Master in
Economics
The Master in Economics is based on deep understanding of modern economics and econometrics building on the strength of the faculty. We will provide our students with skills that are marketable in academia as well as in international organizations, private and public companies. The program will focus on providing the most advanced tools in core micro/macro economics, and econometrics; at the same time the students will have a choice of focused and exciting electives, and could also specialize in econometrics.
POSSIBLE ORIENTATION IN:
- Econometrics
Master in
Economics
The Master in Economics is based on deep understanding of modern economics and econometrics building on the strength of the faculty. We will provide our students with skills that are marketable in academia as well as in international organizations, private and public companies. The program will focus on providing the most advanced tools in core micro/macro economics, and econometrics; at the same time the students will have a choice of focused and exciting electives, and could also specialize in econometrics.
POSSIBLE ORIENTATION IN:
- Econometrics
Programme length
1.5 years (3 semesters)
Language of instruction
English
Conditions of registration
Admission Conditions
www.unige.ch/gsem/en/programs/masters/admissions
Applications
Deadline: 28 February 2025
Master in Economics
- Core courses (30 credits):
Applied Economics Workshop; Econometrics; Macroeconomics I; Microeconomics I; Microeconomics II
- Elective courses (36 credits):
Advanced Econometrics; Applied Bayesian Statistics; Data-Driven Impact Evaluation; Development Economics; Environmental Economics and Climate Change; Institutional Project; International Macroeconomics; International Trade; Labor Economics; Machine Learning; Macroeconomics A; Modern Flexible Regression; Regional Disparities and Urban Economics; The Statistical Analysis of Time Series; Monetary Economics
Available concentration in «Econometrics»:
Advanced Econometrics; Data-Driven Impact Evaluation; Machine Learning; The Statistical Analysis of Time Series; Apllied Bayesian Statistics; Modern Flexible Regression
- Master Thesis (24 credits)
Mobility
Professional Prospects
Master in Economics leads to professional opportunities in many sectors, both in Switzerland and abroad, in:
- Private companies
- Public institutions
- Monetary, banking and insurance sectors
- Economic and econometric research institutions
- Organisations internationales (IFC, ILO, HCR)
- Healthcare, national insurance, etc.
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Master in
Responsible Management
The Master in Responsible Management educates the future leaders on responsibility and contributing to a business with purpose that creates value in and for society. Students will be equipped to tackle an organization's toughest strategic challenges, lead with greater confidence, inspire performance at all levels, and contribute to an organization of responsibility and integrity.
The full-time master offers a curriculum that is centered around, and fully integrates, relevant aspects of responsible management in its courses. The program's focus is on teaching how to manage effectively in pluralistic environments in which the needs of multiple stakeholder groups have to be balanced.
This Master offers:
- Geneva advantage with excellent career opportunities
- Purposeful business education
- Student-centered learning
- An international experience
Master in
Responsible Management
The Master in Responsible Management educates the future leaders on responsibility and contributing to a business with purpose that creates value in and for society. Students will be equipped to tackle an organization's toughest strategic challenges, lead with greater confidence, inspire performance at all levels, and contribute to an organization of responsibility and integrity.
The full-time master offers a curriculum that is centered around, and fully integrates, relevant aspects of responsible management in its courses. The program's focus is on teaching how to manage effectively in pluralistic environments in which the needs of multiple stakeholder groups have to be balanced.
This Master offers:
- Geneva advantage with excellent career opportunities
- Purposeful business education
- Student-centered learning
- An international experience
Programme length
1.5 years (3 semesters)
Language of instruction
English
Conditions of registration
Admission Conditions
www.unige.ch/gsem/en/programs/masters/admissions
Applications
Deadline: 28 February 2025
Master in Responsible Management
- Core courses (30 credits):
Business Law for Corporate Decision Makers; Financial Reporting; Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Responsible Management; Strategic Human Resource Management; Strategic Management; Sustainable Accounting and Reporting
- Elective courses (30 credits):
Artificial Intelligence in Business and Society; Business & Human Rights; Change Management; Disruptive Technologies; Entrepreneurship Lab; Global Strategy; Governing & Designing Organizations for Stakeholders; Institutional Project; Organizational Responsibility; Research Methods for Master Thesis; Sustainable Behavioral Science
- Internship or exchange stay (12 credits)
- Master Thesis (18 credits)
Mobility
Professional Prospects
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Master in
Statistics
The Master in Statistics focuses on data analysis, methodological problem-solving in a range of disciplines, various types of statistics software or mathematical statistics. The programme is open not only to experts who wish to improve their theoretical skills in statistical research, but also to non-experts who wish to develop their data analysis skills in an area of specialisation acquired at the Bachelor level.
