Master in International Business
Barcelona, Spain
DURATION
10 Months
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 13,500
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The Master in International Business is the training you need to make the leap to the foreign market. With this master's program, you will improve your management skills and discover how to analyse business opportunities on each continent, adapting to their business models. You will delve into the macroeconomic aspects of the international market through modern and updated training to understand how to respond to the demands of a globalized world in constant change.
With the help of market research professors from Pompeu Fabra University, as well as active professionals in the sector, you will learn to develop your own business plan for the creation of a company with a foreign vocation or an improvement plan for an international company. The Master's Degree in International Business will enable you to develop a professional career in export departments in companies with international activity, as well as in export management, trading companies, customs and international logistics.
Why choose this program
Develop an international vision
Understand how the Asian, European and Latin American markets work, and experience firsthand, during the Study Trip, how companies and institutions in other markets create their international strategies.
Boost your professional profile
Learn one of the most in-demand professions such as international sales director or international consultant, among others. Apply everything you learn in optional internships at companies like Almirall, Alcatel-Lucent Spain, Nestle Purina Petcare Spain, Pimec, Marítima Tuscor Lloyds, or Hall Street Barcelona.
Be trained in a pioneering program
Participate in a master's program that has more than 20 editions, 1,000 students and top-level accreditations such as those awarded by the AMBA (Association of MBAs) and ANECA (National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation).
Learn from professionals and experts
Acquire practical business knowledge with professionals and professors from Pompeu Fabra University and renowned companies and institutions.
Immerse yourself in an International Week
You will be able to participate in a simulation of the activities that international business leaders or export managers carry out to better understand markets and their economic agents.
Improve your management skills
Learn to work as a team and lead your company's projects in the foreign market more efficiently.
Accreditations
UPF Barcelona School of Management is the management school of Pompeu Fabra University, the 1st Ibero-American university and the 16th-placed university in the world, among those under 50 years of age, according to the Times Higher Education ranking.
UPF Barcelona School of Management has EQUIS accreditation, the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools globally, and places itself among the top business schools in the world.
The Master in International Business has AMBA accreditation from the Association of MBAs, which recognizes UPF-BSM for its academic quality and reputation.
Ideal Students
The master's is aimed at international business professionals who want to update their knowledge, as well as university graduates and higher graduates, especially in the areas of business administration, economics, law and engineering, who have a minimum of approximately 2 years of relevant professional experience.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
The UPF Barcelona School of Management offers you different means of financing so that you can take any of our programs without worry. We offer you the opportunity to finance part of your program, either by rewarding your talent through scholarships, through grants from entities dedicated to promoting education, or through collaboration agreements with financial entities.
Merit-Based Scholarship
Apply for our Merit-Based Scholarship, awarded to those who prove they have talent and motivation.
Grants and discounts
Alumni discounts
If you are a member of our alumni associations or of one of our partner universities, we offer you a series of applicable discounts on the amount of tuition for your program.
UPF Employee Discounts
If you are a member or family member of an employee of the UPF group or belong to the collaborating institutions of the UPF Barcelona School of Management, you can enjoy a series of applicable discounts on the tuition fees for your program.
External financial aid
A large number of external entities and institutions offer financial aid options to students who want to enrol in one of our master's programs and postgraduate courses.
UPF Partner Universities Discount
Check if the university where you took your undergraduate studies is a UPF partner university and obtain a 10% discount on your master's tuition fees.
*Discount not compatible with other scholarships, discounts, and reductions.
Curriculum
The Master in International Business is structured in 4 large modules and an international trip so that the student can experience first-hand how large multinationals create their international strategies.
International Environment: Economic intelligence and institutional framework
- International economic, social and political environment
- International Economy
- Market research and sector analysis
- The institutional framework of regional economic integration processes
Strategy
- International strategy of companies
- International Marketing
- Culture, international company organization
- International human resources management
- Strategic decision simulation game (Business Game)
Foreign Trade Operation
- Logistics and international transport
- Incoterms, customs and international contracts
- International finance, accounting and international taxation
Transversality
- Managerial skills
- Seminarios de especialización
- Semana Internacional
- Master's Final Task
Complementary activities
The Master in International Business also includes the possibility of participating in practical activities and activities for personal and professional growth such as:
- UPF-BSM Inside: is a group of interdisciplinary subjects (applied data, communication, creativity, innovation and project management, sustainability and leadership among others) that, if you take this program, you can access at no additional cost. They are 100% online and you can take them throughout the academic year at your own pace, as they have been designed as self-study subjects.
- International mobility: The UPF Barcelona School of Management offers you the possibility of expanding your training and international vision through the International Mobility Programme. Extend your studies extracurricularly, during the academic year following the completion of your Master's, at a top-level institution. Limited places.
- Study Trip: The University Master in International Business has a study trip in a European country. The master's price includes transportation in the country, travel insurance, and lodging in the hotel (in a shared room regime), provided that the student communicates the information and documentation required of him within the deadlines set. Any expenditure other than the previous one is taken on account of pupils
Career Opportunities
The Master in International Business enables you to develop a professional career in export departments of companies with international activity, as well as in export management, trading companies, customs and international logistics.
- International business department of a multinational company
- Company export and import department
- Public institutions and private consultancies in the field of business internationalization
- Creation of your own trade company