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You are or have been active in one of the two top leagues in team sports or you are or have been an individual athlete at national level and would like to develop professionally? Then we look forward to welcoming you to the Athletes Network!
Athletes Network - Partners
EDUCATION
Get fit for business
Our education partners offer training and education wherever and whenever you want – ideal for arranging your everyday life around top-level sport. With these flexible education options, you can continue your education during your sporting career and establish a second career path.
EDUCATION PARTNERS
Education and top-level sport – no problem!
As a member of the Athletes Network, you benefit from selected discounts and bursaries from these educational institutions – exclusively for you!
ABC SPRACHEN – THE LANGUAGE SCHOOL
Whichever language you are interested in, abc sprachen has the right course package for you. The school’s native-speaker language teachers currently teach 16 different languages using a practical and fun approach.
Take the language course online, at your workplace or at our location in Dübendorf/Wallisellen. If you book through us, you get great discounts (10% discount on private or semi-private courses and 20% discount on courses for small groups).
BETRIEBWIRTSCHAFTLICHES INSTITUT UND SEMINAR BASEL AG & ATLAS BUSINESS LANGUAGE
As a member of the Athletes Network, you benefit from a 20% discount on all BWL Institut Basel programmes and courses. You also get a 20% discount on the language courses offered by Atlas Business Language.
ESM ACADEMY
Daily training sessions, away trips, media appointments – and then studying on the side? What seems difficult at first glance becomes very easy with us. Many Swiss athletes from football, ice hockey, handball and basketball, among others, have already shown how it’s done. When are you starting?
As a member of the Athletes Network you benefit from an “Athletes Network Scholarship” of €300.00.
UNIDISTANCE SUISSE
Training, competitions, regeneration and travelling to different competition venues often takes up a lot of your time. UniDistance Suisse allows you to study anytime and anywhere and get individual support. Study at home or on the train, during the week or at the weekend – flexibility is the motto at UniDistance Suisse. You also take your exams online.
FFHS – SWISS DISTANCE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Sport & study – easily combined
Unique study model with maximum flexibility
As a member of the Athletes Network, you benefit from an ‘Athletes Network Bursary’ worth CHF 500.00 for all bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes. You receive a discount of CHF 100.00 on all continuing education courses (MAS, DAS, CAS) if you are a member of the Athletes Network and book the course via our website. (Start of studies after November 2023.)
ZHAW IAP
In addition to modular training courses, the IAP at ZHAW also offers other formats, such as flex training courses or online-based training courses. These course options mean you can continue your education to suit you in terms of time and location, alongside busy and demanding schedules.
As a member of the Athletes Network, you get a 10% discount on all CAS further training courses.
MBSZ – MARKETING & BUSINESS SCHOOL ZÜRICH AG
At MBSZ, you decide whether to attend courses on site, participate via live stream, or watch video recordings at a later date. This allows you to study for your recognised qualification flexibly, both in terms of time and location – true to the MBSZ motto ‘flexibletosuityou’.
As a member of the Athletes Network, you benefit from an ‘Athletes Network Bursary’ of CHF 500.00 for all continuing education courses.
SAFS – Swiss Academy of Fitness & Sports
Balancing sports and studies at the same time? With the offerings from SAFS, you benefit from a structured study program that optimally combines theory and practice. The courses are designed to fit with the professional activities in the training company.
As a member of the Athletes Network, you benefit from an “Athletes Network Scholarship” of CHF 660.00 for all university offerings.
SVIT ZÜRICH – BERUFSVERBAND DER IMMOBILIENWIRTSCHAFT
The SVIT Zurich offers athletes who would like to work in the real estate industry a great opportunity to get started during and after professional sports careers. The SVIT Zurich lateral entry course provides athletes with optimal preparation.
As a member of the Athletes Network, you benefit from a 30% discount on all courses.
QUOTES FROM ATHLETES
«The online study programme at FFHS is ideal for athletes, because its high level of flexibility allows you to perfectly combine competitive sport and study.»
Vanessa Gwerder
Volleyball player
«Without UNIDISTANCE SUISSE, speed skating at international level wouldn’t have been possible for me.»
Vera Güntert
Speed skater
«The big advantage of the Business Administration course offered by BWL Institut Basel is that you can do everything online and organise your own time. You can decide yourself when, how and where you want to do it.»
Chris Mendelin
Bobsledder
«I am doing a course at MBSZ because it doesn’t stop me from meeting all my sporting commitments. The study model offered by MBSZ gives me total freedom regarding when and where I attend classes.»
Niels Hintermann
Ski racer
«I was also able to study from England without any problems thanks to the flexible online lectures.»
Fabian Schär
Footballer
«abc sprachen helped me achieve my professional goals and, above all, develop a positive relationship with the German language.»
Hana Uimonen
Uni hockey player
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