Master of Business Administration | International Tourism and Event Management | online studies

The Online Master's Degree Programme in International Tourism and Event Management is intended for students who wish to develop their professional knowledge, leadership skills, strategic management, innovation and process management in the international tourism and event management context. 

Applicants are required to have at least two years of work experience in a related field (working full time) and a desire to develop their professional skills in the tourism or event management business areas. Both Finnish and international students are strongly encouraged to apply. Also, applicants who are currently in a stage of career transition can invest in their future skill-set to re-enter the employment sector.

Through the core competence courses offered in the programme (30 ECTS) you will be able to analyse opportunities to creatively develop innovative international business solutions. The main topics of the core courses are strategic management, financial evaluation and forecasting and ethics, governance & responsible management.

In addition to the core courses, you will plan a personalized learning path through complementary competence studies (30 ECTS) in order to shape and customize your learning to better fit with the set learning objectives. At the beginning of your studies you will complete a personalized learning plan consisting of 60 ECTS of master’s level studies and 30 ECTS of final thesis work.

The duration of the programme is 1.5 years. Teaching days for core studies are usually limited to 2 to 4 online days per month. The study days for complementary competence studies depend on the courses you choose to study. Students can also choose elective master’s level courses from other universities.

The studies contain challenging independent work, online group work and online studies in order to accommodate students’ professional and personal lives. The studies are rigorously intensive, but manageable.

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