Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS)
Chavannes-près-Renens, Switzerland
DURATION
6 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
CHF 22,500
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The Certificate of Advanced Studies (DAS) is a postgraduate academic qualification. Designed for mid-career professionals, they are considered higher continuing education programs.
DAS programs offer highly specialized knowledge, enabling students to acquire eminently practical skills and competencies in a given subject area. DAS courses are offered through 2 and a half day modules that run from Thursday to Saturday morning and can be completed while working.
The DAS Business Project
Learning different topics in a classroom environment is one thing; applying them to the real world is quite another. We believe that only applied learning has the power to develop you into a person who can take on the world and make a significant difference.
The DAS Business Project gives you the chance to do just that. You choose a company, idea, or project of your choice and develop a comprehensive consulting report on it, covering industry and market research, business strategy, marketing, human resources, operations, finance, and risk management. Many of these projects end up being the launch pad for start-up companies, in recent years, often as social enterprises.
This is your chance to connect what you have learned with how you wish to engage professionally. This stepping stone experience is cited by our participants as one of the most enriching elements of our program – this is where they are able to put everything they have learned into a broader context, understanding the interconnections of the many individual subject topics they have been studying.
Ideal Students
The BSL DAS programs are ideal for professionals looking to gain higher strategic expertise that they can immediately apply to make a real impact on business. Our program enables entrepreneurs & business professionals eager to translate their vision into developing a business or to excel within a specific functional area.
Admissions
Curriculum
Study Plans
Each module runs in three-day sessions, totaling 24 hours of class time. The Seminar modules run from Thursdays to Saturdays and end at lunchtime on Saturday. Meals are provided over the three days.
Each DAS program will have an individual schedule – please contact the admissions team using the below form for specific dates of upcoming courses.
Course list per Program
DAS in Marketing & Strategy: September to December
- Marketing Management
- Innovation and Organizational Design
- Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning
- Strategy for Business Transformation
- Building a Brand in the Digital Age
DAS in Transformative Leadership: January to April
- Leadership Through Crisis
- Managing and Developing People in the 4th Industrial Revolution
- Strategic Negotiations
- Advanced Communication & Team Dynamics
- Leading Through Listening
DAS in Sustainable Business: January to June
- Building Sustainability Strategy
- Implementing Sustainability Strategy
- Creating Sustainable Value / Supply Chain Focus
- Sustainable Finance
- Leading Sustainability
DAS in Business Transformation & Entrepreneurship: January to June
- Strategy for Business Transformation
- Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI in Business
- Innovation and Organizational Change
- From Social to Regenerative Entrepreneurship
- Business Transformation Towards Sustainability