We have 12 intakes per year.

You may check Google, XE or any other service to know how much, approximately, is the fee in your local currency

PAYMENTS OPTIONS for the study fee:

1. The Fee can be paid in installments if the duration is 2 semesters or more.
2. The maximum installments are equal to the required semesters.
3. The student must pay before every semester.
4. The 1st payment, before the 1st semester, must be as below:
   1. Before the 1st semester 25% of the total estimated fee, if the duration is 6 semesters, by then 15% every semester.
   2. Before the 1st semester 40% of the total estimated fee, if the duration is 4 semesters, by then 20% every semester.
   3. Before the 1st semester 40% of the total estimated fee, if the duration is 3 semesters, by then 30% every semester.
   4. Before the 1st semester 60% of the total estimated fee, if the duration is 2 semesters, by then 40% before the 2nd semester
5. If the total estimated fee is paid in advance, the student gets from -5% up to -10% of the total fee as a scholarship (based on the level and the duration and admission decision).

Fiscal deduction of tuition fees:: if you live and work in Switzerland, you may be allowed to deduct your tuition fees or part from your taxable income. Please note that rules are different from canton to canton. We advise you to contact us in order to guide you on how to apply.

Additional Mandatory Fees⁴

• Thesis Defense: 390 Euro for online defense or 1900 euro for on-campus defense
• Graduation Packagee⁵: 250 Euro
  • Diploma
  • Transcripts
  • Diploma Supplement - if applicable
  • Shipment by Swiss Post
• Exam fee: 50 Euro per exam/module

Other payments (optional):

• Joint Program: 1490 Euro
• Graduation Ceremony in Switzerland: 240 Euro
• Any signed document: 9 Euro - Shipment fee is included (Swiss Post)
• Blended Learning:
• ASIQUAL UK Validation Certificate: 420 £ (must be paid before the student starts)
• Additional Transcript: 100 Euro  (per Transcript of Academic Record)
• Diploma Replacement: 490 Euro (per Diploma)
• Thesis Defence in Switzerland: 1900 Euro (The fee is for the defense only)
• Thesis Defence ONLINE: 390 Euro for all students
• Final Exam in Switzerland: 900 Euro
• Financial Statement: 18 Euro
• Student card with UNESCO logo: 20 Euro (free of charge for students who paid at least 50% of their study fee)
• Thesis in Different Language (German, French, Russian, Arabic or Spanish): 1990 Euro For Master, 2990 Euro For D.Phil and DBA, and 3990 Euro for Ph.D.
• Printing your thesis by OUS every 5000 words 75 Euro.
• Sending any Document DHL/FedEx/TNT: 150 Euro up to 200g

Public Legalizations (optional per diploma)⁶:

International students may request from our Admission office to stamp their documents by the Swiss notary and Legalization/Apostille and their embassy in Switzerland.

• Swiss Public Notary: 140 Euro 
• Swiss Public Notary + Legalization OR Apostille: 390 Euro (what is Apostille?) (recommended)
• Swiss Public Notary + Legalization OR Apostille + Swiss Chamber of Commerce: 590 Euro
• Swiss Public Notary + Legalization OR Apostille + Your Embassy⁷ in Zurich: 790 Euro
  Swiss Public Notary + Legalization OR Apostille + Your Embassy⁷ in Bern: 890 Euro
  Swiss Public Notary + Legalization OR Apostille + Your Embassy⁷ in Geneva: 990 Euro
• Swiss Public Notary + Legalization OR Apostille + Your Embassy in Switzerland + Swiss Chamber of Commerce: 990 Euro
• Swiss Public Notary + Legalization OR Apostille + Your Embassy in Switzerland + Swiss Chamber of Commerce + Swiss Embassy in your Country: 1990 Euro

1.1. Students who have a sponsor who/which pays their fee, they must pay 10% as an additional fee of the total estimated fee. 1.2. Any fees outside this page that differ from the fees on this page should be taken as stated on this page. 1.3. In addition to any fee, there is 8.2% AQT tax will be added to the fee.

2.1. The fees are subject to change without any prior notice. 2.2. You may check Google, XE or any other service to know how much, approximately, is the fee in your local currency.. 2.3. The above study fees are for the online study programs, students who would like to join the 100% virtual education program they have pay 12k to 16k € / Per Semester, based on the level 2.4. All fees are for students who don't live in Switzerland, Please contact us if live in Switzerland.

3.1 This is the minimum duration to finish the program. However, if you will need more time you can get up to 2, 4, or 6 semesters additionally (based on the level) upon request. Also, you might get another 2 semesters if you have a real reason which prevents you from finishing on time. 3.2. The semester duration is 6 months. 3.3. The academic year is about to 10 months + 2 weeks.

4. The re-exam, re-defense, and any other you repeat are not written on the page. (Re-defense: Bachelor:900 euro, Master

5. We will send your diploma and transcript by Swiss Post for free of charge, but for some countries we recommend to send the documents by DHL / FedEx / TNT or similar shipping companies to your home, please note that we issue our diploma during the graduation ceremony (June/December) however if a student wishes to have it as soon as possible it is possible for additional fee (1082 euro) . Please note: OUS awards are issued two times per year, usually end of June and end of December. it takes up to 30 working days to have all graduation documents (diploma, transcript, etc) from the months mentioned before and up to 120-140 working days for legalizations within Switzerland.

6. The number of the semesters is, upon request, up to 8 semesters. However, with a real excuse, the duration can be extended for 2 semesters more.

7.1  If your embassy is charging more than 100 CHF for each legalization than you have to pay the difference, please note that the highest stamp from an embassy is 1200 Euro (for UAE), all other embassies are requesting less in order to stamp your documents. 7.2. In case, your country doesn't have an embassy in Switzerland, please contact us.

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