Master in
Statistics
The Master in Statistics focuses on data analysis, methodological problem-solving in a range of disciplines, various types of statistics software or mathematical statistics. The programme is open not only to experts who wish to improve their theoretical skills in statistical research, but also to non-experts who wish to develop their data analysis skills in an area of specialisation acquired at the Bachelor level.
Programme length
1.5 years (3 semesters)
Language of instruction
English
Conditions of registration
Admission Conditions
www.unige.ch/gsem/en/programs/masters/admissions
Applications
Deadline: 28 February 2025
Master in Statistics
- Core courses (42 credits):
- Analytics Consulting
- Applied Bayesian Statistics
- Linear Models for Dependent Data
- Machine Learning
- Modern Flexible Regression
- Multivariate Analysis
- The Statistical Analysis of Time Series
- Elective courses (18 credits):
- Theoretical Statistics
- Advanced Topics in Machine Learning
- Data Driven Impact Evaluation
- Econometrics
- Experimental Design: Theory and Practice
- Financial Econometrics
- Fundamental and Advanced Sampling Techniques
- Institutional Project
- Models and Empirical Methods for Asset Pricing
- Research Seminar in Statistics
- Stochastic Processes in Finance
- Workshop 2A: Practice of Sustainable Human Developement
+ 7 possible courses outside the faculty
- Master Thesis (30 credits)
Mobility
Professional Prospects
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Master in
Business Analytics
At the intersection between data science, statistics and management, Business Analytics consists of using data to inform strategic decision making under uncertainty and to optimise business processes. In the digital economy with the proliferation of data, businesses have understood the tactical and strategic importance of analytics - the learning from data - as a critical field to detect and monitor client behaviours and expectations, or even future market trends.
Business Analytics tries to answer the following questions: "What has happened?" (descriptive analytics), "Why did it happen?" (explanatory or diagnostic analytics), "What will happen?" (predictive analytics) and "What should be done?" (prescriptive analytics). As such, Business Analytics is about bringing the business questions to the data.
Investing in Business Analytics can lead to a substantial competitive advantage, which, in certain sectors, ensures prosperity or even survival. Analytics is also one of the most promising approaches for public authorities who, in terms of transport, energy or public health, are required to manage and leverage the explosion of data to generate greater value for both businesses and society.
Given the increasing importance of "big data" in the economy, GSEM offers a master program in Business Analytics that provides a wide range of career opportunities. This program responds to the growing need of medium to large organisations to leverage the use of data and to transform data assets into better management decisions.
OBJECTIVES:
- Support students to manage, analyse and use data in strategic, tactical and operational decision making under uncertainty
- Prepare students for an efficient leadership within the digital transformation to create value for businesses and society
- Bridge the gap between university education and professional needs
Master in
Business Analytics
At the intersection between data science, statistics and management, Business Analytics consists of using data to inform strategic decision making under uncertainty and to optimise business processes. In the digital economy with the proliferation of data, businesses have understood the tactical and strategic importance of analytics - the learning from data - as a critical field to detect and monitor client behaviours and expectations, or even future market trends.
Business Analytics tries to answer the following questions: "What has happened?" (descriptive analytics), "Why did it happen?" (explanatory or diagnostic analytics), "What will happen?" (predictive analytics) and "What should be done?" (prescriptive analytics). As such, Business Analytics is about bringing the business questions to the data.
Investing in Business Analytics can lead to a substantial competitive advantage, which, in certain sectors, ensures prosperity or even survival. Analytics is also one of the most promising approaches for public authorities who, in terms of transport, energy or public health, are required to manage and leverage the explosion of data to generate greater value for both businesses and society.
Given the increasing importance of "big data" in the economy, GSEM offers a master program in Business Analytics that provides a wide range of career opportunities. This program responds to the growing need of medium to large organisations to leverage the use of data and to transform data assets into better management decisions.
OBJECTIVES:
- Support students to manage, analyse and use data in strategic, tactical and operational decision making under uncertainty
- Prepare students for an efficient leadership within the digital transformation to create value for businesses and society
- Bridge the gap between university education and professional needs
Programme length
2 years (4 semesters)
Language of instruction
English
Conditions of registration
Admission Conditions
As for the Master in Business Analytics, the Scientific Committee may ask the candidates to complete a maximum 6 credits co-required Bachelor course (Business Analytics) during their 1st semester at the Master program.
www.unige.ch/gsem/en/programs/masters/admissions
Applications
Deadline: 28 February 2025
www.unige.ch/enrolmentMaster in Business Analytics
- Core courses (1st year) (63 credits):
- Algorithmics and Data Management
- Advanced Data-Driven Decision Making
- Analytics Consulting
- Applied Programming with R and Python
- Data-Driven Impact Evaluation
- Data Quality and Data Collection Strategies
- Forecasting with Applications in Business
- Machine Learning
- Prescriptive Analytics
- Privacy and Data Protection in the Digital Economy
- Technologies and Architectures for Data
- Concentrations (2nd year) (57 credits):
Business (Internship, specialised classes and intership report)
Research (Elective courses and master thesis)
Mobility
The Mobility is only allowed from the third semester, for one semester maximum, for the "Research" orientation only, after having validated the 1st year core courses (63 credits). They may earn up to 30 credits while on exchange.
