DEGREE PROGRAMME IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (BME)

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

RAUMA, FINLAND

90 ECTS CREDITSSTUDY STRUCTURE

Advanced Professional Studies, 55 ECTS cr

Analysing Business Environment, 25 ECTS cr

Competent Individuals and Learning Organisations, 10 ECTS cr

Developing Innovative Business Strategies and Operations, 20 ECTS cr

Elective Studies, 5 ECTS cr

Master’s Thesis, 30 ECTS cr

APPLY1 August –

28 September2012

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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC LIFE?

New strategic thinking, new business concepts, excellent networking and leadership skills are in high demand in the global business environment. BME develops the competences needed in strategic management and in developing business operations. The focus is on small and medium-sized enterprises, especially on their international business activities. BME also promotes international networking between working life and higher education. Advanced professional studies include e.g. strategic marketing, business intelligence, innovation and change management as well as international business management.

GOALS OF DEGREE STUDIES

•Toenhanceskillsinbusinessmanagementinthe

changing domestic and international operating environment, especially in the SME sector. •Toenhancethestudents’personalabilitiestosucceed as an innovator, reformer and developer of an SME or another working organisation. •Toimprovethestudents’abilitiestodevelopand manage business processes as an entrepreneur and to take an entrepreneurial approach. •Topromoteinternationalnetworkingofworkinglifeand higher education.

HOW TO STUDYBME is taught in English. Studying is strongly based on working life. RDI projects and assignments characterise the learning process. The study process culminates in the Master’sThesisthatinvolvesanextensivedevelopmentassignment in your/a work community.

The Degree programme is also well-suited for students coming from abroad. E-Learning is used over 90 % of the time. There are about four contact sessions per year. Each contact session takes 2-3 days at the Faculty of Business and Culture Rauma. Lectures between the contact days are conducted via conference calls, videoconferencing or other media.

Cooperation with partner universities and visiting lecturers from all around the world add to the international focus of the studies.

More information: www.samk.fi/bme

Master’sstudiesatauniversityofappliedsciencesareanaturalextensiontoaBachelor’sDegree.AMaster’sDegreewill give you the same qualifications as a university-level Master’sDegree,butitismorecloselyconnectedwithworking life.

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLYING• Bachelor’sDegreeawardedbyauniversityor

a university of applied sciences.• Minimum of 40 ECTS credits of business studies.• Three years of relevant working experience after the

BBA or secondary education.• Adequate English skills.

More information: www.samk.fi/admission_criteria

ESSENTIAL OF DEGREE STUDIES

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC LIFE?

BENEFITFROMYOUREMPLOYEE’SMASTER’SDEGREEA chance to make the most out of the know-how of your staff: Master’sstudiesatSatakuntaUniversityofAppliedSciences.

MASTER’SSTUDIESStudies offer you, as an employer, a chance to benefit from the development assignments your employee will complete in your work community as a part of the studies. They are an excellent path for your personnel to update and expand their skills in managing demanding tasks involving research and development, leadership and planning. Studies lead to a Master’sDegreeinBusinessAdministration,whichoffersthesamequalificationsasauniversity-levelMaster’sDegree,butis more closely connected with working life.

Master’sstudiesareaimedforprofessionalswithaBachelor’sDegree, for whom they form a natural extension in academic and working life. The studies can be completed as part-time, multiform studies in two to three years alongside a normal dayjob.TheapplicantsmusthaveanapplicableBachelor’sDegree and at least three years of work experience within the specific field of study after graduation.

WHATIT’SALLABOUTMaster’sstudiesarefirmlybasedonworkingexperienceand practice and connected to working life. While your staff member is participating in the degree programme, you can make good use of the experts of Satakunta University of Applied Sciences via work-related study assignments that relate to developing the activities of your company or community.ThestudyprocessculminatesintheMaster’sThesis that involves a more extensive development assignment in your work community.

ThethemesoftheMaster’sstudiesstemfromworkinglife.This means that the issues under developmental examination during the co-operative study process rise from the needs of the company. Both the student and the company have the

opportunity to create peer networks and to extend them to other fields as well. As the expertise of the student grows and evolves, it gives the company a stronger competitive position and a chance to renew itself.

FOR EMPLOYERS

”IT HAS BEEN REWARDING TO BE ABLE TO COMBINE

WORKING EXPERIENCE WITH NEW KNOW-HOW FROM

THE STUDIES INTO PRACTICAL MODELS THAT

I CAN USE IN MY WORK.” Olli, BME student, IT Specialist

”STUDYING IN ENGLISH IS CHALLENGING AND REWARDING. MY LANGUAGE SKILLS HAVE IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY AND IMPROVED MY SELF-CONFIDENCE. THE EDUCATION HAS BROADENED MY KNOW-HOW AND VIEWS. ” Katri, BME student, System support adviser, Tallink Silja

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Satakunta University of Applied Sciences Student Application OfficeTiedepuisto 4, FI-28600 Pori Finland

E-mail: admissions@samk.fiTel.: +358 2 620 3033Fax: +358 2 620 3031

Principal LecturerKati AntolaE-mail: kati.antola@samk.fiMobile: +358 44 710 3590

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT APPLYING

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