Master's Degree or Path Studies

Business Management

Enhance your managerial knowledge and skills

The aim of the Master’s Degree Programme in Business Management is to equip you with the necessary competences required for managerial positions in a challenging global business environment. The programme’s core curriculum focuses primarily on providing competences for general management roles, while also emphasizing leadership skills for executive positions in specialized functions such as sales, marketing, production, development, finance, or human resources management.

The Master’s Degree Programme in Business Management is specifically designed for experienced professionals and experts who seek to enrich their management expertise. The programme is particularly tailored for individuals who aspire to assume leadership positions within their respective fields. It caters to those with practical experience who desire to further enhance their managerial knowledge and skills.

Study contents

The extent of the MBA programme is 90 ECTS credits and planned duration 1,5 – 2 years. The studies consists of compulsory and elective studies as well as thesis work. 

Each leadership programme within the studies includes common courses in research methods and future operating environments. The remaining compulsory courses delve deeper into the specific aspects of business management. Students can further expand their competencies by selecting elective courses from other programs or universities. The core competencies encompass leadership and change management, strategic thinking and management, project, innovation and network management, as well as financial management. The studies foster the sharing of tacit knowledge within diverse groups, and the connections formed with fellow students can be highly beneficial in the future.

A significant component of the studies is the Master’s thesis. The thesis work begins early in the programme and is conducted as a project-oriented development endeavour aligned with real-life work scenarios. The thesis not only enhances students’ knowledge and skills in a specific field of study but also provides an opportunity to develop leadership abilities in leading teams and workgroups.

Is it possible to study while working?

The Master’s Degree studies at Turku UAS Master School are designed to be flexible, allowing students to complete them while working full-time. The program utilizes a blended learning approach, incorporating lectures, seminars, e-learning, teamwork, and independent work. Some elective courses are offered entirely online. There are two days of contact sessions per month, providing opportunities for face-to-face interaction. 

Studying also benefits the employer in many ways, because the learning assignments and thesis can be done as a development task at the workplace.

When are studies starting?
  • If you apply in the spring application periods (first and second joint application and path studies application), the studies begin in August /September.
  • If you apply in the autumn application periods (autumn joint application and path studies application), the studies begin in January.

The starting dates and other information for new students will be published on the New Student’s guide. 

After graduating

Upon graduation, you will have a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. You’ve created new knowledge and reformed the working life with your Master’s thesis. Your networks have expanded both in Finland and globally. You’ve also developed your expertise and got the tools to advance in your career. 

As a graduate from the degree programme in Business Management you’ll have the expertise to work in general management positions as well as leadership skills for executive management of special functions such as sales, marketing, production, development, financial or human resources management.

Change management

Leadership

Strategy

Financial management

Typical positions of an MBA graduates include for example:

General manager

Executive manager

Sales manager

Production manager

Applications and eligibility

Joint application

Joint application means that you can apply to up to six study programmes with one application form. These six options may include degree programmes from one or several different higher education institutions in Finland.

Checklist before you apply

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Check the eligibility criteria: please take a close look the information on eligibility on Studyinfo.fi (links below)

  • Prior education: You can apply if you have a suitable Bachelor’s degree or another higher education degree. Degree requirements are programme-specific.
  • Work experience: Entry requirement to the Master’s degree programme is a minimum of two years’ relevant work experience gained after a suitable higher education degree completed in Finland or abroad or a Finnish post-secondary or higher vocational level diploma.

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Check the student selection methods: see the information on admission procedure and student selection methods.

3

Take a look at the tuition fees and scholarships: the higher education institutions in Finland collect tuition fees from students outside the EU/EEA area.

Please note also: The Ministry of education and culture is preparing changes in legislation considering application fees for applicants to degree programmes in higher education. Read more about the preparations to introduce application fees.

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Check the schedules: make sure to apply and upload attachments on time.

Instructions for joint application: admission criteria and schedules

Open UAS Path studies

In path studies, you complete the first-year studies of this Bachelor’s degree with an Open UAS study right. After successful completion, you will be eligible to apply to become a degree student through separate applications.

More information about path studies, student selection and a study fee

How many students are selected in this degree programme?

You can find the number of study places in the joint application process and the path studies application in Studyinfo in the education information.

What is UAS Master’s degree?

The UAS Masters degree is intended for professionals already in working life who have an applicable bachelor’s degree or other higher education degree and at least two years of work experience after graduation. A master’s degree is typically completed in 1.5–2 years alongside work. The UAS master’s degree is on the same level as a university master’s degree.

How does studying in path studies differ from degree studies?

In the joint application process, applicants apply to study for a degree. In path studies, studies begin at the Open UAS with the open UAS’s study right.

Open UAS path studies are an alternative route to a degree. Through the path studies, you can start studying studies included in the degree. Path studies consist of the first-year studies (60 ECTS) of the Bachelor’s degree, which you complete alongside degree students. The actual studies or the contents of the studies do not differ from degree studies.

You cannot complete a degree as a path student. Based on the credits you attain and your success in path studies, you can apply for a degree study right via Open UAS separate application and continue your studies seamlessly until graduation.

Path studies are subject to a fee. There is also a difference in the benefits of a path student compared to degree students.

Apart from online study programmes, path studies require attendance in Turku, Finland. Please note that as path studies do not lead to a degree, Finnish immigration services are not likely to grant a residence permit for path studies.

Read more about path studies.

Contact

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Questions related to path studies: Open UAS

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Questions related to studies:

  • Reetta Raitoharju

    Senior Lecturer, Degree Programme Leader
    +358 40 355 0126
    reetta.raitoharju@turkuamk.fi
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