International Business
Management (MBA)
Seinäjoki University of
Applied Scieces offers a Master programme in International Business Management
in cooperation with Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences. The
programme aims to provide training for specialist and management tasks in
businesses that operate internationally. The Master’s degree is implemented on
a two-year time scale.
The second-cycle (Master’s)
degree taken at a university of applied sciences is a second-cycle degree in
the European higher education system and gives the same qualification for
municipal and state office as a Master’s degree taken at a university.
The programme aims to
increase professional knowledge of international business. Having completed the
programme, the student has grown into a business management professional
capable of independent decision-making, working with management or demanding
expert tasks in businesses that operate in the international market or are planning
to go international.
Methods and content
Multimodal learning methods
are used. Each course includes two two-day contact sessions on an average. The
emphasis of learning is on independent work as well as solving distant learning
assignments and studying online. The development project is an essential part
of the studies.
The first-year studies
focus on the management and development of SMEs in the international operating
environment. In the second year students specialise either in management
(courses arranged in Kokkola) or international marketing (courses arranged in
Seinäjoki). The final thesis consists of a development project conducted for a
business or other organisation. The attachment on the right shows the structure
of studies.
