The advanced VBA training gives you the methods to move from a script that works to a robust, maintainable, reusable program. Over two intensive days, you explore the Excel object model, build custom UserForms, structure your code in classes and master debugging techniques. A highly sought after skill in finance, audit and management control in French speaking Switzerland.
Building professional Excel VBA tools that last over time
For Swiss French speaking organizations, knowing advanced Excel VBA makes the difference between an improvised macro that breaks a month later and a business tool that serves for years. This advanced VBA program centers on operational practice: professional user interface, fine handling of the object model, error management, structuring in classes. When the session ends, you have the foundations to develop your own Excel applications and course materials to go further.
Module 1: Presentation of the Excel object model
Module 2: Automating with Excel
Module 3: Creating UserForms
Module 4: Debugging Techniques
Once the basics of Excel VBA are acquired, the next level is not about learning more functions but structuring code so it is readable, maintainable and robust. The advanced VBA training answers exactly that need over two intensive days. You explore the Excel object model, build UserForms interfaces and discover VBA classes that change how code is written.
The stake is very concrete: an Excel VBA tool that lasts must be reusable by someone else, modifiable without breaking everything, debuggable when a bug appears. That is exactly what this training teaches, through hands on cases drawn from the daily work of analysts and management controllers.
The heart of the training is exploring the Excel object model. Understanding the Application > Workbook > Worksheet > Range hierarchy lets you write VBA that precisely drives what you want. You learn to handle sheets, ranges, charts and pivot tables in VBA, iterate efficiently on large volumes and avoid the performance pitfalls that slow down macros.
Advanced Excel automation is then put into practice: generating a complete monthly report, consolidating multiple workbooks, exporting data to other formats. Each example is worked on concrete cases close to daily work.
UserForms turn a VBA macro into a real Excel application with an interface. The training covers designing ergonomic UserForms: control choice, event handling, input validation, communication between form and code. This skill lets you deliver Excel tools usable by colleagues with no VBA knowledge.
You also see how to structure the code behind a UserForm so it stays clean and easy to evolve.
VBA classes are one of the lesser known but most powerful topics of the language. They let you bundle data and behavior, reuse code and structure an Excel application like real software. The training introduces VBA classes with concrete and progressive cases.
Debugging techniques complete the toolbox: breakpoints, watches, immediate window, error handling with On Error. These tools are essential as soon as code grows beyond a few dozen lines.
The advanced Excel VBA training is designed for management controllers, financial analysts, auditors, reporting managers and any Excel VBA users who want to move to the next level. Good mastery of VBA fundamentals is required (equivalent to the Excel VBA Fundamentals training).
At our ITTA centers in Carouge and Le Flon, this advanced Excel VBA training runs over two days with an expert instructor and a small group to ensure personalized follow up. You code live, build your own UserForms and leave with course materials and reusable code examples.
What is the difference between VBA fundamentals and VBA advanced?
The fundamentals level covers syntax, variables, loops and the first macros. The advanced level deepens the Excel object model, UserForms, classes and debugging techniques.
What is a UserForm in Excel VBA?
It is a custom window displayed by your macro to interact with the user. Useful to enter parameters or display results without touching the Excel sheets.
Do I need VBA fundamentals before the advanced training?
Yes, it is necessary. You must be comfortable with variables, loops, conditions and simple procedures. The Excel VBA Fundamentals training is the ideal prerequisite.
Are VBA classes really useful in Excel?
Yes, as soon as you write macros that exceed a few hundred lines or want to reuse code across projects. They change the quality of VBA code.
Is this advanced Excel VBA training held in Geneva?
Yes, the training takes place at the ITTA center in Carouge in Geneva, at Le Flon in Lausanne and in a virtual classroom.
Which debugging techniques are covered?
Breakpoints, step by step execution, watch window, immediate window, error handling with On Error. The full toolbox to track a bug efficiently.
Does advanced VBA prepare for a Microsoft certification?
This training is non certifying. To prepare for an Excel certification, the Microsoft Office Specialist – MOS Excel Expert course integrates advanced VBA notions into its program.
Confirmed Excel VBA users wanting to surpass simple macros and enter structured Excel application development with UserForms, classes and APIs. In Geneva and Lausanne, the course welcomes participants from international organizations, banking, consulting and growing SMEs. No specific prerequisite is required other than a concrete willingness to progress on the subject.
You leave with an operational mastery of the fundamentals, reusable canvases on your concrete cases, a structured action plan for the weeks that follow. Many participants report a visible effect from the first week back, with sustainable anchoring over four to six weeks of regular practice. The course combines short theory inputs, practical exercises on your real situations and personalized trainer debrief.
An Excel developer creating a complete UserForm application with validation and persistence. An analyst building reusable VBA function library. A consultant automating complex process via VBA + external API. The course adapts exercises to your context with personalized trainer feedback, and each participant leaves with an action plan calibrated to their own situation.
Combines well with Excel VBA Fundamentals, Power Query for data preparation, Power Apps for modern no-code solutions. Many participants enroll in one of these courses in the following trimester, according to their current priority and professional context.
VBA Advanced unlocks major use cases: structured Excel applications, complex UserForms, integration with APIs and external databases, performance optimization. This training targets technical profiles wanting to professionalize their Excel development.
Most participants report a noticeable effect from the first week of return, with deeper anchoring over four to six weeks of regular practice on real files. The course closes with a personalized practice plan calibrated on your professional context.
The features covered are used daily by millions of professionals across Geneva and Lausanne organizations. Mastery transforms repetitive work into efficient routine. This training relies on real cases and offers an outfitted approach calibrated for the 2025-2026 evolutions of the platform.
At ITTA centers in Geneva and Lausanne, this course runs in a small group with an expert trainer and a format alternating concise theory, practical exercises and personalized debrief. Group confidentiality is explicit and held. Each participant arrives with a real case and leaves with an action plan calibrated to their context. The course integrates recent evolutions of the domain (digital tools, hybrid formats, 2025-2026 practices) without losing focus on fundamentals.
Need to be developer?
No, but VBA Fundamentals mastery is required.
Does Power Apps replace VBA?
Often yes for new projects.
Does it cover VBA classes?
Yes, VBA OOP is treated.
Where do sessions take place?
ITTA has three centers in French speaking Switzerland: in Geneva (Carouge, Route des Jeunes 35), in Lausanne at the Flon (Rue des Cotes de Montbenon 16) and at Lausanne Mon-Repos (Avenue de Mon-repos 24). The training is also available in virtual classroom.
Monday to Friday
8:30 AM to 6:00 PM
Tel. 058 307 73 00
ITTA
Route des jeunes 35
1227 Carouge, Suisse
Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 06:00 pm.
