Master's Degree Programme in Business Competence

Information is for the previous application round.

Next intake: To be announced

• Coordinating unit: School of Management
• Duration: two academic years
• Extent: 120 credits/ECTS credits
• Major subjects: Management and Organization, Accounting, Marketing, Business Law, Tax Law, and Insurance Science
• Website: http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/jola/mbc/

As of the 1st January 2011 the functions of the Department of Management Studies will be located in the School of Management Studies.

The Master's Degree Programme in Business Competence offers the student an opportunity to become comprehensively acquainted with the various special issues of business competence. In addition, by familiarizing himself/herself extensively with the different sectors of business competence and its methodology the student gains eligibility for postgraduate studies in the field. This Master's Programme aims at enhancing both business know-how in general and especially expertise in the mastery of entireties.

The main goals of the Master's Programme are:

1. To train professionals in business competence, especially for demanding tasks in international organizations, where the mastery of entireties and international perspective is emphasized.
2. To develop the knowledge processing skills and comprehensive intellectual capacity of the students selected for the Programme.
3. To provide internationally esteemed and research focused teaching to the students of the Programme in cooperation with top experts outside the University.

The Programme comprises teaching modules which include both intensive teaching packages offered by the visiting professors and teaching of a longer duration provided by teachers from the University of Tampere. The Programme is taught in English, and includes lectures, seminars, exams, essays, keeping learning diaries, and working in pairs and teams. Because a significant amount of the Programme´s teaching is offered as intensive courses by the visiting professors, the Master's Programme cannot be completed as part-time studies; students are expected to commit themselves to fulltime studies.

The personal study plan (HOPS), which is compiled at the beginning of the studies, specifies individually the content of each student's degree, including compulsory and optional studies.

The number of credits and composition of the studies (in addition to modules defined as compulsory for all students) depends on the student's earlier studies and especially the student's own goals to his/her degree. Thus the credit requirement of the degree may in the case of some students moderately exceed 120 ECTS credits because of additional studies required.

Admission criteria

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent university level studies in business economics or related field (additional studies may be required from a student selected for the Programme depending on his/her earlier studies) and
• English language proficiency verified with TOEFL