Master's Programme in Management and Organisation
Master’s degree studies in Management and Organisation are offered both in Swedish and in English, in Helsinki and in Vaasa. Read more about the options below.
Management and Organisation in Helsinki
In Helsinki students can choose Management and Organisation as a major within the Swedish Master's degree programme or the MSc degree programme in International Strategy and Sustainability offered in English.
MSc programme in International Strategy and Sustainability
- 120 credits, 2 years full-time studies
- Language: English
- Degree: Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration
Why International Strategy and Sustainability?
International Strategy and Sustainability prepares you for leadership, management and developmental work facing sustainability goals within organisations and businesses in various socio-economic contexts globally. The programme offers a unique experience in understanding how sustainability issues can and should be integrated in core strategies of contemporary organizations. This boundary-crossing programme helps students to identify and manage organizational, governance, and sustainability challenges in various economic, social, environmental, geographic, institutional, cultural and linguistic contexts.
Studying within the master’s programme in international strategy and sustainability, you will learn to:
- Apply a variety of approaches to strategy and strategy work in various kinds of organizations.
- Identify and manage organizational, governance, and sustainability challenges in various economic, social, environmental, geographic, institutional, cultural and linguistic contexts.
- Recognize opportunities for organizations to integrate sustainability issues with international strategy.
- Employ independent and critical thinking to enhance decision making in different organizational settings.
Recommended study path:
Year 1 Fall (30 ECTS)
- Strategy and Sustainability (5 ECTS)
- Business Ethics (5 ECTS)
- Global Competence: Social Responsibility Across Business Studies (3 ECTS)
- Global Competence: Data Analysis (3 ECTS)
- Elective courses related to strategy, sustainability, and/or people management (15 ECTS)
Year 1 Spring (30 ECTS)
- Project course in Corporate Social Responsibility and Humanitarian Logistics (10 ECTS)
- Elective courses related to strategy, sustainability, and/or people management (20 ECTS)
Year 2 Fall (25-30 ECTS)
- Master's Thesis Seminar (in fall or spring, 5 ECTS)
- Research Design (5 ECTS)
- Research Methods (5 ECTS)
- Free choice of language studies (5 ECTS)
- Free choice of elective studies (10 ECTS)
Year 2 Spring (/Summer) (30-35 ECTS)
- Master's Thesis Seminar (in fall or spring, 5 ECTS)
- Master's thesis (30 ECTS)
- Graduation in June or August
Management and Organisation as a major in the Swedish Master’s degree programme
120 credits, 2 years of full-time studies
Language: Swedish
Degree: Ekonomie magisterexamen
Please note that the studies require proficiency in Swedish, although most courses are offered in English. We offer two tracks within the studies – People Management and Strategy.
Read more about the programme on the Swedish page version.
Management and Organisation in Vaasa
In Vaasa students can choose either the MSc degree programme in Marketing and Management, which offered in English or Management and Organisation as a major within the Swedish Master's degree programme.
MSc programme in Marketing and Management
- 120 credits, 2 years of full-time study
- Language: English
- Degree: MSc in Economics and Business Administration
The Master’s degree programme in Marketing and Management in Vaasa combines studies in Marketing and Management in an innovative manner. Studying Marketing and Management you will learn how to gather, analyse and understand market information, and how to lead organisations based on market insight. You will learn to gather and utilize information on customer behaviour in diverse market contexts and effective branding, business intelligence, and marketing communication.
You will also get the skills required to develop and manage business strategies, business models, product and service development, and marketing communication based on customer and market understanding. As a graduate you will have knowledge to identify and evaluate strategic decisions in different organizational contexts as well as skills to analyse and implement an organization’s sustainable strategy, structure and business models taking the interests of different stakeholders into account.
Vaasa, being the "energy capital of the North" with a vibrant energy industry, offers a lot of possibilities for interesting internships during your studies, and a great start to a successful career!
You choose your major of either Marketing or Management when you make your first study plan upon arrival. However, you can change your major to the other given option at any time as long as the change take place before you start the research seminar and the Master's thesis.
Year 1 Fall
- Strategic Thinking
- Strategy as Practice
- Exploring Consumer Phenomena
- Service and Customer Strategy
Year 1 Spring
- Leadership
- Marketing the High-tech
- Research Skills
- Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods
Year 2
- Elective courses 25 ECTS
- internship, voluntary work, language studies, courses not related to your major
- Academic Writing course
- Global Competence module (CSR, Market Analytics)
- Research Seminar course in the Fall
- Master's thesis
Management and Organisation, as a major in the Swedish Master’s degree programme
- 120 credits, 2 years of full-time studies
- Language: Swedish
- Degree: Ekonomie magisterexamen
Please note that the studies require proficiency in Swedish, although most courses are offered in English. The studies in Vaasa focus on strategy.
Read more about the programme on the Swedish page version.