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Economics and Business Administration

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Master degree

Economics and Business Administration

The programme will provide you with deeper insight into theories and methods in specific areas of business administration.

Reasons you should choose this programme

  • You are interested in business data science
  • You want to learn more about finance and innovation management
  • You want more knowledge about international business, marketing and sales

Aalborg

2-year educationEnglish

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Master degree

Economics and Business Administration

The programme will provide you with deeper insight into theories and methods in specific areas of business administration.

Reasons you should choose this programme

  • You are interested in business data science
  • You want to learn more about finance and innovation management
  • You want more knowledge about international business, marketing and sales

Aalborg

2-year educationEnglish

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When studying the two-year master’s programme in Economics and Business Administration at Aalborg University Business School (AAUBS) you build upon the competences, you gained at your bachelor. 

This master's programme is the natural choice if you already have a bachelor in Economics and Business Administration or another relevant bachelor degree. The programme gives you the opportunity to specialize further by your own choice through specialisations and electives. By choosing the master’s programme in Economics and Business Administration, you will have great career opportunities, when you have completed your degree.

The MSc programme gives you the opportunity to choose from the following specialisations:

  • Business Data Science

    The study programme prepares you for a career within data driven business areas, ranging from business analytics and data driven decision making to the application and implementation of machine learning and artificial intelligence in business development and entrepreneurship.

  • Finance

    The study programme gives you an understanding of how the financial markets work, as well as how corporate financing can be organised.

  • Innovation Management

    The study programme will give you knowledge and skills within innovation and teach you how to plan and carry out innovative development projects in private and public companies and organisations.

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  • International Business

    The study programme prepares you for a career within international business management. If you want to work in the international field, the programme will give you the knowledge and skills you need.

  • Marketing and Sales

    The study programme prepares you for a career within sales and marketing. The programme gives you a broad insight into the marketing field and a specialised set of skills related to marketing and sales.

Upon graduation, you will have:

  • Learned to identify, analyse and prepare recommendations for specific problems related to business administration
  • Acquired skills in case work and building up practical and theoretically based competencies through interdisciplinary, strategic and operational discussions
  • The ability to argue and transform your competences into specific solutions

Student life

Teaching will primary consist of lectures, exercise sessions, groupwork and project work. A supportive learning environment ensures that you, alone and in teams, gradually strengthen your ability to build and bring together practical and theoretically anchored competences in reflexive ways.

The programme has a problem-based learning approach (PBL). This means that all educational activities aim to take authentic business problems as their point of departure by adopting case-based lectures and courses, inviting guest lectures, organizing company visits, and facilitating collaboration between students and companies. Working with PBL ensures that you develop skills in identifying and analyzing specific problems related to business administrations and enables you to develop your recommendations and solutions.

You must expect a large workload. However, you'll have a lot of flexibility and still be able to have an active social life with your fellow students. The specialisations have many students from different cultures, which creates an exciting international environment.

Admission and requirements

Admission requirements

Restricted admission

Contact

If you have questions concerning your application, admission requirements or admission in general, please visit our website about admission:

www.masteradmission.aau.dk

At the website above you can also find contact information for the master admission office if needed.

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Why study at AAU? - are you in doubt about your choice of education? Learn the reasons, why AAU is the university for you!
Try being a student at AAU for one day - Ask the degree programmes student counsellor if it is possible at your dream study programme.
Come to Open Days and learn more about your choice of study. Meet students and student counsellors. Hear presentations about degree programmes, the pedagogical approach and student life. Be a student for a day – Ask the student counsellor if this degree programme could be your dream programme.
Why study at AAU? - are you in doubt about your choice of education? Learn the reasons, why AAU is the university for you!
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