If you have successfully completed an SGBS Certified Expert St. Gallen as part of the St. Gallen practical studies program, you can apply for an upgrade to an academic program leading to an Executive MBA. To do this, you pass through the bridge from the practical studies to the university studies and acquire the 30 ECTS for the successfully completed Certified Expert including SRH examinations, which are then credited as the first semester of the EMBA course.

You need 60 ECTS for the Executive MBA degree. You acquire these as follows:

You will receive 30 ECTS if you have completed the bridge between the Certified Expert and university studies. You will earn a further 30 ECTS credits in the 2nd semester, which is also completed in parallel with your professional activity.

The workload, i.e. the time required for 30 ECTS, is as follows:

• 750 Hours
• 28 attendance days at St. Gallen Business School,
  plus project work with colloquium. 21 of these days can also be completed online.
• Approx. 6 attendance days at SRH in Berlin
• Rest Online teaching, literature, writing papers, projects, practical work and exams

In order to bridge the gap between the Certified Expert and the 30 ECTS, an additional workload is required, with a focus on practical work, cases and online tests, assessment of papers and online examinations.

Those who successfully complete this bridge will receive the first 30 ECTS, awarded by our university partner SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences.

We will be happy to inform you about the details of the “Bridge”.

Those who wish to continue their studies after graduating as an SGBS Certified Expert St. Gallen and acquire an EMBA or MBA via an upgrade have the following options:

Registration during your St. Gallen practical studies
Early registration has the advantage that you can already complete the necessary workload in the form of cases, papers and practical work, plus the necessary examinations, during your Certified Expert studies.

Registration after graduation as a Certified Expert
Up to a maximum of 2 years after graduating as a Certified Expert, an upgrade to the EMBA program is still possible, later only with a special permit from the university.

Please note the Admission requirements.

Certified Expert as semester 1 of the MBA program
When upgrading to the EMBA, the SGBS Certified Executive Management Expert degree obtained at St. Gallen Business School is 100% recognized by SRH. This includes the attendance days, the project work and the accompanying study modules. In order to be awarded the 30 ECTS for semester 1, you only have to pass examinations that are organized and assessed by SRH.

Paid tuition fees will be deducted from the EMBA tuition fee
The tuition fees you have paid for the Certified Expert will be deducted in full from the EMBA tuition fee.

Get in touch with us contact us. We will inform you in detail about the individual steps and the required documents and support you with the application process. For applicants without a Bachelor’s degree or university entrance qualification, there is a sur dossier examination, in which the Certified Expert from St. Gallen Business School is very important.