International Exchanges

The Master in Marketing and Transformative Economy encourages its students to explore their personal interests and career opportunities via a number of modes, including among others an exchange semester. Currently, MMTE students can choose among structured or unstructured exchanges in Switzerland and abroad to undertake in their third semester of the programme.

• Structured exchanges are “pre-arranged” exchange programmes, where the students follow a pre-established study plan without the need to deal with the overlaps or conflicts between the courses provided in USI and those of the host university. As such, the courses included in the structured exchange programmes are pre-approved by both Universities, saving students’ time and efforts. Moreover, through the selection of a small number of renowned universities, structured exchanges provide MMTE students with a chance to undertake high-quality specialisations in close affinity and/or complementarity with the MMTE study programme.

  • University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, Denmark
    ​The University of Southern Denmark is renowned as an interdisciplinary hub for research and teaching on consumption and markets from a cultural perspective. Students going to SDU for their exchange semester may choose among three exchange specialisation areas:

    • Brand Management and Marketing Communication
      Mandatory:
      Advanced Brand Management (10 ECTS)
      Advanced Marketing Communication (10 ECTS)
      One course chosen from:
      Behavioural Economics (10 ECTS)
      Corporate Governance and Business Ethics (10 ECTS)
      Doing Business in Emerging Markets (10 ECTS)
      Marketing across Cultures (10 ECTS)
       
    • Global Marketing and Consumer Culture
      Mandatory:
      Marketing across Cultures (10 ECTS)
      Doing Business in Emerging Markets (10 ECTS)
      One course chosen from:
      Innovation Management (10 ECTS)
      Advanced Brand Management (10 ECTS)
      International Business Strategy (10 ECTS)
      International Strategic Partnerships (10 ECTS)
       
    • Market Anthropology
      Mandatory:
      Science, Technology and Society (10 ECTS)
      Marketing across Cultures (10 ECTS)
      Doing Business in Emerging Markets (10 ECTS)​

The structured agreement between USI and SDU provides for up to a maximum of four student exchanges per year that are exclusive for the students of the Master in Marketing and Transformative Economy, the Master in Corporate Communication and the Master in Management. As part of the agreement, MMTE students have priority.

• Imperial College Business School, London, UK
  Imperial College Business School is a world-class university  consistently ranked among the world's top business Schools and offering specialist cutting-edge MSc programs in Strategic Marketing Management.
  The structured agreement between USI and Imperial provides for up to a maximum of three student exchanges per year that are exclusive for the students of the Master in Marketing and Transformative Economy. The exchange is further limited to the MSc Management Summer Electives. 
   

• International exchanges (SEMP and bilateral agreements) entail students to make an independent choice of the University for an exchange semester from the list of USI partner universities, followed by construction of a study plan to follow while abroad. The proposed study plan needs to be approved by the Master’s Director, while USI’s International Relations Office and the MMTE Coordinator provide information and support throughout.

  In order to facilitate the choice within a wide range of offers, the Master in Marketing and Transformative Economy has identified a list of partner universities that meet the programme’s requirements in terms of quality and thematic fit. While students are free to choose other options from the extensive list of USI partners, their choice is subject to approval by the Master’s Director.
   

  Country	University	Language of instruction	Courses offered in English and/or local language(s)	Further info
  Denmark	Copenhagen Business School	English and Danish	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Australia	University of Technology, Sydney	English	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Singapore	Nanyang Technological University	English	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Finland	Hanken School of Economics	English and Swedish	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Italy	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore I (Campus Milano e Campus Piacenza)	English and Italian	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Portugal	Universidade Católica Portuguesa	English and Portuguese	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet

  The list was last revised in October 2023
   

• The Swiss mobility programme is an unstructured ‘free’ exchange, where students can choose among other Swiss Universities and build their own study plan, subject to approval by the Master’s Director. Swiss University partners generally do not have place limitations and do not require additional administrative hurdles (such as visas or permits), while offering a range of destinations with distinct cultural and linguistic environments.
   

  University	Language of instruction	Courses offered in English and/or local language(s)	Further info
  Universität Basel	English and German	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Universität Bern	Primarily German	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Universität Luzern	English and German	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Universität St. Gallen	English and German	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Universität Zürich	English and German	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Université de Fribourg	English, French and German	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Université de Genève	English and French	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Université de Lausanne	English and French	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet
  Université de Neuchâtel	English and French	Course catalogue	Mobility factsheet

  The list was last revised in February 2022