Master’s Degree in Global Business Management, full-time

Full-time Master’s Degree with emphasis on strategic management and innovation in global business.

Application period: 8.1.-22.1.2025

The Master´s Degree in Global Business Management at Kajaani University of Applied Sciences will help you on your journey towards achieving a management position, developing a strong professional network, or even starting your own business. The English-taught Master’s Degree at Kajaani University of Applied Sciences is a multidisciplinary program that welcomes applicants with the minimum of a Bachelor’s (first cycle) degree qualification.

The degree’s learning objectives and contents focus on strategic management and innovation in global business, research and development methods, and the use of new technologies in business.

Kajaani University of Applied Sciences has been among the top-ranked universities of applied sciences for high-quality education and student guidance in Finland for many years. KAMK owes its success to the people involved in its operation. Its members of staff possess a positive, innovative, and open-minded attitude to their work and the continuous development of their working community. As a result, the Master´s degree opens many doors for its graduates.

The Master´s Degree in Global Business Management includes full-time and hybrid studies on campus for 2 years. The program comprises a total of 90 ECTS: course work accounts for 60 ECTS and the remaining 30 ECTS are for the graduate thesis. The 60 ECTS of course work includes 12 individual courses of 5 ECTS each. The courses are designed to provide students with the information they will need to succeed as high-level business leaders in today’s modern business environment.

Studies

The degree is a Master’s level (second-cycle) qualification of 90 credits in total. It takes approximately two years to complete as it is a part-time programme.

Study Guide

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Structure of Studies

The degree’s learning objectives and contents focus on strategic management and innovation in global business, research and development methods, and the use of new technologies in business.

Course work accounts for 60 ECTS and the remaining 30 ECTS are for the graduate thesis. The 60 ECTS of course work includes 12 individual courses of 5 ECTS each. The courses are designed to provide students with the information they will need to succeed as high-level business leaders in today’s modern business environment.

Tuition fee

There is a tuition fee for non-EU/EEA citizens starting their studies at KAMK. Read about KAMK’s tuition fee policy from here.

Student Agreement

All non-EU/EEA citizens selected for English-taught studies leading to a Finnish higher education degree must read and approve a Student Agreement before accepting the study place. The Agreement applies to students who will start their studies after 1.1.2023.

Eligibility for a Master’s degree programme at KAMK is conferred by:

– a Bachelor’s degree or another appropriate higher education degree in Business, Technology or Computer Sciences.

– at least two years of subsequent work experience in a relevant field. In order to be eligible, applicants must have 24 months (two years) of work experience in the field of business, commerce or technology/computer science accumulated as from the date of award of the final degree certificate and obtained no later than 31 July 2025.

Work experience is given in full months. When converting part-time work (work under 35 hours per week) into its full-time equivalent, 150 hours or 20 working days lasting at least 7 hours per day cor-respond to one month of work. Work experience does not have to be continuous or obtained with the same employer. The amount of work experience points awarded for simultaneous employment relationships may not exceed the amount awarded for full-time employment.

Entrepreneurship will be accepted as work experience if an applicant can produce a certificate attesting that he or she is or has been covered under the statutory YEL or MYEL pension scheme. (YEL = statutory pension scheme for entrepreneurs; MYEL = statutory pension scheme for farmers, forest estate owners, fishers and reindeer herders and their family members). Enterprising activities abroad should be substantiated with comparable official documents.

Proof of English proficiency is also required.

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Study places

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Extend

90 ECTS, 2 years

Degree Title

Master of Business Administration

Further information

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Applying

Joint application period 8-22 January 2025 for studies starting in autumn 2025.

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Master’s Degree in Global Business Management, full-time

Application period: 8.1.-22.1.2025

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