From a Bachelor’s to a Master’s degree
The Bologna reforms and the new Master’s degree
Virtually no other change has had a stronger impact on Swiss education than the Bologna reforms. By setting an international benchmark in courses and qualifications, the reforms promote mobility among students on the one hand and create career options internationally on the other. Furthermore, students now have the possibility of graduating from a university or university of applied sciences with a Bachelor’s or a consecutive Master's degree.
The Master of Science degree is not the same as the Master of Advanced Studies degree
The new consecutive Master’s degree counts as a second higher education level and should not be confused with the Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) or the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree. Both the MAS and the EMBA are professional development courses that require students to have several years’ of practical experience in a management position. The consecutive Master’s degree, however, has a bigger workload and more stringent academic requirements.
