However, it is not always easy to find the right offer, as the choice on the Swiss education market is huge. From a seminar on Administrator XP to training as a health specialist, karate training or training in estate planning, to a course on quality assurance, language travel or continuing education, further training as a train traffic manager, there is something for everyone interested in education. You just have to find it.

It is therefore important that you first find out about all your options and narrow them down. We will help you step by step to find the most interesting educational opportunities for you. Simply use our free educational guides for vocational training or continuing education, further training (see navigation point "Educational help" above) and find out about educational opportunities in a wide range of industries. Once you have made your pre-selection, get in touch with some of the providers, for example via our contact form, and ask for comprehensive information documents to help you make your decision.

There are various options for management training:

• Course as a certificate course in management, leadership, management course, project manager, risk manager, corporate management, board of directors and management
• Professional examination as an SME management specialist or management specialist
• Higher professional examination as a retail manager
• Dipl. Management HF
• Bachelor FH in Business Administration with specialization in General Management or Management and Law
• NDS-HF in Corporate Management, General Management, Management and Leadership
• Postgraduate courses such as CAS, DAS, MAS, MBA, EMBA at universities of applied sciences or universities

There are various leadership and management courses with different degrees:

• Leadership seminars
• Management courses at certificate level
• Certificate courses in leadership and management (partially recognized by the Swiss Association for Leadership Education SVE)
• Management Specialist with Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Federal Professional Examination)
• Specialist in SME management (Federal Professional Examination)
• Management expert with federal diploma (Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE))
• Diploma in Business Administration CHE (College of Higher Education)
• Leadership and Management NDS CHE or NDS CHE in Business Management (College of Higher Education)
• Study programs at Universities of Applied Sciences and Universities including postgraduate studies such as CAS Developing Leadership Competence (UAS)

Business management courses offered by schools or technical colleges, which only last a few days and end with a course certificate, are suitable for very different groups of people. For example, depending on the focus of the course, business management courses are suitable for junior staff who will soon be taking up a management position, self-employed people from all sectors, accounting staff, managing directors or HR managers. Each seminar at each school is aimed at a different target audience, depending on the focus of the course.

The training to become a business economist with a federal diploma is aimed at people who have a basic commercial/business management qualification, for example as a technical business management assistant or a higher business diploma HWD/VSK, and who also have several years of professional experience. This course is ideal for anyone who wants to run an SME in the future.

The continuing education, further training to become a federally certified business economist CHE is suitable for anyone who is already firmly established in the commercial sector and is looking for a higher management position. Depending on the focus of interest, different specializations can be chosen here, so that the general business management knowledge imparted is expanded by knowledge of the specialization.

A degree course is suitable for all those who want to lay the foundation for their professional career with a degree in business administration or business economics, because with a degree from a university, especially a university degree, graduates can quickly make it into top management. The Bachelor of Science UAS in Business Administration (BBA UAS) can also be completed on a part-time basis.

Postgraduate courses such as CAS, DAS or MAS are particularly suitable for experienced professionals who have a higher level of education and would like to continue their training in a more specialized way.

• What is the exact reason for your continuing education, further training?
• What changes do you want to bring about with the educational measure?
• Which competencies, skills and knowledge do you specifically want to deepen or acquire?
• What should be the maximum duration of the course?
• Which educational models are suitable for you?
• What type of qualification are you aiming for (certificate, FPE, AFPE, MAS,...)?

A detailed description and introduction to the topic of financial management can also be found in the guides "How to choose the right education provider" and "Education, further training in banking, financial planning and insurance" (see navigation point "Education help" above).

The following alternatives to further training in business management are available:

• Certificate courses such as:
  • SME Businessman / Businesswoman
  • Management
  • Corporate management
  • Corporate culture / organizational culture
• Higher professional examination for managing director
• Advanced technical college in management
• Postgraduate studies at a higher technical college:
  • Leadership and management
  • Corporate management
• Bachelor's degree in International Management at a university of applied sciences
• Master's degree in Sustainable Business Development at a university of applied sciences
• Various CAS and MAS courses at universities of applied sciences

To be able to answer this question, you should first narrow down what kind of continuing education, further training you are looking for. Do you want to make your free time more exciting with an attractive further education opportunity, such as martial arts or cooking courses? Would you like to learn a new language? Are you thinking of a career change or would you like to continue your education in a very specific area at a school? The choice is vast and therefore requires a little research. Further education opportunities, such as courses, training and courses that will help you advance professionally, are available in a wide variety of areas at many established schools throughout Switzerland.

• Commercial training and continuing education, further training
• Computer science
• Industry / Trade / Technology
• Health / Wellness / Beauty
• Education / Social Affairs / Psychology
• Gastronomy / Hotel industry / Tourism
• Universities
• Seminars
• Other areas of training and further education

Once you have decided on a sector, you will find that a whole range of attractive training measures are available to you, among which you are sure to find the right training opportunity for your needs.

There is not just one training or continuing education, further training in marketing management that will comprehensively train you and increase your skills. The Swiss education market offers a number of good courses and certificate courses, Federal Professional Examination (AFPE), Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) and diplomas from Colleges of Higher Education, Universities of Applied Sciences and Universities that will train you in a wide range of marketing specializations. You can currently find the following courses in marketing management for your chosen specialization:

• Marketing assistant, clerk (certified)
• Marketing courses (cert.)
• MarKom certificate exam (cert.)
• Marketing specialist (FPE)
• Marketing Manager (AFPE)
• Marketing Manager (CHE)
• Marketing Management Master (UAS)
• EMBA International Marketing (UAS)

You can also complete CAS and MAS courses at Universities of Applied Sciences and universities. These Certificate of Advanced Studies and Master of Advanced Studies courses are considered continuing education, further training and are aimed at people who have already completed a degree and want to further expand their knowledge in a particular specialty area with such a course.

• Where am I right now, both professionally and privately?
• What knowledge do I have and where do I have deficits?
• What skills do I have and where do I have deficits?
• Which key qualifications do I have and which do I not yet have?
• What priorities do I give to the individual deficits?
• What goals do I want to achieve?
• What resources are available to me?
• In which direction do I want to develop?
• What skills would I like to improve?
• How do I want to achieve this?
• What can I do about this?