Business Management and Entrepreneurship (BME)

DEGREE PROGRAMME IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (BME) MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RAUMA, FINLAND

90 ECTS CREDITS STUDY 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

APPLY 1 August – 28 September 2012

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

ESSENTIAL OF DEGREE STUDIES 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

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.

• To enhance skills in business management in the

changing domestic and international operating environment, especially in the SME sector.

• To enhance the students’ personal abilities to succeed as an innovator, reformer and developer of an SME or another working organisation.

• To improve the students’ abilities to develop and manage business processes as an entrepreneur and to take an entrepreneurial approach.

• To promote international networking of working life and higher education.

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS Master’s studies at a university of applied sciences are a natural extension to a Bachelor’s Degree. A Master’s Degree will give you the same qualifications as a university-level Master’s Degree, but it is more closely connected with working life.

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLYING • Bachelor’s Degree awarded by a university or

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

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HOW TO STUDY BME 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’s Thesis that involves an extensive development assignment in your/a work community.

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

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

FOR EMPLOYERS BENEFIT FROM YOUR EMPLOYEE’S MASTER’S DEGREE A chance to make the most out of the know-how of your staff: Master’s studies at Satakunta University of Applied Sciences.

MASTER’S STUDIES Studies 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’s Degree in Business Administration, which offers the same qualifications as a university-level Master’s Degree, but is more closely connected with working life.

Master’s studies are aimed for professionals with a Bachelor’s Degree, 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 day job. The applicants must have an applicable Bachelor’s Degree and at least three years of work experience within the specific field of study after graduation.

WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT Master’s studies are firmly based on working experience and 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. The study process culminates in the Master’s Thesis that involves a more extensive development assignment in your work community.

The themes of the Master’s studies stem from working life.

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.

”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

FINLAND

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The land of a thousand lakes and green forests offers great surroundings for different kinds of activities or simply relaxing.

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Finland is also known as a country of high education, a high quality of life, an open political environment, a dynamic economy, healthy people and good health care.

NORWAY SWEDEN

UNIVERSITIES OF APPLIED SCIENCES IN FINLAND The Finnish system of higher education comprises universities and universities of applied sciences. The universities of applied sciences offer education tailored to the practical needs of working life – an appropriate mix of theory and practice. In addition to instruction, their tasks include applied research and development as well as regional development.

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FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT APPLYING www.samk.fi/bme www.samk.fi/apply Satakunta University of Applied Sciences Student Application Office Tiedepuisto 4, FI-28600 Pori Finland E-mail: admissions@samk.fi Tel.: +358 2 620 3033 Fax: +358 2 620 3031

Principal Lecturer Kati Antola E-mail: kati.antola@samk.fi Mobile: +358 44 710 3590