EMBA in Business Transformation and Entrepreneurship

At BSL, a genuine Learning Ecosystem empowers Classroom learning. The EMBA students benefit from various features that will enable them to transfer the knowledge and skills they acquire into their personal and professional development. BSL Career Center provides a structured and holistic pathway toward career advancement, transition, or switch. The program is made of counselling sessions, self-development, and self-branding. It is plugged into the EMBA program through classroom modules, individual meetings, online webinars, and social events.

BSL is the partner of the Incub&Co incubator to provide a space entirely dedicated to entrepreneurial initiatives. Distinguished and inspirational Guest Speakers regularly visit EMBA classroom modules and open direct access to a wealth of real-world experiences and innovations.

Personalization of learning starts with the creation of your Study Plan. We want to ensure that you access the courses you need at times that suit you optimally.

We do everything to benefit our EMBA students from what some call “the best consulting machine.” They mean that every module is taught by seasoned and currently active business practitioners and experts with proven success in the field.

Expertise does not only lie with the Faculty. Our admission criteria make for a student body with practical experience and a varied professional and international background (60+ nationalities). Even if courses are taught in small groups (up to 25 students), we estimate that every EMBA student can work in close cooperation with up to 80 fellow learners during a regular course of studies.

You will thus be part of a vibrant learning community, where the semi-formality of the classroom discussions enhances your capacity to inspire and communicate your goals and ambitions. This routine that only personalized education can offer nurtures initiatives with limitless impact.

Your learning journey culminates with the project you are to present at the end of your studies. It enables you to integrate your learning throughout the program and apply it to a meaningful experience. You will work on a project of strategic importance and have support from a teaching faculty member. The experience is challenging – you will need to be agile and “build the plane as you fly.” However, you will gain confidence in your capacity to work in the sustainability field and establish meaningful connections with various stakeholders.

The EMBA journey is an invitation to explore new dimensions of your current business activities:

• You will embark on a personal transformation journey that will enable you to know yourself better, to (re)discover your unique purpose, and nurture your leadership capacity for making meaningful change in the world. The EMBA journey will immerse you in a learning space that fosters your personal growth through soft skills courses, one-on-one mentoring, and opportunities for coaching others.
• You will turn business on its head and get exposed to unconventional thinking beyond business-as-usual. Through our three-dimensional learning approach, “I,” “we,” and “all of us,” you will cultivate skills and perspectives that empower you to comprehend and respond to global business challenges from an individual, collective and systemic view.
• You will invest in your professional growth and explore opportunities to fuse your previous experiences, strengths, and passions into a fulfilling career path. You will stretch yourself and apply what you learn straight away through the EMBA Executive Project: You will choose and develop an entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial project that aligns with your career’s goal.

The MBA route is designed for those who are starting a managerial career. The EMBA route is designed for those with significant managerial experience. The MBA and EMBA modules differ when the learning curve differs between starters and experienced students. The MBA and EMBA modules are shared when the conversation between starters and experienced students can be fruitful.

All three Specializations share a Core curriculum designed to ensure that all students acquire all necessary business knowledge and skills. Each specialization is combined with a focus to obtain the most useful mix of competencies. The program is designed so that Specialization, Focus and Core modules can be followed separately.

EMBA COMPLETE PROGRAM (60 ECTS)

We recommend the full-time option to professionals seeking a career transition or those that want to take a break from work and entirely focus on a year of dynamic learning immersion. We recommend the part-time option to working professionals in or outside of Switzerland who would like to keep their employment and study part-time, which means attending classes every few weeks.