Postgraduate Course in Business Management
Informative session
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management and Administration
Date: Thursday 5 October, 2023
Time: 12:30h
Location: Online
Language: Spanish
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The Postgraduate Course in Business Management will help you develop leadership, communication and people management abilities, and expand on the skills and knowledge necessary to interpret the business reality and to make decisions in a changing environment.
Informative session
Date: Thursday 5 October, 2023
Time: 12:30h
Location: Online
Language: Spanish
Next edition
Classes start: 16 October, 2023
Program ends: 28 June, 2024 (To be confirmed)
Modality
On-campus&Live
Language
Spanish
ECTS credits
35
Schedule
Tuesday, Thursday and one Monday a month from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm.
Price
7500 €
The Postgraduate Course in Business Management offers an expert and solid global vision in marketing, finance, accounting, operations, human resources and business strategy.
Aimed at professionals from different areas and with different degrees, this program helps you develop leadership, communication and people management skills and also broaden the competencies and knowledge necessary to interpret the business reality and to make decisions in a changing environment.
Why choose this program
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Learn with an excellent teaching team
It combines the best teachers from the UPF Department of Economics and Business with managers and professionals from leading companies in the market.
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Create a business plan
Prepare a business plan throughout the program, the best way to apply the knowledge acquired during the course while developing your leadership and co-operation skills.
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Acquire a global vision of the company
Learn how an organization works as a whole through practical subjects: you will review each of the functional areas of a company in order to identify and develop key skills and knowledge.
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Boost your skills
Improve your abilities to lead people and influence the trajectory of organizations.
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Study at an accredited school
Study at a school accredited by EQUIS, an international distinction that guarantees the quality of our institution and makes us the 1st school of management linked to a public university with this accreditation in our country.
Who is it for?
The program is aimed at professionals, managers of functional areas, company directors, owners and managers of SMEs or those who want to advance their professional career in any organization, whatever its size or orientation.
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Curriculum
The Program for the Postgraduate Course in Business Management takes into account the diversity of professional experiences and training of each participant. The program is designed to adapt to the degree of prior familiarity each student has with the subjects taught.
Accounting & Finance for executives
Complementary activities
The Postgraduate Course in Business Management 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.
- Workshops: The role of the manager and behaviour in the company. The objective of this material is to have a first look at the managerial function and at the development of the basic skills necessary to lead.
- The role of the manager and leadership
- Managing styles
- Problem analysis and decision making
- Chairing meetings
- Negotiation and dealing with conflicts
- Business game. A computer-assisted simulation will be carried out, in which groups of participants, acting as the management team of a company, make decisions in a competitive environment, for several consecutive periods.
- Communication in public. Through guided practice, key personal aspects are improved for the effective communication of ideas to heterogeneous audiences.
- Conferences. Short sessions that deal with burning questions on complementary topics for the modern manager: work tools, economic environment, managerial skills and others.
Qualification obtained
Once you have passed the program, you will obtain an electronic degree (e-Título) for the Diploma de Postgrado en Gestión y Dirección de Empresas, issued by Pompeu Fabra University.
The e-Título is an authentic digital degree, issued in pdf format and electronically signed, with the same legal validity as if it were in paper format.
Faculty
The Postgraduate Course in Business Management has the best teachers from the UPF Department of Economics and Business and the participation of managers and professionals from leading companies in the market.
Academic directors
Jordi de Falguera Martinez Alarcon
Associate Professor UPF
Quico Marin Anglada
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Program Academic Director
Faculty
Susana Domingo Pérez
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Vice Dean for Knowledge Transfer
Marcos Eguiguren Huerta
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Associate Provost for Strategic Projects
Jordi de Falguera Martinez Alarcon
Associate Professor UPF
Ana Maria Freire Veiga
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Vicedean for Social Impact and Academic Innovation
Llorenç Bagur Femenías
Associate Professor UPF-BSM
Dean
Xavier Brun Lozano
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Program Academic Director
Oriol Montanyà Vilalta
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
General Deputy
Oscar Elvira Benito
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Program Academic Director
Carolina Luis Bassa
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Program Academic Director
Mercè Martín Vicente-Ruiz
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Head of academic area: People and Organization
Emma Rodero Antón
Full Professor UPF
Enrique Schonberg-Schwarz Letzen
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Antonio Valls Roig
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Fàtima Vidal Ayuso
Teaching Assistant UPF-BSM
Methodology
The Postgraduate Course in Business Management has an active and participatory orientation, fostering interaction among attendees. In this way, mutual enrichment is achieved by taking advantage of the varied experience and previous training of the participants.
Various types of methods are combined: cases, teachers' explanations, business games, group work, presentations of reports, exercises, tutorials, etc.
The Business Plan is a project that is developed throughout the program, which integrates all subjects, facilitating the transfer of acquired knowledge into practice. Undertaking it with dedication and quality is a requirement for completing the program.
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Business plan
The Business Plan will respond to a real challenge and a project connected to your professional interests. With periodic presentations, the business plan will allow you to acquire the ideas necessary for business management.
