MBA Highlights

It’s so important to analyse the cultural fit, especially in the DACH region where the landscape consists almost entirely of small to mid-cap enterprises that are largely unknown.”

Luca takes huge satisfaction from “helping MBA students to discover themselves, design their career path, learn how to present themselves, and proactively approach the DACH job market.”

So, what can students expect from the Invest course in the new MBA Programme? “We shan’t be teaching our MBA students to be future CFOs,” Stefan explained. “They will, however, learn how to have an eye-level discussion with finance professionals.”

The smart manager of tomorrow must have the right tools and the ability to think to find suitable solutions,

“Alumni must be seen as part of a larger community that also involves students, faculty, corporate partners, and the MBA team. Without this holistic view, the community cannot thrive".

Sander intends to move students from being specialists to becoming managers; from looking solely at their own performance to considering that as part of an entire team. He’ll take a “strengths-based” approach, opting to sharpen existing skills over attempting to mitigate deficiencies. Under Sander’s watch, everyone gets to flourish by becoming the best version of themselves.

Amanda is very driven to create something extraordinary at the St. Gallen MBA. Traditional exams will be out of the window, learning will be more experiential and active, and every assessment will be “CV-able”. Hold on, what?  

The Part-Time MBA is designed for people with a few years of work experience under their belts and a desire to move ahead in their careers. With only one course per month, the programme allows students to be masters of their schedules as they juggle work and play.

Industry Insights Luxury Day 2021 was filmed at Content Park in Zurich, Switzerland. In this excerpt, Dr. Daniel Nyfeler, Managing Director, Gübelin Gem Lab, and Sebastian Huber, Luxury Industry Researcher, Lucerne School of Business, discuss coloured gem stones.

Did you know: in recent years teams from the University of St.Gallen MBA have won both the Financial Times MBA Quiz hosted at the FT headquarters in London (2017 & 2018) and the International Finance Challenge hosted at SDA Bocconi in Milan (2019)?