Degree Programme in International Business Management, Helsinki Pasila campus, Master education

Degree Programme in International Business Management (IBMA) in a Nutshell

Name of qualification:	Master of Business Administration
Level of qualification:	Master's degree
ECTS credits:	90 ECTS credits
Official length of the programme:	2-3 years
Mode of Study:	Part-time master programme
Assessment:	See Degree Regulations >> See assessment process >>
Programme requirements:	Core studies, Personal studies, Workshops, Master's thesis including Maturity Examination
General arrangements for the accreditation of prior learning:	See HAAGA-HELIA's arrangements for the accreditation of prior learning >>
Admission requirements:	Act of Polytechnic 9.5.2003/351 20 § See application criteria 2012 >>
Access to further study:	Non-Degree studies at HAAGA-HELIA >> University studies

Profile of the Degree Programme in International Business Management

Why IBMA is a good choice for you? IBMA provides you

a practical learning approach: Learning by Working,
flexibility in your studies: evenings, weekends, and intensive sessions, and
a possibility to make your Personal Study Plan (PSP) that allows you to personalize your international business studies and to maximize your strengths as a manager

IBMA by taking a practical approach to learning - such as workshops, exercises, lectures, thesis work, and other student-centered activities - creates a learning context where students are expected and able to integrate their work experience with their international business studies.

Key learning outcomes of the Degree Programme

The goal of IBMA is to develop students’ international business management competences through variety of work development research, international business management courses, and through tutoring them in a work development project as their Master's Thesis. Working on the thesis starts from the very beginning of the studies. Students are expected to act as facilitators of change by applying in practice their international business knowledge that will make them and their organizations competitive players in international business.

The three main objectives of the IBMA Programme are to

satisfy the increased demand of organizations for employees with practical and current international business knowledge and competencies,
provide an opportunity for Bachelor graduates to continue and upgrade their education in international business management, and to
encourage students to apply their international business skills and knowledge in their everyday work in order to create and extract value for their organizations.

Professional growth

The professional growth in IBMA has three phases: CAPS, EAPS and Master’s Thesis. After accomplishing the Compulsory Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) (30 ECTS), you prepare your Personal Study Plan (PSP) for taking Elective Advanced Professional Studies (EAPS) and Free-choice Studies (30 ECTS) to enhance your international business competencies. The Master’s Thesis (30 ECTS) is a Work Development Project that is related to challenges in international business management of an organization. Therefore, the Master’s Thesis provides value not only for the students but for their organizations as well.

Upon graduation you will possess an internationally recognized degree called Master of Business Administration that is a Master’s degree awarded by HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences.

Semester themes

Semester 1: Work development research methods (including qualitative and quantitative research methods) project management, workshops 1-2-3, and thesis project.
Semester 2: Corporate strategy and international human resources management (including international talent management and communities of practice), workshops 4-5-6, and thesis project.
Semesters 3-4: Elective advanced professional studies in international business management, free-choice studies according to personal study plans, and thesis project. IBMA offers study tours to Silicon Valley and to Hong Kong.

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