Description

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The MSc in ICT Strategic Management starts with two parallel courses (1A and 1B), consisting of a number of compulsory subjects, and includes an internship period and a final project in an area of management that allows students to focus the MSc in the direction they have chosen.

First Term

• IA: Management for engineers/mathematicians
  • Strategic Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Accounting and Finance Management
  • Operations Management
• IB: ICT skills for business people/economists
  • Project Management
  • ICT sector and value chains
  • Networking services and infrastructures
  • Information Systems and business intelligence
• Common course: Knowledge Economy

Second Term: Tools for Management

• Supply Chain Management and Technology
• Information Technology for Marketing
• Management Science and Business Information Systems
• Enterprise Resource Planning systems for Business
• Knowledge Management Systems

Third Term: Business Strategy

• Technology Strategy
• Business Change Management
• Entrepreneurship/Technology and innovation management
• E-Business Technology and Management

Fourth Term: Internship/Mobility and MSc thesis

• Internship in a leading company
• MSc final thesis and defence
• Mobility to a leading University

Audience

The programme is aimed at people who have studied Economics or Business and wish to improve their advanced technology application skills, as well as those who have studied IT, Engineering, Mathematics or Physics and who wish to gain a deeper knowledge of ICT management. The merger between business and engineering makes the MSc an ideal setting for learning to develop management skills, thanks to the exchange of experiences in a diverse and multicultural environment.

An important part of the programme is the development of an ICT project in a pioneering business organisation.

Student Profile

• Nationalities represented: 11
• Average age: 25
• Age range: 22-29
• Women: 42%
• Represented countries: Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Portugal, Spain and Turkey.

Lecturers

The faculty of the programme has been selected between the best professionals with a successful business career. Some of them have a MBA and or PhD and others are prestigious professors of the best departments of the Pompeu Fabra University. 58% is from the business world, 63% has a PhD and 37% has a MBA.

Miquel Oliver: Associate professor of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at the Pompeu Fabra University. PhD in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. His area of research are access protocols and resource management of mobile telecommunications networks.

Xavier Castillo Ferrer: Director of the Asociación Multisectorial de Empresas de Electrónica, Tecnologías de la Información, Telecomunicaciones y Contenidos Digitales (AMETIC). PhD in Computer Systems Engineering from the Carnegie-Mellon University. Telecommunications Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He has developed an intense professional activity for more than 30 years in ICT and Telecommunications companies.

Carles Martin Badell: Associate professor of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at the Pompeu Fabra University. Assessor for the Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC). Engineer in Telecommunications from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He has been Secretary of Information Society at the Catalan Government and he is responsible for the digital magazine Tecnonews.

Helena Ramalhinho Lourenço: Associate Professor of the Department of Economics and Business at the Pompeu Fabra University. PhD in Operations Research from the Cornell University. Master in Statistics and Operations Research from the University of Lisbon. Her areas of research are operations research, quantitative methods in management, logistics and operations Management.

Albert Banal-Estañol: Associate professor of the Economics and Business Department at the Pompeu Fabra University. PhD in Economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Master in Mathematics from the Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse. His areas of research are corporate finance, innovation, competition and regulation.

Alexandre Grasas León: Assistant Professor of the Department of Economics and Business at the Pompeu Fabra University. PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida. Master in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida. His areas of research are operations and supply chain management.

Antonio Ladrón de Guevara: Associate Professor of the Department of Economics and Business at the Pompeu Fabra University. PhD in Economics from the Carlos III University of Madrid. MBA from the IESA. His areas of research are consumer choice models, multi-market and international diffusion models, technological innovation and communication networks.

Armengol Torres Sabaté: Professor of the Department of Economics and Business at the Pompeu Fabra University. Telecommunications Engineering from the National University of La Plata. Master in Interactive Communications and Multimedia from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has been information technology, security, and aerospace senior consultant.

Bruno Zami: Associate professor of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at the Pompeu Fabra University. PhD in Electrical, Power Electronics Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Haute Alsace Mulhouse-Colmar. Industrial Engineer from the University of Amiens. he is a freelance Project Manager and Trainer in Project Management.

Didier Grimaldi: Professor of the Department of Economics and Business at the Pompeu Fabra University. Degree in Engineering from the Supélec. He has been business development director at Capgemini, account manager at IBM Global Business Services and Project and Service Delivery Manager at IBM Spain.

Ester Oliveras Sobrevias: Assistant Professor of the Department of Economics and Business at the Pompeu Fabra University. PhD in Accounting from the University of Central Lancashire. European Diploma in Business and Management from the Portsmouth University. Her areas of research are financial accounting, ethics and education.

Joan Baiget Solé: Regional Services Officer at AXA - Mediterranea & L.A. PhD student in Knowledge Management and Information Society from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). Master in Knowledge Management and Information Society from the University Polytechnic of Catalonia. He has been Knowledge Manager at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, IT Manager at Black & Decker and MIS at Howmedica-Faimon (Pfizer).

