Higher education entrance qualification:

Documented proficiency in English language

Bachelor's degree or equivalent three/four years of business and administrative studies. In addition the following requirements for the combination of subjects applies:

A total of 120 credits comprising:

• a minimum of 30 credits of business: management accounting, financial accounting, finance and investment
• a minimum of 30 credits administration subjects: organisation, marketing, strategy and management
• a minimum of 15 credits economics: microeconomics, macroeconomics, public finance
• a minimum of 20 credits methodology: mathematics, statistics, scientific method
• a minimum of 7,5 credits ethics, CSR, sustainability

Admission requires a good result (laudabilis), ie an average grade of minimum C in the admission basis. For international students minimum 2nd Class, Upper Division/B or equivalent is required.

How to apply

Knowledge

The candidate:

• holds advanced breadth and in-depth knowledge in the field of business economics.
• has in-depth knowledge of scientific theories, concepts, and models within subjects change management, strategic analysis, and valuation and profitability analysis.
• possesses specialised knowledge within a self-defined limited major: finance, management control, international marketing, or innovation and entrepreneurship.
• has insight in relevant and contemporary international research literature and applies this to new phenomena and issues within the field of business administration.
• has knowledge of relevant analytical tools and techniques to solve business ethical issues with ethical values.
• holds advanced knowledge of business research traditions and methodology, and in-depth knowledge of research ethical norms.
• possesses specialised knowledge of methods, techniques, and acceptable progression to carry out and disseminate an independent empirical research project.

Skills

The candidate:

• is specialised in analysing existing scientific theories and research methods in the field of business administration, and has the ability to critically evaluate their interpretations.
• has the ability to critically analyse and evaluate established truths, information and information sources.
• is specialised in obtaining relevant research literature and able to compile, analyse and evaluate literature.
• holds specialised competence in analysing business economics issues based on relevant theory and empirical evidence, and assessing the appropriate research methodology.
• is specialised in analysing, structuring and formulating professional reasoning and arguments.
• possesses specialised competence in implementing, producing and disseminating an independently defined research project under guidance in accordance with ethical norms within research.

General competence

The candidate:

• has the ability to produce independent analytical scientific work in line with the corporate economic tradition of academic dissemination both in writing and verbally.
• has the ability to apply scientific theories and models to illustrate business cases and issues in practice, based on ethical principles.
• has the ability to reflect and be critical of established truths, and conscious of the role of their profession in the community of ethical awareness.
• is competent to contribute to change and innovation processes in business-economic issues in a business.
• has the ability to apply their knowledge and skills to carry out advanced tasks and projects for and in collaboration with various specialised public and private professions, and nonprofit organisations.
• is specialised in analysing and evaluating business cases with relevant tools to solve practical issues.
• is specialised in discussing and communicating comprehensive business cases and an independent research project using enterprise economic expressions.
• has the ability to communicate academic issues and conclusions in the field of business administration with other specialised professions and the general public.

As part of the programme, students can take an exchange semester at one of our partner institutions in Europe, Australia or North America. We recommend students to go on exchange in the second semester. We encourage our students to travel to one of our partner institutions:

EUROPE

France: Kedge Business School - major International Business and Marketing

http://www.kedgebs.com/en

Ireland: Dublin Business School - major International Business and Marketing

http://www.dbs.ie/

Germany: Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm - major Finance and Capital Budgeting

http://www.th-nuernberg.eu/

NORTH AMERICA

USA: International Student Exchange Program (ISEP):

The university is a member of ISEP and our students may study at member universities in the USA. There are approximately 140 different universities to choose between. For more information, check ISEP (http://www.isep.org) or contact our international office.

CANADA: University of Northern British Columbia - major International Business and Marketing

http://www.unbc.ca/

AUSTRALIA: Western Sydney University - major Finance and Capital Budgeting or International Business and Marketing

http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/