INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT • MARKETING • ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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We ask all candidates to send us an e-mail confirmation about accepting the study place.

Yes, all applicants need to pay SFr. 150.-. The application fee needs to be paid at the time of applying so we can start working on your application upon receipt. The application fees are non-refundable.

1. Fill out the online application form.
2. Make sure all documents are attached to the online application. Documents in foreign languages need to be translated into English, German, French or Italian. Translations must be notarized or certified. 
3. Submit your online application . Check that it is complete. Incomplete applications will delay the application process. If you successfully submitted your online application you will receive an instant e-mail with confirmation of receipt.

Please ALWAYS go to the program site to see the most current list of required documents before sending your applications package.

Typically the following is required:

• filled out online application form
• copy of highest degree/diploma and copy of transcripts/mark sheets in the original language (with certified or notarized English/German/French/Italian translation)
• official test results of English language proficiency
• curriculum vitae (CV) including a brief description of responsibilities 
• copy of the identification document

Some programs also require:

• reference letters (professional or academic)
• motivation letter
• research proposal

A certified/notarized copy is a copy made of an original document where the "true copy" status is confirmed by a notary or by the school who issued the original document.

A certified/notarized translation is a translation of an original document into English, and confirmed by a notary or by the school who issued the original document.

The fall semester starts mid-September. There is a college preparation week for undergraduate students to introduce SBS  which will help the students to get to know our environment.

• For Swiss/EU applicants: 1^st August, for international applicants 30^th June.

Once you apply, we will contact you via email to organize all necessary steps of the application process. The official enrollment letter will be sent upon successful completion of the application process and submission of the payment upon acceptance fee.

Please apply online via our website. 

If you did not attach all documents with your online application, please send the remaining documents online to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

If you cannot send your documents online, please send them by post to:

SBS Swiss Business School

Registrar's Office    

Balz-Zimmermannstrasse 34/38 

8302 Kloten-Zurich

Switzerland 

The grading scale can be seen in our brochures, or can be requested with the Program Manager in charge. The system of credits in use (ECTS) is a cumulative calculation of credit points based on the workload of a student. It is a student-centred credit system to measure the workload required to achieve the objectives and learning outcomes of a curriculum. One credit point corresponds to 26 hours of studies (lectures, seminars, practice, homework or independent work, assessment of learning outcomes) performed by a student. ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer Accumulation System) are allocated to course units and are awarded to students who successfully complete the course by satisfying the assessment requirements.

Exchange and visiting students: there are no limits for the credits. Degree students: the volume of a curriculum per one official standard academic year is 60 credits in the European credit transfer system. Degree students have to gather at least 60 ECTS in order to get transferred to the next academic year of the respective full-time program.

The tuition fees at SBS are SFr. 20’000.- per academic year. SFr. 10’000.- per Semester (BBA programs).

SBS Swiss Business School offers all Bachelor students courses in German. 

One Academic Year consists of 2 semesters or 4 terms. The BBA fall semester is from September to January and the spring semester from February to June. Please check the academic calendar for the specific dates.

All our programs are taught in English.

International students can stay in Switzerland for the time specified on their residence permit to study. It is against the law for one to stay in the country over the permitted time period. Applications for extensions can be submitted at the local immigration office.

If after completing your studies at SBS you are looking to work/live in Switzerland long-term you need to consult with the local immigration office on the process of getting a residence permit and work permit. Your future employer should facilitate you in this. SBS only provides assistance with getting residence permit to study for admitted students.

Before you can start your studies in Switzerland, you have to make various arrangements with regard to accommodation, insurance, entry and residence. The conditions depend on your country of origin/nationality. It is the student or prospective student's responsibility to get information on the entry formalities in due time and make the necessary arrangements.

English is widely spoken in Switzerland. You do not need to speak any of the native languages in order to live and study here. However we encourage international students to take German (the local language in Zurich) as a foreign language during their studies to feel more comfortable in the country and understand better the country and its people.

There are two possibilities by train: either by line S7 from station Balsberg direction Rapperswil, or by bus line 768 to the Airport and from the Airport with tram number 10 on to the Zurich centre.

Food and other personal expenses are minimum approx. CHF 2000.- per month.

If the life in the student houses (listed on our website) seems not to be of your style, you could rent an apartment. The prices range from approximately CHF 700.- in the farther parts of the town to CHF 3000.- or more in the center (1-2 rooms). Information on apartments for renting is available on our website. You could also ask for assistance from your program manager.

A student who has been issued a residence permit for study (Permit B) may take employment without a work permit in order to participate in practical training pursuant to the curriculum, and maximum to 20 hours a week. Students awarded permit L are not able to work during their studies. Otherwise he/she may take employment in Switzerland only on the basis of a work permit but only outside of school hours on condition that such employment does not interfere with studies. Application for any other type of work permit must be submitted to the local regional department of the Citizenship and Migration Office. SBS is not responsible for such action, and will not support students who like to apply for a work permit. Additional information concerning work permits can be obtained from the Citizenship and Migration Office.

It is possible but most of places require that you would speak German, French or Italian. Indeed, many companies have English as corporate language too.

The character of Swiss has inevitably been shaped by their country's history and its natural environment. It's the long, dark winters that have most likely fostered their self-absorbed and silent manner.

Swiss are third-generation city people at most, so almost all families have relatives living in the country. Childhood memories will undoubtedly include summers spent in the country. The somewhat grim and reserved Swiss of the winter months undergoes a significant change in summer: he will ask friends out for a picnic, meet new people, get in a boat to cruise on a lake, or climb a mountain. The Swiss are also passionate skiers. A foreigner is well advised to bear in mind that in human relations, Swiss try to avoid sentimentality. Much of what other nationalities voice without hesitation, Swiss may reveal only once they know a person quite well.

Switzerland has mild summers and cold winters. Temperatures in Zurich range from a summer average of 24°C to a winter average of-5°C. Being on the Lake of Zurich, the city is subjected to lake breezes and humidity.

The cold winter (wintertime from December to March) does not necessarily mean constant snow; in fact snowfalls are few and far between. Summertime (from June to August) and fall (September to November) brings unexpected rain showers, so an umbrella and light raincoat are recommended.