International Marketing Management MIMM – (M.Sc.)

Requirements

Applicants with the following degrees are eligible to the MIMM program:
- Finnish lower university degree in business administration (Bachelor of Science (Economics and Business Administration))
- Bachelor of Business Administration (tradenomi) from a university of applied sciences
- Russian Spetsialist degree in the field in question
- Finnish university degree from a field other than business administration (*a minimum of 40 ECTS credits of business studies or sufficiently corresponding studies is required)
- Foreign university degree that provides eligibility for similar studies in the country in question, such a degree may also be an American-style, university-level BBA programme or an American-style, university-level, internationally accredited MBA programme (*a minimum of 80 ECTS credits of business studies or sufficiently corresponding studies is required)
- Applicants with a Finnish or foreign higher university degree in business administration (Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)) are not eligible

* For example studies in the following areas are considered as business administration studies: accounting, marketing, finance, management and organisations, business law, economics, supply management, logistics and knowledge management. In addition, methodology studies are accepted as business administration studies. Business studies have to be carried out in at least three different business disciplines.
Important! It is the applicant’s responsibility to list the business studies according to discipline in a separate appendix to the application.
Please note: If you are still studying or awaiting results, you may apply, but your degree must be completed and the degree certificate copy submitted to LUT by July 15, 2011.

The applicant must present a language test certificate as proof of English skills.
The English language tests accepted and their minimum scores are:

* TOEFL 80 iBT or 550 PBT or
* IELTS 6.0 or
* Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE), grade A, B or C

Important! A language certificate from a foreign applicant's home university is not sufficient.
TOEFL and IELTS certificates are valid for two years from the day they are issued. CAE and CPE are valid indefinitely and there are no limitations to the oldest accepted date of issue.
A language certificate is not needed if the applicant has completed his or her degree in English in an EU/EEA member state, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the US. The fact that the language of education was English must be mentioned in the degree certificate, its appendix, transcript or separate official document provided by the higher education institution.