02.
Individual Postgraduate Final Project mentoring
From the first day, a mentor will guide you, challenge your ideas, help you identify teachers, projects, companies and reference activities that will enrich your Postgraduate Final Project, and give you emotional support.
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Multiple methodology
Various types of methods are combined: cases, teachers' explanations, business games, group work, presentations of reports, exercises, tutorials, etc.
Evaluation
To obtain the qualification corresponding to the Postgraduate Course in Business Management, it is necessary to successfully give a presentation of the Business Plan. This means, on the one hand, showing the level of knowledge acquired and, on the other hand, developing the necessary skills to present and defend the Postgraduate Final Project in front of a reference group.
Tools
The On-Campus&Live methodology allows you to follow the program in person and also remotely.
In this modality, two stable subgroups are opened that will coexist throughout the course: one face-to-face and the other with 100% remote students. The remote students (a maximum of 15 places per course) will follow the program in a synchronous way with the face-to-face students. That is, they will share the same school calendar and schedule as the face-to-face students.
Project-oriented learning and the combination of lectures and active methodologies such as case studies, flipped learning, solving real problems, and professional simulations allow the student to connect theory and practice, acquire advanced skills, and achieve learning which is transferable to the job. The face-to-face modality is enriched with elements of online programs (virtual learning environment, multimedia resources, among others) so that the learning experience of the two subgroups is equally satisfactory.
You will have:
- Master's or postgraduate work to learn by doing
- A personal mentor to monitor your Master's Final Project (TFM) or Postgraduate Final Project (TFP)
- Digital resources to achieve transversal skills
- Interdisciplinary activities and workshops
- Digital resources and audiovisual blocks for online learning
- Active methodologies for transferable learning
Professional Future
The program will help you to acquire the knowledge and skills to interpret the business reality and make decisions in management positions of a company. Participants are trained to contribute to the creation of value in organizations.
Student profile
The Postgraduate Course in Business Administration is intended for managers, assistant managers, directors or owners of SMEs, managers of functional areas or those who want to advance their professional career in an organization, whatever its size or orientation.
Career opportunities
The program prepares you to take on different aspects of business management and administration, and corporate finance: management functions, general management or area management. It also aims to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully manage a company. It will also qualify you for consulting and strategic planning - external or internal - and to start your own business.
- Entrepreneur
- Business start-up consultant
- Family business management
- SME management
- Sales manager
- Strategic planning manager
- Management assistant
- Market analyst
- Business development manager
Admission and enrolment
Our admission process consists of a rigorous evaluation of each application to preserve the quality of the group as well as the training, experience, and work capacity of all students.
Who can apply?
A university degree is needed to apply.
Other candidates without the required university degree may take part in the selection process by virtue of their academic or professional merits and the place of work they occupy.
Those participants who do not have Spanish as one of their mother tongues or who did not have it as a teaching language in their training studies, must prove that they have at least a B2 level of Spanish (Common European Framework of Reference), as well as fluently take part in a personal interview with the academic director, if necessary.
How to apply?
To apply for admission to this program, students must read and accept the Terms and Conditions of Contract once they start the application for admission through the following form.
Application for admission
Complete your application within the next admission rounds:
| Round | Application deadline | Admission resolution |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 18/07/2023 | 27/07/2023 |
| 15 | 01/09/2023 | 14/09/2023 |
| 16 | 14/09/2023 | 28/09/2023 |
Applications for admission will be evaluated when you complete the following steps:
- Complete the online admission form.
- Pay the €120 admission fee. This amount will be returned if you are not admitted.
- Send the following documents through the online platform e-registrar:
- Presentation letter or video
- CV
- Scanned copy of university degree (if you are in the last year of your degree, you can provide your academic records)
- Scanned copy of Transcript of Records. Make sure that it includes your GPA (Grade Point Average)
- Scanned copy of ID Card or Passport
- Passport-size photo (jpg format)
Additional documents may be requested in certain cases.
Application rounds are subject to the number of places available on the program.
Admission
- The Admissions Committee will select the candidates on the basis of a personal or CV-based interview.
- You will be notified of the admission decision in writing.
Enrolment
- Registration must be paid within a 15 days after the admission.
- Once the letter of acceptance to the program has been received, you will need to submit the following original documents before the course begins:
- Stamped and/or authenticated photocopy of your university degree.
- If you have a foreign degree you may need to submit additional documents.
- Paying the reservation fee (25% of the program's tuition fees) is essential in order to reserve your place
- If you pay the tuition fees by bank transfer you will be required to introduce the program code. The program code for this course is 2003.
- The remaining tuition fees must be paid 2 weeks before the start of the course.
Grants, scholarships and financing
Scholarships
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.
Grants and discounts
Funding
Financing simulator
You can choose how to finance your studies by consulting our simulator and receive an answer in less than 24 hours.
Collaborating entities
We collaborate with various entities which provide study loans on favorable terms. For more information you can contact any of the following links.
