Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Course Overview

The Master in Business Administration (MBA) provides our students with the training needed to acquire the skills and abilities necessary to advance in a global, complex, and demanding world. This specialized program bases its methodology on continuous practice, integrating core business principles with practical training applicable in international professional environments.

The program aims to help international students master and competently apply finance, marketing, economic law, investment science, and other multidisciplinary knowledge. It cultivates outstanding academic abilities alongside an international perspective, strong management thinking, and essential entrepreneurial skills.

Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of core business operations within a real global environment. This program is ideally suited for professionals ready to take on leadership positions and leverage technology to transform and optimize business practices.

Designed to equip students with a strategic planning vision and in-depth expertise, this online course delivers a high-level business knowledge framework adaptable to diverse international markets.


Study Plan

SEMESTER 1 ECTS
 Accounting and Financial Management 4,5
 Marketing Management 4,5
 Operations Management 4,5
 HR Management 4,5
 Strategic Management 4,5
 International Business 4,5
 Master's Thesis 1 3,0
TOTAL 30

SEMESTER 2 ECTS
 Finance and Investment 4,5
 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 4,5
 Business Analytics 4,5
 Information Technology Management 4,5
 Business Communication 4,5
 Business Strategy 4,5
 Master's Thesis 2 3,0
TOTAL 30
 TWO SEMESTERS – 1 YEAR TOTAL ECTS - 60  

Areas of the Master


Areas of the Master

Economy, Accounting and Finance
This course looks at and studies the main economic concepts, principles and theories that help to explain the structure and functioning of the modern international and global economy. The course deals with topics related to international trade and payments, exchange rate regimes, international factor mobility and capital flows and direct foreign investment, global and international economic institutions, economic integration and trading areas, world population and demography, economic growth and economic development and current discussions and arguments about globalization. In terms of accounting and Finance, the course provides students with the fundamentals of corporate financial management and accounting. Students deal with the necessary tools for a financial planning and management at the medium and short term. They will also learn how to evaluate the financial statement and accounting of an international enterprise.


Marketing and Communication
The objectives of the course are to provide a fundamental understanding of the philosophy and concepts of marketing and recognition of the importance of marketing in business. The course enables students to identify and apply the main concepts and techniques of marketing to business problems. Marketing as a process, function and people management activity are dealt with during the course. Some other topics included are the role of marketing planning within the whole planning process, marketing strategies within the general context of business strategy and the ability to apply marketing concepts and skills in a management capacity.
Students will come to understand subtle and profound differences between multinational and global marketing risks. It is essential for marketing managers to learn how to cope with risks of all types at the global level.


Tourism and Hospitality Management
The objectives of studying about tourism are summarized in understanding the principles of tourism and the importance of the socio-cultural and environmental impact it generates, in analyzing the economic dimension of tourism at international level and in learning about the global tourism system and the evolutionary nature of the characteristics of its components.
In addition, it is important that during the course our students would be able to master the foundations and apply the political, legal and institutional framework that regulates tourism companies and activities.


Master's Degree

60 ECTS

On-Campus

2250 to 2700 hours (1 ECTS=25/30 hours)

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Course Length

1 academic year

Intakes

February and October

Location

Barcelona