Professional Prospects
Master in Business Analytics leads to professional opportunities in many industries in Switzerland and abroad such as:
- Insurance agencies
- Banking and financial sector
- Energy
- Retail
- Manufacturing industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- NGOs, public and private sectors
- Telecommunication
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Master in
Wealth Management
The Master in Wealth Management combines a professionally-oriented curriculum with sound theoretical and methodological training. This combination is essential to gain in-depth knowledge of both wealth management and the financial sector in general, and to contribute to their evolution, in particular through research.
The programme includes required classes, two possible specialisations (finance and law) and electives in subjects such as risk management, financial asset selection and valuation, international finance, and banking and financial law.
Concentrations:
- Finance
- Law
Master in
Wealth Management
The Master in Wealth Management combines a professionally-oriented curriculum with sound theoretical and methodological training. This combination is essential to gain in-depth knowledge of both wealth management and the financial sector in general, and to contribute to their evolution, in particular through research.
The programme includes required classes, two possible specialisations (finance and law) and electives in subjects such as risk management, financial asset selection and valuation, international finance, and banking and financial law.
Concentrations:
- Finance
- Law
Programme length
1.5 years (3 semesters)
Languages of instruction
English
Conditions of registration
Admission Conditions
Complementary program (1 year) or co-required can be requested.
www.unige.ch/gsem/en/programs/masters/admissions
Applications
Deadline: 28 February 2025
Master in Wealth Management
- Core courses (36 credits):
Financial Economics; Financial Econometrics; Portfolio Management; Quantitative Risk Management; Hedge Funds; Fixed Income and Credit Risk
- Two Available Concentrations (24 credits):
Finance Concentration:
Advanced Investments; Derivatives and Structured Products; Global Asset Management; International Macroeconomics; Models and Empirical Methods for Asset Pricing; Real Estate Investment; Stochastic Processes in Finance; Sustainable Finance
Law concentration:
Droit des sociétés cotées et des marchés financiers; Droit fiscal international et comparé; Economics Analysis of Law; Fiscalité de l'entreprise; Fiscalité des personnes physiques; International Arbitration; Introduction to the Law of Trusts; Services financiers: conseil en placement et gestion de fortune; Surveillance des banques et établissements financiers
- Electives (12 credits)
- Master Thesis or Internship Thesis (18 credits)
Mobility
Professional Prospects
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Master in
Commodity Trading
The Master in Commodity Trading offered by the University of Geneva in partnership with the SUISSENEGOCE is a unique programme in Europe. It focuses on the financing of resources, products and trade flows of goods, and includes courses in relevant areas of economics such as credit analyses, financial instruments and means of payment for the different transactions. Shipping, legal aspects, protection of goods and risk management are also addressed. This academic program is linking the theory with a mandatory traineeship.
Master in
Commodity Trading
The Master in Commodity Trading offered by the University of Geneva in partnership with the SUISSENEGOCE is a unique programme in Europe. It focuses on the financing of resources, products and trade flows of goods, and includes courses in relevant areas of economics such as credit analyses, financial instruments and means of payment for the different transactions. Shipping, legal aspects, protection of goods and risk management are also addressed. This academic program is linking the theory with a mandatory traineeship.
Programme length
1.5 years (3 semesters)
Language of instruction
English
Conditions of registration
Admission Conditions
www.unige.ch/gsem/en/programs/masters/admissions
Applications
Deadline: 28 February 2025
Master in Commodity Trading
- Core courses (51 credits):
- Commodity Price Mechanisms
- Energy I (Oil & Gas)
- Energy II (Renewable)
- Financial Statements Analysis
- Hedging Tools & Techniques
- Information Technologies and Innovations
- International Economics and Trade
- Legal Aspects & Regulations
- Metals, Ores & Minerals
- Options
- Data Science and Fundamental Analysis
- Shipping
- Agri Commodities
- Natural Resources Economics & Sustainability
- Trade Finance Banking Instruments
- Types of Financing for Commodity Companies
- Traineeship (24 credits)
- Master Thesis (15 credits)
Professional Prospects
Graduates find work in all sectors both in Switzerland and abroad. Given the nature of the Geneva economy, opportunities are usually found in banking, financial institutions, fiduciaries, consulting firms, insurance agencies, local and international manufacturing, international trade companies (e.g. commodities trading, product distribution), international or global organisations (e.g. ICRC, UNHCR, WTO) and public administrations.
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