Bachelor's Degree Programme in Business Management

Key learning outcomes

After graduating from the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Business Management, you will have basic knowledge and skills related to the practical aspects of the selected competence area and theoretical foundations for development and expert tasks in the field of business management. In addition, you will have solid communication and cooperation skills, problem-solving skills, competence required for engaging in international and responsible business, as well as diverse language skills and abilities for continuous learning. You will be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and develop organisations’ business competence in a versatile manner. After completing the degree, you will develop your own competence in your chosen direction.

Education content and professional growth and know-how

The foundation for professional competence consists of competences developed during the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Business Management: learning to learn, work-based learning, ethics, sustainable development, internationalisation and multiculturalism, proactive development and business competence.

Degree students in business management are selected for daytime studies. Daytime studies mainly consist of contact teaching on campus and online. In addition, students are selected through the Open University of Applied Sciences. You and your teacher-tutor draw up a PLP according to which you will progress in your studies.

The foundations of professional core competence lie in business competence in combination with competence in sustainable development. After the first year of your daytime studies, you will deepen your professional core competence in addition to business competence by focusing on one of the following business specialisations: the financial sector, marketing, Sport Business, financial administration or management.

In your studies, you will study the key theories of the topic in question and practise applying them in real-life situations through different forms of business cooperation, such as exercises and Future Factory project studies. In your thesis, you will deepen your competence in the subject area of your chosen specialisation option.

In third-year studies, you will supplement your competence by expanding or deepening your competence in an area other than your specialisation option. At the end of your studies, in the fourth year, your practical training allows you to deepen your competence in the subject area of your specialisation option.

You can also acquire professional core competence and complementary competence from the joint online offerings of higher education institutions, such as EduJyväskylä, or by going abroad as an exchange student or by completing your practical training abroad.

Sustainable development goals are integrated into your Bachelor of Business Administration studies. You will familiarise yourself with this topic in different study modules and courses and increase your competence in accordance with international agreements.

Flexible studies

Completing studies outside the degree programme

Studies in the degree programme are available at the Open University of Applied Sciences, which also enables non-degree students to participate in the teaching. Companies can also purchase the necessary study module for their staff as a form of continuing education.

You can choose your alternative or elective studies from EduJyväskylä partner institutions (University of Jyväskylä and Gradia) and international studies from European EUDRES higher education institutions. You can also choose from Finnish and foreign partner universities, such as other universities of applied sciences and universities. You can apply for accreditation of higher education studies that you have completed elsewhere.

Working life oriented learning

Working life-oriented learning is included in Bachelor's degree throughout the whole studies, such as practical training, thesis and various working life projects. At Jamk, Jamk Future Factory® is the operating model for working life-oriented and student-oriented learning. It connects working life actors, students, Jamk experts and LAB and other learning environments close to working life. In addition to multidisciplinary and work-life-oriented project studies, it offers you the opportunity to develop your future working life skills, career paths and working life networks.

Studification refers to combining studies with work, project studies, activities in the Future Factory and so on. You will draw up a studification plan and document it as agreed with the teacher. The procedure for identifying competence acquired in other ways can be found in the Degree student section of Jamk’s web site.

Career opportunities and employment

The Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Business Management enables you to work in supervisory, expert and development tasks in several fields (financial sector, finance and accounting, technology and IT, trade and the public sector). In addition, the degree provides you with comprehensive capabilities for setting up your own company and business activities.

Thanks to the wide range of studies, you can direct your studies towards different areas of business management, which is why your career opportunities will be shaped by competence acquired during your studies. Picking the place for practical training plays a major role in finding employment. A large number of business management students end up working at the place where they completed their practical training.

Graduates from the Degree Programme in Business Management have gone on to find employment in a variety of professions, such as: entrepreneur, business advisor, coach, consultant, accountant, payroll clerk, auditor, service advisor, financial manager, marketing manager, salesperson, sales manager, store manager, customer service manager, director of administration, HR assistant, human resources manager, project coordinator, export sales specialist, export assistant and teacher.

Qualifications

There are no specific degree-related or statutory qualification requirements in the field.

Further studies

You may, after graduating and gaining at least two years of work experience, apply for a master's degree level education. You can continue your studies by applying for e.g. Master's degree programmes in universities, vocational teacher education or Master's degree programmes abroad. The university of applied sciences offers opportunities for competence development in various institutes, such as the open university of applied sciences, specialisation training and work-oriented continuing education.

Education planning

The advisory board of the business unit has actively provided feedback for the development of the degree. Cooperation with stakeholders in the region is continuous and versatile. Diverse feedback on studies is collected from students, and students have participated in the audit of the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council. We are creating new and systematic methods for foresight work related to competence.

Contact Information

Sari-Maarit Peltola
Head of Department, Business Administration
+358408366920
firstname.lastname@jamk.fi