Master of Management Science (MMS)

1. Objectives

The Master of Management Science (MMS) Program aims to offer a rigorous and specialized training program to candidates with interests in the field of management. It provides students with an international and flexible program to acquire a sound foundation for pursuing higher academic degree programs and to develop skills and ability to analyze and solve managerial issues.

2. Program Structure

a. Dual-track option The MMS program offers students the option to choose between the academic track and practical track. Academic track students are trained to perform high-level academic research under the guidance of faculty members. Students on the practical track develop extensive management knowledge and acquire a deep understanding of doing business in China as well as globally.... [-]

BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAMME

The programme is practice-based: the majority of lecturers are experienced practitioners; the first year ends with a summer internship, the second — with a consulting project for an SPbU partner company. Academic staff with teaching experience in leading international business schools, including guest lecturers from top-ranking international business schools and expert practitioners. The programme is taught in English in a cross-cultural environment enhancing the employability of graduates in the international job market. Upon competition, students have an opportunity to spend a semester studying abroad at one of the top universities or business schools from the extensive list of SPbU academic partners. Students can participate in the competition for double degree master programmes Master in International Management, Community of European Management Schools — CEMS MIM, and joint programmes with Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), HEC School of Management, Paris, Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT). Students can join research projects of leading SPbU scholars choosing from a range of management topics. This can be done as part of the preparation of the thesis. For the second year of the programme, students can choose one of the four tracks: Management (general track), International Business, International Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Marketing. ... [-]

The students will become talented managers specialized in experimental techniques, they will research in the application of innovation and achievements of theory with systematically utilize theory and methods of management, system science, and economic mathematics. In recent years, over 255 pieces of academic paper and 37 monographs are published in the academic publications and conferences both at home and abroad, and over 154 state’s research programs and 108 enterprises’ research program have been finished, Scientific research funds of 1270000 yuan are reached. This subject has 9 professors and 10 people with Ph.D. Teacher resources, experimental equipment, and other teaching conditions are contained well.... [-]

Management Science and Engineering (120100) Program Introduction

Management Science and Engineering (MS&E) is one of the first-level disciplines in the Management field according to China’s discipline system. This discipline forms its knowledge base by combining the theories and methods from the modern management, economics, mathematics, system science and information science. It’s characterized by comprehensively applying the related scientific principles and analytical methods into solving the management problems in the society, economy, and enterprises from the perspective of qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Based on the theories and methods of systems science, this discipline aims at providing enterprises and other organizations with systematic theory foundations, methodological models, and information systems for solving the problems in operation, management, assessment, decision making and project management. Besides, this discipline is established as the earliest one and developed the most quickly in the field of management science, with a relatively complete theoretical system, distinct methodological model features, closer relations to engineering fields and extensive applications.... [-]