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The Faculty of Business and Economics at UniDistance Suisse offers a bachelor's degree in Business and Economics in French and/or German as well as a master's degree in Economics, Business and Data Analytics. It also offers continuing education programmes.
The faculty's research activities focus on behavioural economics, experimental economics and economic data science.

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Bachelor in Business and Economics

Master in Economics, Business and Data Analytics

Continuing Education in Economics

What is new in the Faculty of Business and Economics

Postdoc in Experimental and Behavioral Economics (80–100 %) Place of work: Brig | Start date: Immediately or upon agreement

Economics Research

Valais Once Again at the Heart of Empirical Economic Research On 1 and 2 October 2026, the Valais Econometrics Workshop was held for the second time. Renowned researchers from Switzerland and abroad gathered to present and discuss recent work in empirical economic research. Discussions focused in particular on labour markets, discrimination, institutional reforms, and their effects on well-being. Through this workshop, UniDistance Suisse promotes scientific exchange and helps strengthen the visibility of the Valais as a research hub for economics.

Graduate Campus Economics

Innovation in practice: excursion to Schwyz Next and CSEM On 7 September 2026, students from UniDistance Suisse visited Schwyz Next and CSEM in Seewen. Organised by the Faculty of Business and Economics, the excursion gave them an opportunity to dis-cover the innovation ecosystem of the Canton of Schwyz, as well as applied technologies and con-crete examples from practice.

Economics Research

UniDistance Suisse strengthens its commitment to reproducible research UniDistance Suisse is further expanding its long-standing commitment to promoting transparent and reproducible research. Since May 2026, Michael Kurschilgen, Professor of Behavioural Economics and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics, has been serving on the Steering Committee of the Swiss Reproducibility Network (SwissRN), marking the first time that UniDistance Suisse has been represented on the network’s strategic governing body.

UniDistance Switzerland brings together international experts in Brig for the Valais Economics Workshop How can public policies be made more effective and better tailored to the needs of the population? Researchers from various countries examined this question at the Valais Economics Workshop 2026, which took place on 1 and 2 June at the UniDistance Suisse campus in Brig.

New Partnership with the University of Valencia strengthens Doctoral Training UniDistance Suisse signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” (MoU) with the LINEEX Lab at the University of Valencia (Spain) in May 2026. This new partnership gives doctoral candidates from the Faculty of Economics and Management access to one of Europe’s most advanced research infrastructures for experimental economics.

Research in Focus: Prof. Kurschilgen on identity and its influence on our decisions Why do people often act against their own financial interests? And what role does identity play in these choices? In a recent interview, Prof. Dr Michael Kurschilgen, Professor of Behavioural Economics at the Faculty of Economics at UniDistance Suisse, offers insights into his research and explores these questions.

Diligentia Foundation Funds Research Project at FernUni Schweiz on Administrative Barriers in the Tax System Dr Krishna Srinivasan, Prof. Manuel Grieder and Prof. Michael Kurschilgen from the Faculty of Economics at FernUni Schweiz have successfully secured research funding from the Diligentia Foundation. The foundation is supporting their project “Understanding Administrative Burden: A Field Experiment on the Hassle Costs of Tax Filing in Germany”. The project began in November 2025 and will run until October 2027.

Dean’s office & Faculty Managers

Photo portrait de Manuel Grieder

Prof. Dr Manuel Grieder Dean / Programme direction of the Master in Economics, Business and Data Analytics / Associate Professor

Prof. Dr Michael Kurschilgen Vice-dean / Programme direction for the Bachelor in Business and Economics (French and German) / Associate Professor

Portrait de Jean-Paul Droz

MA Jean-Paul Droz Faculty Manager Bachelor in Business and Economics (French)

MSc Loris Schmid Faculty Manager Bachelor in Business and Economics (German)

MA Felix Schlüter Faculty Manager Master in Economics, Business and Data Analytics (English)

Events of the Faculty of Business and Economics

UniDistance Suisse

Monday, November 16, 2026 12:00 - 13:00 (CET+1)

Economics Research Seminar

Catherine Roux (University of Basel)

Monday, December 7, 2026 12:00 - 13:00 (CET+1)

B18.005, Brig Campus

Bachelor in Business and Economics

UniDistance Suisse

Friday, April 9, 2027 12:00 - 13:00 (CEST+2)

Bachelor in Business and Economics

UniDistance Suisse

Tuesday, April 13, 2027 12:00 - 13:00 (CEST+2)