EU Business School Geneva: Admission, Tuition and Deadlines for 2026/27

• EU decides within 1 week of a completed interview, essay and document file.
• Geneva tuition for 2026/27 runs from CHF 8,200 for the one-year English Foundation programme to CHF 15,400 per semester for the Bachelor's, Business Bridging and MBA tracks, billed in Swiss francs rather than euros.
• The main 2026-intake deadline is 15 August 2026, with teaching starting 2 October 2026; a handful of online programmes and the English Foundation Program run on separate dates.
• Every one of the 42 programmes in our catalogue — foundation year through MBA — is taught entirely in English.
• EU holds a 5-Star overall QS Stars rating and sits in the top 40 MBA programmes in Europe, QS Global MBA Rankings 2026.

EU Business School's Geneva campus is ranked #1 worldwide for international student ratio in the QS Global MBA Rankings 2026, and it backs that up with an admissions process built for people who don't hold a Swiss or EU passport: a one-to-one advisor assessment, an interview, and a decision inside a week once the file is complete. Master's applicants choose among three qualifying routes — a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale, a satisfactory GMAT or GRE score, or an interview with the academic dean — and Bachelor's applicants are judged on a written or video essay alongside their transcripts.

EU Business School fits someone set on studying business, finance, marketing, sports management, tourism or luxury-goods management in English, on a campus in Geneva's business district, and who wants to know within days whether they're in rather than wait months for a committee cycle. The school reports that 91% of bachelor's graduates accept a job offer within six months of graduating and that 80% of MBA graduates go on to work abroad, so the pitch is squarely international-career-focused rather than research-focused.

It is less obvious fit for anyone chasing a fully funded place: EU's own pages publish no named scholarship with an amount and a deadline, and the one rate reduction it does publish — a special domestic tuition rate — is reserved for Swiss passport-holders and Switzerland residents, not international applicants.

EU Business School's Geneva campus bills tuition in Swiss francs, not euros — the school's Digital Campus runs the same programme names but bills in euros at a lower rate, so the currency and the campus both matter when comparing two listings for the same degree.

Tuition table last verified 20 Jul 2026, source: EU Business School Tuition Fees.

The Bachelor's and MBA rate sit close together (CHF 15,400 and CHF 13,250 per period), while the Master's rate is noticeably lower at CHF 10,960 per term — useful to know if you're weighing a Master's against an MBA on cost alone. EU processes invoice payments through Flywire and asks students to quote their invoice number, and the advance-plus-balance structure on every level (an upfront instalment followed by the remaining tuition per term) spreads the first year's cash flow rather than requiring the full year up front.

Every level also carries a CHF 200 application fee at the Geneva campus specifically; the same fee is EUR 200 on EU's non-Swiss and Digital campuses, which is one more place the currency split shows up before a student even enrols. The Bachelor's and DBA both carry an extra one-off fee on top of tuition — CHF 840 for the Bachelor's dissertation and folded into the DBA's per-term CHF 4,750 charge across its eight terms — while the Master's CHF 840 business-plan fee and MBA's CHF 840 dissertation fee land at the same amount despite covering different final deliverables. Swiss passport-holders and Switzerland residents qualify for a separate domestic rate, applied once the advance tuition fee is paid and residency is confirmed, which keeps Geneva's headline CHF figures from being the number every applicant actually pays.

EU's Geneva campus sits across two sites in the city's new business district, close to international organisations and major financial institutions: the Pont-Rouge Campus at Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 2, 1212 Lancy, and the BAT 43 Campus at Route des Acacias 43, Bâtiment 43L, 1227 Geneva. Between them the campus covers more than 1,600 square metres across two newly built buildings, including a 300 square-metre event space.

EU assigns every student an academic counsellor for the length of their programme, and orientation runs the week before the academic calendar's official start date. Before arrival, the student-support team helps with visa applications, finding accommodation, city registration, health insurance and banking — health insurance itself is mandatory and students are expected to arrange it themselves. For housing beyond EU's own support, the AGLAE network lists nearly 4,000 beds across 19 member residences and almost 30 sites for young people in training, students, apprentices and young professionals in Geneva.

EU/EFTA students can work up to 15 hours a week during term and 40 hours during vacation once they've registered the job through form E; non-EU/EFTA students get the same hourly limits but only after 6 months of study, and only once the cantonal authority has approved the request.

EU reports that 91% of bachelor's graduates accept a job offer within six months of graduating, 22% of master's graduates go on to become entrepreneurs, and 80% of MBA graduates end up working abroad. The school's alumni network counts more than 35,000 graduates worldwide.

Career support covers career counselling, workshops and guest speakers, internship and job-placement support, and networking events and career days through graduation. Among named alumni, EU points to Omar Berrada, COO of Manchester United Football Club, and lists Amazon, Apple, Nike, Deloitte and Louis Vuitton among the employers its graduates have gone on to join — a spread that runs from luxury goods and sport through consulting and technology, which tracks with EU's own discipline mix of Management, Business, Marketing and Finance programmes.

The 22% entrepreneurship rate among Master's graduates stands out against the 80% of MBA graduates working abroad: EU's own numbers suggest the Master's cohort skews toward founders while the MBA cohort skews toward international corporate careers, which is worth weighing against why you're choosing one level over the other. For non-EU/EFTA graduates, Switzerland offers a post-study job-search permit route to those who complete their degree at a recognised Swiss higher-education institution, giving graduates a defined window to look for work in the country after finishing their programme.

EU and EFTA citizens do not need a visa to enter Switzerland, but anyone — EU/EFTA or not — staying more than 3 months needs a residence permit. EU/EFTA students in Geneva qualify for a right of residence for study once they show sufficient financial resources and health/accident insurance covering all risks, and their permit file needs a valid ID, the school's enrolment certificate, proof of financial means (or a support form) and a lease or host attestation.

Non-EU/EFTA applicants generally apply for their permit before entering Switzerland, through a Swiss representation abroad (unless the online form applies), and the file is heavier: an admissibility certificate, CV, motivation letter, study plan, a written undertaking to leave Switzerland after studies unless exempted, proof of financial means and accommodation evidence. Anyone needing a Type D long-stay visa — required for stays over 90 days, depending on nationality — should apply at least 2 months and no more than 6 months before travelling. A short-stay Schengen visa itself costs EUR 90 for adults and EUR 45 for children aged 6 to 12, and is free under 6.

Both routes require proof of at least CHF 20,000 for the year, or CHF 2,500 a month, before Geneva issues a student permit. Once enrolled, EU/EFTA students can work up to 15 hours a week in term time and 40 hours during vacation; non-EU/EFTA students get the same hours but only after 6 months of study at a Swiss higher-education institution, and only once the cantonal migration office (OCPM) has approved the request.