HWZ awards marketing master's diplomas for the seventh time
On July 14, 2011, 17 graduates of the seventh cohort of the «Executive MBA – Marketing» program received their master’s diplomas at the Zunfthaus zur Waag in Zurich. HWZ Zurich University of Applied Sciences awarded the diplomas in collaboration with the Swiss Marketing Association (GfM).
The part-time master's program allows students to work up to 100 percent. The week abroad takes place at one of the best business schools for executive programs, the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. The next start of the program is March 2012.
Jacques Bischoff, Rector of the HWZ, and Jean-Marc Grand, Managing Director of GfM, welcomed the approximately 40 participants of the ceremony. The ceremonial handing over of the diplomas was done by the head of the study program Michael A. Grund.
The graduates
Philipp Angstmann, Christian Baur, Bill Boda, Saverio Cerra, Urs Gfeller, Toni Gutweniger, Karin Heinrich, Konrad Jäger, Vincent Jäggi, Barbara Stirnemann-Kapp, Harry Meier, Simon Schmid, Stefan Schöbi, Bernhard Schüssler, Sandra Ulrich, Sonja Van Dien, Robert Wernli
The best grade was achieved by Stefan Schöbi with an overall grade of 5.6. After studying for one and a half years, writing a master's thesis and successfully completing both, the graduates are now entitled to use the protected title "Executive MBA ZFH" with a specialization in marketing. Feedback from students and companies shows that the topics of holistic marketing and leadership continue to be of great importance and that the program makes an important contribution to this.