Jordi Bosch García: Visiting professor of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at the Pompeu Fabra University. Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Master in Prevention and Risk Management in the Community from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has been Technology Manager at General Electric, CIO at the Catalan Government and Secretary of Telecommunications and Information Society at the Catalan Government.

Jorge Fernández García: Professor of the MSc in ICT Strategic Management at the Barcelona School of Management. BS in Physics from University of Barcelona. PDD from IESE Business School. He is CEO and Managing Partner at Kernel Business Consulting.

Josep Bardallo: Associate professor of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at the Pompeu Fabra University. Master in Networks and Telecommunications Services by La Salle University. BS in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He is Cloud and Security Business Manager at SVT Cloud Services.

Josep Lluís Sanchez Brugarola: Professor of the MSc in ICT Strategic Management at the Barcelona School of Management. PhD in Physics from the National University of Singapore. Bachelor in Physics Sciences from the Barcelona University. He has worked in different projects for the implementation of innovation for SMEs, big companies and the public administration.

Oriol Amat: Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting of the Department of Economics and Business at the Pompeu Fabra University. Board member at the CNMV (Spanish Stock Exchange Commission). PhD in Business Administration from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. MBA from ESADE. International Teachers Programme from the Stockholm School of Economics. His areas of research are financial and management accounting.

Santiago Sánchez Devesa: Associate professor of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at the Pompeu Fabra University. Master in Business Administration from the EAE, Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Nottingham Trent University. Telecommunications Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. His areas of research are information and communication technologies, e-commerce and digital marketing.

Susana Domingo: Professor of the Department of Economics and Business at the Pompeu Fabra University. PhD in Business Administration and Management from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Bachelor in Economics from the University of Barcelona. Entrepreneurship manager at the UPF Business Shuttle.

Xavier Castillo Ferrer: Director of the Asociación Multisectorial de Empresas de Electrónica, Tecnologías de la Información, Telecomunicaciones y Contenidos Digitales (AMETIC). PhD in Computer Systems Engineering from the Carnegie-Mellon University. Telecommunications Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He has developed an intense professional activity for more than 30 years in ICT and Telecommunications companies.

Requirements

Please make sure your application meets the following criteria:

1. Bachelor's degree from the social sciences sphere, exclusively from the economics and business area or a degree in engineering from the information and communications technologies (IT, electronics and telecommunications), mathematics or physics area.
2. Degree or diploma from the social sciences sphere, exclusively from the economics and business area or a second cycle in engineering or technical engineering from the information and communications technologies (IT, electronics and telecommunications), mathematics or physics area.
   • Candidates must have completed their studies at the time of starting the programme.
3. Applicants from countries where English is not the official language must provide recent evidence that their spoken and written command of the English language is adequate. Students must have obtained:

• TOEFL CBT: > 235
• TOEFL PBT: > 575
• TOEFL IBT: > 100
• CAE: C1
• IELST: > 6.5

All results must be sent directly by the examining institution to Barcelona School of Management Admission Department (Balmes 132-134, 08008, Barcelona, Spain).

• If your mother tongue is English, you do not need to submit any of the certificates mentioned.
• If your university degree was completely in English, you should submit official evidence in writing.

English Language Requirements

Funding

Scholarships and Grants

Consult the information about Scholarships and Grants offered by the Barcelona School of Management and other institutions.

Grants for the MSc programmes

The Barcelona School of Management offers grants covering up to 20% of tuition fees for the Masters of Science, so that the Spanish and foreign students can gain access to the Masters of Science.

• Mobility Grant: targeted at candidates from every country of the world (excluding candidates from the BRIC countries) interested in broadening their international experience.
• Entrepreneur Spirit Grant: targeted at candidates with entrepreneurial spirit interested in demonstrating their ideas and motivation to create new business solutions.
• BRIC Countries Grant: targeted at candidates from these strategic markets: Brazil, Russia, India and China.
• UPF Collaborating Universities Grant: targeted at candidates who have completed studies at universities that have collaboration agreements with the Pompeu Fabra University.

Requirements

• To have been admitted in the selected Master of Science.
• Submit the grant form within the corresponding period.

Application deadlines*

• Round 1: 25^th March
• Round 2: 29^th April
• Round 3: 27^th May
• Round 4: 24^th June

*All the requirements must be met at the time of the application.

Candidates will be notified of the Grants Committee decision within approximately 2 weeks after the above deadlines.

• The grants are not compatible with other scholarships, discounts or allowances of the Barcelona School of Management. However, students are encouraged to apply for external sources of financing.
• If you have any question, do not hesitate to contact us at grants@bsm.upf.edu.

Financing: consult the information about the institutions offering financial aids.

Discounts: consult the conditions to apply for registration discounts.