Master Programme in Digital Business Management | Master of Business Administration | online studies
Earn your MBA degree through online studies from anywhere in the world!
Tuition is conducted entirely online, allowing students to seamlessly balance their studies with work and personal life.
The online Master’s Programme in Digital Business Management is designed for students who aspire to lead digital businesses, drive enterprise value creation, spearhead value innovation, and transform enterprises towards digital change in the digital era.
Contemporary business transformation requires a deep understanding of the dynamic business landscape, evolving enterprise competitiveness, sustainability, and changes in business ecosystems.
In today’s economy, future leaders need to be able to develop digital businesses and understand the global business context, particularly from a sustainability perspective. They need to know how the complex ecosystems work as well as to think strategically across various horizons. Additionally, leadership is seen as essential driver for the digital transformation process.
The online Master’s Programme in Digital Business Management is designed to enhance both personal and organizational development. The program aligns development tasks with the students’ professional career paths, ensuring relevant and practical learning experiences. The program provides a solid foundation for knowledge growth and responding to changes and trends in the operational environment by emphasizing research, development, and innovation.
Curriculum
The programme is based on three competence areas:
1. digital transformation of enterprises
2. business ecosystems
3. horizons of the digital economy.
The three themes include modules designed to enhance the capabilities needed in business environment. The thesis process focuses on developing skills in information retrieval, analysis, scientific writing, and research and development methods.
The mission is to educate and train professionals with the competencies needed to create and develop sustainable businesses in the digital transformation era. The program focuses on digital transformation strategies, establishing and managing business ecosystems, and planning and forecasting for new strategic directions in the digital business landscape. Future business leaders must master effective collaboration to achieve broader social goals and drive systemic change.
The online Master’s programme offers a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and practical insights to enhance your competencies in leading a digital business. It provides strategic tools and perspectives to leverage new digital opportunities from the global digital economy, aligning them with the successful execution of corporate business strategies.
The extent of the Master’s degree at the University of Applied Sciences is 60 ECTS in the fields of technology and transportation, agriculture and forestry, and fine arts, and 90 ECTS in other fields.The Digital Business Management Master’s programme
The Digital Business Management Master’s programme consists of 1) core competence studies and 2) profiling competence studies.
The core competence studies (60 ECTS) included in the program are:
- Leading Knowledge and Networks (5 ECTS)
- The Global Digital Economy (5 ECTS)
- Planning and Horizons of the Digital Economy (5 ECTS)
- Business Ecosystems (5 ECTS)
- Digital Transformation Strategies (5 ECTS)
- Business research and development methods (5 ECTS)
- Master’s Thesis (30 ECTS).
Profiling competence studies (30 ECTS) are selected from the diverse offerings of Lapland UAS’s Master School. The range of profiling competence studies allows students to create a personalized study plan that best supports their competence needs and career path. The offerings include courses in areas such as digitalisation skills, management skills, business skills, technology skills, future design skills, research and development skills, and renewable working life skills.
Profiling competence studies can also include higher education courses (EQF7) offered by other universities.
Seuraavat toteutukset / Next start dates
Hakeminen / Applying
Apply to this Master Programme conducted in English by joining the national joint application system on Studyinfo.fi-service. You find the Digital Business Management Master's progamme from Studyinfo by using the search word 'Lapland University of Applied Sciences'.
Tutkinto / Degree
- Master of business administration
- Tradenomi YAMK (MBA)
Kustannukset / Tuition fees
All Finnish institutes of higher education have adopted tuition fees in their English-language education programmes.
The fees will apply to higher education degree students who are not citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland.
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