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MAS International Management & Doctor of Business Administration DBA International Management and Leadership Expertise with Transition to Doctorate Studies

The MAS International Management is designed to equip you with a strong, modern, and practice-oriented management and leadership toolkit – to help you master the international and intercultural challenges of your professional and private lives. Completing the MAS studies offers you the opportunity to transition to doctoral studies at Silpakorn University in Bangkok. By researching and studying for the Doctor of Business Administration DBA, you can refine your competences and perfect your ability to tackle the challenges of your management and leadership practice with innovative and scientifically grounded solutions.

Overview

Our increasingly international and interconnected world is creating novel and more complex challenges for executives and business leaders everywhere. We believe that the more and more international structures and processes of our economy can be managed far more successfully if the people entrusted with them are equipped to operate effectively across national and cultural boundaries. The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – School of Business is committed to supporting you in forming and using these competences.

For this purpose, we are offering our practice-oriented MAS International Management degree program, in which you can expand and reinforce your international management and leadership expertise. We have also teamed up with the renowned Silpakorn University to offer the opportunity of transitioning into the Doctor of Business Administration DBA degree at Silpakorn University. This is an ideal study route for ambitious and intellectual curious professionals at SMEs and corporate enterprises, whose work places them in international and intercultural constellations and who intend to master the resulting challenges meaningfully, insightfully, and sustainably.

This combination of MAS and DBA degree programs is unique in Switzerland. It offers an exclusive opportunity to acquire relevant methods for a successful impact in your international management and leadership context. Is this an option for you? We would love to hear your questions and ideas. Reach out to us or visit us at one of our info events – we are here for you!

 
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Course Structure
Teaser Whar are MAS and DBA Degrees

What are MAS and DBA Degrees?
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Entry Requirements
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Dates and Venues
Teaser Entry Requirements

MAS Thesis and DBA Dissertation
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Facts

Commencement of studies

31 August 2020

End of studies

Modular

Application deadline

30 April 2020

Course costs

CHF 29'000.- / USD 15'350.-

To be paid to Lucerne University
Tuition Fees MAS International Management
CHF 29`000

To be paid to Silpakorn University
Tuition Fees Doctor of Business Administration DBA
USD 15`350 for the regular DBA course (up to three years)
A further USD 5`000 for an extension to the maximum course length of five years.
The fees include: Tuition, study materials, supervision, exams, and all administration fees.
Not included are expenses, incl. travel, accommodation, and catering (we will provide hotel recommendations and, if possible, corporate hotel rates). Depending on the chosen course structure, you can expect additional expenses of approx. CHF 3'000 to CHF 4´000.

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Degree

Master of Advanced Studies Hochschule Luzern/FHZ in International Management. This title is nationally protected under the regulations of the ‘Swiss Center of Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education’ in conjunction with the Central Swiss University of Applied Sciences and the academic regulations of continuing education programs at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

Doctor of Business Administration DBA awarded by Silpakorn University. This title is protected and officially accredited by the Thai Ministry of Education. Graduates are entitled to the “Dr” prefix to their names in Switzerland with an additional reference to the awarding entity (For more information about the recognition of foreign degrees in Switzerland, see «What Are MAS and DBA Degrees»).

Target group

(Aspiring) Executives with and without prior business management training who

  • want to operate competently and effectively in an increasingly global and connected world,
  • plan to qualify for leading or shaping an independent international organizational unit in their future careers with the requisite enterprising mind and organizational instinct,
  • intend to develop their professional competences and their methodological and problem-solving skills in order to master the complex international and intercultural contexts of their professional lives competently and confidently,
  • and who have the required academic qualifications (see Entry Requirements).
 
Provider(s)

Business
Institute of Management and Regional Economics IBR
CC Business Development, Leadership and HR

External partner(s)

Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Quality

The two partner institutions, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – School of Business and Silpakorn University, are two nationally and internationally accredited institutes of higher education, known and respected for the high quality of their teaching and research and their decades of success in professional education.

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts was the first university in Switzerland and Germany to be awarded the "Recognised for Excellence 5star" label of the European Foundation for Quality Management EFQM as well as the 2016 ESPRIX Swiss Award for Excellence in the category «Value for the customer». The School of Business is currently pursuing international accreditation with the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business).

Silpakorn University is considered one of the premier state universities of Thailand. The University is renowned for its high-quality and fully accredited bachelor, master, and doctorate degree programs. The DBA program has been fully reviewed and certified by the Thai Ministry of Education.

 
Remarks

Length
MAS International Management: usually 1.5 to 2 years.
Doctor of Business Administration DBA: 3 to max. 5 years.

 

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