Master in Management

Admission

The formal requirement for admission to the Master's degree in Management is the completion of a Bachelor's degree from a recognized academic institution.

Candidates with a Bachelor's degree from a recognized University of Applied Sciences may be admitted with 30-60 additional ECTS to be earned during or before the beginning of the program, with Bachelor or Master courses according to a study program defined by the scientific director. Admissions will be treated on a case-by-case basis.

Language

Admission to English-language graduate-level (Master) programmes at USI requires a good command, or advanced knowledge, of the English idiom. Non-English native speakers applying for the Master, or whose previous degree was obtained in another language than English, are required to provide an internationally acknowledged language certificate equal to the B2 level (IELTS 5.5), as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR), or equivalent (e.g. TOEFL, IELTS, etc.).

Students admitted on the above-mentioned condition must achieve a C1 (IELTS 7.0) competence in English within the maximum time required to obtain the Master's degree. The level can be certified either by attending a language course offered at USI during the Fall and Spring semester, and by taking the final exam, or by providing an internationally acknowledged language certificate.

A complete list of the accepted English language certificate is available at https://www.usi.ch/en/education/master/admission.

As Lugano is located in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, students might be interested in acquiring the basics in Italian.The Università della Svizzera Italiana offers a free-of-charge Italian language course.