Healthcare Administration specialization, you can become a leader in the healthcare system to ensure that it stays a healthy, caring structure. With foundational business practices ranging from finance to human resources to marketing management, our program prepares you with the knowledge, decision-making tools and new technologies you’ll need to thrive as an administrator in the healthcare field.
The MBA with a Human Resource Management specialization provides the knowledge and skills needed to address the issues and challenges faced by today’s human resource management professional. You’ll learn the latest theories and engage in applications that will enable you to acquire and develop talented employees, organize a workplace, handle company pressure and create innovative solutions to develop a human-centered employee experience.
The International Business specialization will equip you with the in-depth knowledge and specialized skills you’ll need to thrive in this increasingly globalized business environment.
The Leadership & Change specialization provides you with a comprehensive organizational perspective, combined with real-world applications. Exposure to individual and group theories and practice will prepare you to become a well-rounded business professional. Competencies covered include: ethical decision making, interdependence, inclusion, global perspective and technology, along with courses focused on individual leadership, behavior and change dynamics, systems thinking, negotiations and conflict resolution.
The Sports Management specialization is designed to maximize convenience while providing the necessary structure to enhance students’ marketability and to improve their business skills. Faculty are prepared to help students make connections with a growing network of alumni working in sports or with the extensive list of sports industry contacts that have professional relationships with our faculty.
The Strategic Brand & Digital Marketing specialization enables you to build upon the solid foundation from the core coursework for the MBA degree, while advancing your knowledge in marketing products and services. You’ll explore the practices and techniques commonly used to increase exposure and market positions. You’ll acquire knowledge of marketing areas such as information systems, strategic brand management, global marketing management, and marketing field analysis. You’ll also be exposed to marketing in an international arena.
Course Examples
Most companies will proclaim that the people are their most important asset. Managing people effectively is an important element of organizational effectiveness and a base for long-term, sustainable competitive advantage. Through this course, students will develop an understanding of how decisions related to managing human resources contribute to organizational effectiveness and a firm’s competitive advantage, as well as how a good execution of these decisions helps achieve the strategic objectives of the company.
This course is an introduction to business ventures and startup creation. The students will understand and evaluate the various approaches in entrepreneurship and innovation and learn through case studies and applied exercises the processes involved with financing, managing, leading, and developing new companies in various sectors.
Leaders need to be skilled communicators and change promoters in the global arena. This course is designed to raise awareness of the importance of new leadership styles to fit the challenges facing leaders today in times of fast changes and crises. The course provides students with essential information about the traits and behaviors related to the role of the leader, as well as basic leadership styles. Furthermore, it will encourage the students to project the ‘future is now’ mode of working and reflect on the necessary skills of leaders today and tomorrow. Conceptual analysis, role-playing activities, case studies, and class debates will be practiced offering students both theoretical knowledge and best practices.
The Future of Work course is set in the present of the ever-accelerating technology developments, changing needs for the skills and cognitive abilities employees and workers own, and a growing concern about the impact of technology on jobs that people, businesses, and governments need to deal with. The course will discuss the extent of this change shaping the employment market of today and tomorrow and help students identify the possible course of action needed within the careers they are preparing for to address this change. They will be guided to reflect on the impact of future workplace change from individual, group, and organizational perspectives. Topics such as talent management, teamwork, artificial intelligence, employee engagement, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, future leadership competencies, workplace diversity, big economy, and lifelong learning will be developed and discussed.
This course focuses on the international dimensions of business strategy and the ways multinational and global companies compete. It analyses a framework for formulating strategies in an increasingly complex world economy. It provides students with the tools to better understand competitive forces in today’s global economy and to develop strategic perspectives to work effectively in today’s interconnected world. The course examines the basic frameworks for understanding competitiveness in international business and identifying the opportunities presented in a dynamic global environment. Managers face enormous challenges when trying to take advantage of these opportunities.
This course will examine the framework of sustainable development in terms of economic development, sustainable business strategy, social inclusion, governance, and environmental stewardship. An overview of the world economy will be presented, exploring the concepts of population growth and demographics, poverty and income inequalities, environmental threats, social well-being, economic empowerment, urbanization, and governance. The course will explore the sustainability from the optics of a multinational business, exploring ways the corporates adopted sustainable business strategy and analyzing tools they applied in their business processes. Lastly, the class will consider how governments should pursue a more sustainable development path by adopting international best practices while taking into account their national heritage and culture.
Shaping responsible decision-makers
for sustainable development
for sustainable development
At AUS sustainability is at the core of our mission. We are committed to integrating sustainability initiatives throughout our campus and embedding sustainable practices into our teaching methods.
By collaborating with various associations and non-profits, we actively integrate sustainability into our classrooms, ensuring that we provide future leaders with the skills needed to balance economic and sustainability goals while emphasizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We equip our students with the understanding and ability to deliver meaningful change for a better tomorrow.
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