The agreement on the establishment of Master Double Degree Programme between Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) and ​ZHAW School of Management and Law (ZHAW) has been signed on 8th of August 2016. 

The double degree program will provide the opportunity to graduate students from both institutions to simultaneously pursue the Master degree from SGH and ZHAW.

Upon successful completion of the double degree program the following degrees shall be awarded by the partner institutions:

• SGH: Master in Global Business, Finance and Governance​ [programmes both in Polish and in English] 

• ZHAW: Master of Science in International Business

• MDDP Partner​

• Programme structure

• Study programme

• Master Thesis

• Selection criteria

• Key dates

• Selection process

• Contacts

The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW; German: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften) located in the city of Winterthur, with facilities in Zurich and Wädenswil, is one of the largest University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland and is part of the Zürcher Fachhochschule.

Currently, the university has eight schools, covering architecture and civil engineering, health, linguistics, life sciences and facility management, applied psychology, social work, engineering and management and law.

The ZHAW School of Management and Law​ obtained AACSB accreditation in 2015

​​​The intended period of study for the double degree program shall be two years (4 semesters). Double degree students will spend their first year at home institution, the second year at host institution. Full information shall be provided to the host institution on the courses that participants have taken at their home institution and vice versa.

• Plan of studies for SGH students [valid from 2018 until revoked]

• Plan of studies for ZHAW students [valid from 2018 until revoked]

• Grade conversion​

​​In addition to the mandatory coursework at both institutions, as set forth in the agreement, the double degree student is required to write a Master thesis. All students of this double degree programme will write Master thesis at SGH. The Master thesis at SGH is worth 20 ECTS and ZHAW will transfer 12 ECTS to comply with ZHAW diploma regulations. The partner institutions assure the legal and organizational preconditions required for enabling the double degree students to start with the Master thesis in their second study year.

The Master thesis has to be delivered in 2 copies; 1 to each institution. The Master thesis shall be supervised by the faculty member from SGH and reviewed by a faculty member from ZHAW ensuring in this way joint supervision of the Master thesis. The language of the Master thesis is English.

Part of the completion of the Master thesis at SGH is a defence of the thesis. Faculty members of both SGH and the ZHAW shall participate in the defence. The defence will be conducted in English.

The management process of the preparation of the Master thesis should meet all the legal and academic constraints of SGH and the ZHAW.

​​Candidates for the double degree program will be selected by their home institution according to selection criteria jointly defined and agreed upon by SGH and ZHAW. Due to the higher workload compared to the ordinary Master study tracks at the partner institutions, only highly qualified students shall be selected for the double degree program. Each institution has the right to admit up to 5 students per year to the double degree program, unless this number is varied by mutual and written attachment to this agreement.

The host institution shall be granted access to any written application documents and protocols of selection procedures for the double degree program. The host institution has the right to send a representative with advisory status to selection interviews of the home institution for the double degree program. Joint selection interviews by the home institution and the host institution are encouraged.

The double degree candidates must satisfy all admission requirements of the host institution, including:

• language proficiency requirements – all double degree candidates must provide evidence of a satisfactory level of English language proficiency Level B2+ according to the requirements of the Common European Framework (CEF). Link to certificates recognised by SGH can be found on main website of Double Degree Programmes.

• good knowledge on Bachelor level of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Statistics. 

Each institution reserves the right to require double degree candidates to complete the standard enrolment documents and to provide the results of any required entrance examinations. The host institution has the right to not accept a double degree candidate from the home institution for academic rationales or any other substantial reasons.