About us

Managing and running modern organizations requires a broad range of talents and skills, which can vary depending on the type of organization, workplace, department, or function. Our mission at the Executive Education of the Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Informatics of the University of Zurich (UZH) is to provide a learning platform and environment that enables our participants to tackle current challenges in our society with interdisciplinary problem-solving skills.

The first Chair of Business Administration in the German-speaking world was established at UZH back in 1903.In 1962, Hans P. Künzi, then Professor of Process Engineering, put the University's first computer into use and established the Computer Center: this paved the way for computer science at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics. The Executive Education at the UZH has a unique constellation: our organization combines interdisciplinary knowledge from the fields of management, economics, finance, informatics, and computer science.

The Executive Education offers over 60 courses each year in the fields of General Management, Intercultural Management, Finance, Urban & Real Estate Management, and Information Technology. The modern structure of our degree programs allows you to choose modules from a variety of disciplines.

• Prof. Dr. Alexander F. Wagner (Präsident), Professor für Finance, Prodekan Weiterbildung und Alumni
• Prof. Hui Chen, PhD, Professorin für Accounting
• Julie Fitzgerald, PwC Schweiz
• Prof. Dr. Jochen Menges, Professor für HRM und Leadership
• Dr. Christian Müller, Partners for Sports GmbH
• Amelia Räss-Fernandez, Selbständig
• Marcel Rohrer, BDO AG
• Prof. Dr. Christian Ruff, Professor für Neuroeconomics and Decision Neuroscience
• Prof. Dr. Anja Schulze, Professorin für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement

«Zurich is a centre of the global financial industry, is a place of innovation and a unique ecosystem where leading companies and universities exchange and inspire each other. As a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) and with its 12 Nobel Prize winners to date, the University of Zurich is one of the world's leading universities. Sounds elitist? As researchers and lecturers, we are always learners ourselves and share this questioning path with curious people of all backgrounds. That's why it's worth going on the path with us.»

Prof. Dr. Alexander F. Wagner, Associate Dean and Chairman Executive Education; Professor for Finance und Swiss Finance Institute Senior Chair