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Business Administration( Strategic Management in International Organisations) – (M.Sc.)
Linköping University
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| Application Deadline: | January 16 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - ≈ € 12,000 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Linköping / Sweden / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | August |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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Three features are key to this master’s programme: strategy, management and international. The two-year master’s programme in Business Administration-Strategy and Management in International Organisations (SMIO) focuses on topics within the discipline of business administration.
The programme’s overall purpose is to contribute to the education of a new generation of researchers and practitioners, who understand science and business as social phenomena.
Upon successfull completion of the programme, students will have acquired good analytical skills and an ability to think strategically. In turn, they will be qualified to work with international companies and organisations.
This is a four semester programme and during the fourth semester students will undertake a master’s thesis.
Employment and career opportunities
Upon the completion of the Business Administration master’s program, students will be attractive for employment at international companies within areas such as Human Relations, Strategic Management or Marketing. Often the analytic skills, which were gained and developed during the program, are a very important factor during the job selection process.
The international training, which students received during the two year Business Administration master’s program provides an advantage, when looking for a job. Students with an interest in research can pursue doctoral studies (PhD) in Sweden or elsewhere in the world.
Contents
Semester 1. An introduction to academic studies is followed by a course in Leadership and organisation. This course examines the exploration/exploitation dilemma from a leadership and organisational studies perspective. The second course, Contemporary Business Processes will introduce, develop, and strengthen an understanding of the challenges and opportunities that confront businesses. Students also study Project Management in International Settings as projects constitute a major tool and organisational form for the implementation and realisation of an organisation’s strategic goals.
Semester 2. Advanced Consumer Marketing takes an integrative and advanced approach to consumer marketing. The Management Control Systems’ course focuses on the different methods necessary to manage and provide information support to private and public organisations. The third course, Perspectives on Human Resource Management (HRM) focuses on four different perspectives: HRM in project-based organisations, HRM in public and non-profit organisations, international HRM, and HRM as a societal trend.
Semester 3. Strategy Classic and Contemporary Views is rooted in international business and corporate strategies. This course addresses different aspects of strategy and strategic issues. Project, People and Processes retains two major components. The first part is a theoretical introduction and the second part focuses on the company as a knowledge-producing entity, and other related organisational structures and control mechanisms.
Semester 4. In conjunction with research methodology, the master’s thesis will, further develop students’ knowledge and skills, and enhance their ability to solve problems independently and in a scholarly manner. The choice of subject and method will indicate that students have taken an international approach. The master’s theses are to be written in teams of two.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
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Register Now!Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree (a Swedish kandidatexamen) or equivalent academic qualifications from an internationally recognised university. The university has to be listed in the latest edition of the International Handbook of Universities.
- Proof of skills in English. This is normally attested by means of an internationally recognised test.
- The specific requirements stated for each programme
A bachelor's degree awarded in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or Nepal must in most cases be of four years or followed by a master's degree to meet the admission requirements.
Applicants who do not hold the required degree are eligible provided that they can prove that they are registered for the last semester of a programme leading to such a degree. An official document stating that they are likely to be awarded the degree before the start of the programme must be sent in with the application. The degree certificate has to be presented by 15 October.
Specific requirements
Degree results
The specific requirements will be assessed as unsatisfactory if the average grade is in the lower third of the grading scale used in the country where the degree was awarded i.e. grades must be average/pass or above (the equivalent to the Swedish grade "Godka.
Letter of Intent
Each applicant must enclose a Letter of Intent, written in English by the applicant, comprising a reason why the applicant wishes to follow the programme, and a summary of degree thesis/degree project. For those students who hold a degree that does not require such a degree thesis/degree project the Letter of Intent should describe previous studies and academic activities related to the Master's programme/es applied for.
Programme specific requirements
A bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Economics with at least 90 credits (3 semesters of full-time study) in the subject of Business Administration is required.
Language tests in English
Applicants must have documented skills in English corresponding to the level of English in Swedish upper secondary education (English B). For applicants who have not studied in Swedish upper secondary education, skills in English are normally attested to by means of an international language test, such as:
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Paper-based score of 4.5 (scale 1-6) in the written test with a total score of 575 and Internet-based score of 20 (scale 0-30) in the written test with a total score of 90. NB! TOEFL Examinee Score Records are not accepted. All TOEFL tests must be sent straight from Educational Testing Service (ETS).
- International English Language Testing Service (IELTS) - Academic modules, an overall mark of 6.5 and no section below 5.5
- Cambridge ESOL Certificate of Proficiency in English/CPE or Certificate in Advanced English/CAE.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 575 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
Funding details
- Students who have applied for a master’s programme at Linköping University through the online national application website universityadmissions.se, and who have chosen a programme at Linköping University as their first priority (ranked as No.1 out of 4), and who are required to pay tuition fees. The scholarship is a tuition fee waiver of 50-100 %.
- This scholarship programme is not open for students from the following 12 countries: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Students from these countries may apply for a Swedish Institute Scholarship.
- To apply for a LiU International Scholarship, you must first apply for the programme(s) you wish to study at Linköping University using the online national application website, universityadmissions.se.
- More details on elegibility, etc and application form for the LiU International Scholarship.
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