Master in International Business
Foreign trade and international business are one of the areas with the greatest professional future. All the big companies in the world need experts with a global perspective who know how to look for new opportunities and expand their business. With the Master in International Business from UPF-BSM, you will have the tools to master the strategy and operations of the international market with rigour and professionalism.
Next edition
Classes start: 26 September, 2023
Program ends: 30 June, 2024 (To be confirmed)
Modality
On-campus&Live
Language
Spanish
ECTS credits
60
Schedule
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 5.30pm to 8.45pm. Some Wednesdays and Saturdays to be determined.
Price
12500 €
The Master in International Business is the training you need to make the leap to the foreign market. With this master 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.
Why choose this program
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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.
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Multiply your job opportunities
Learn one of today's most in-demand professions with positions such as international business manager or international consultant, among others.
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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).
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Learn from professionals and experts
Acquire practical business knowledge with professionals and professors from Pompeu Fabra University and renowned companies and institutions.
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Gain work experience
Through the Business Game you will be able to put into practice the strategic decisions of your company in a simulator, exploring all avenues of an international project.
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Improve your management skills
Learn to work as a team and lead your company's projects in the foreign market more efficiently.
Who is it for?
The master is aimed at international business professionals who want to update their knowledge, as well as university graduates and higher graduates, especially in the area of business administration, economics, law and engineering, who have a minimum of approximately 2 years of relevant professional experience.
At the end of the program, participants will have acquired and updated the essential knowledge and skills to be able to face any challenge posed by their company or create their own company aimed at the international market and foreign trade.
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.
The Master in International Business is an official master's degree and has the academic recognition of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Spain. The Quality Agency of the University System of Catalonia (AQU) has also institutionally accredited UPF-BSM. This accreditation certifies all the official master's degrees that we teach and recognizes the quality of our educational model in accordance with the criteria of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
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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
Strategy
Foreign Trade Operation
Transversality
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 Businesses 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
Qualification obtained
Once students have completed the course they will obtain the Màster Universitari en Negocis Internacionals / International Business - Máster Universitario en Negocios Internacionales / International Business, awarded by Pompeu Fabra University.
Issuance of official Master's Degrees: The amount stipulated in the DOGC (Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia) must be paid for the rights to issue the title. This rate varies annually and the rate in force at the time of application for the degree will be applied.
Faculty
With a global vision and a great track record in research, the faculty of the Master in International Business will give you the 360 degree vision you need to boost your professional career in the international market.
Academic directors
Manuel Cienfuegos Mateo
Associate Professor UPF
Faculty
Susana Domingo Pérez
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Vice Dean for Knowledge Transfer
Oriol Montanyà Vilalta
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
General Deputy
Alexandra Dominique Theben
Tenure Track UPF-BSM
Nia Plamenova Djourova
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Carolina Luis Bassa
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Program Academic Director
Enrique Schonberg-Schwarz Letzen
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Mariano De Las Heras Garrido
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Program Academic Director
Llorenç Bagur Femenías
Associate Professor UPF-BSM
Dean
Xavier Brun Lozano
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Program Academic Director
Manuel Cienfuegos Mateo
Associate Professor UPF
Oscar Elvira Benito
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Program Academic Director
José Luis Marín Arandia
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Carles Murillo Fort
Academic Councellor UPF-BSM
Helena Ramalhinho Dias-Lourenço
Full Professor UPF
Antonio Valls Roig
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Methodology
The objective of our methodology is that you get all the practical tools to be able to lead the external activities of your company. To do this, you will have professors who will be in charge of developing and increasing your critical vision and exposing you to real and current cases so that you get the most out of the theoretical knowledge of the program.
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Individualized support
You will have a specialist mentor according to the characteristics of your project. The mentor will guide you to identify teachers, projects, companies and activities of reference with which to contrast and enrich your project.
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Webinars
En la versión digital se realizarán, durante el programa, webinars en formato sincrónico, por cada asignatura y algunos otros de carácter más transversal, en los que con los tutores de las asignaturas y expertos profundizarás en los contenidos de ellas y en temáticas de actualidad propias del programa.
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Actividades prácticas
El aprendizaje se basa en la realización de actividades prácticas, evaluables de forma individual o grupal, en los que habrá que poner en práctica los conceptos aprendidos con las explicaciones magistrales y el estudio de los recursos docentes.
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Business Game
Together with your colleagues of different nationalities, you will also have the opportunity to participate in a strategic decision simulation game.
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Master's Final Project
You can choose how to do the work: in a group or individually. Your Master's Final Project will consist of developing the business plan of your own company or a project that you want to develop and that has its activity in the international market.
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Evaluación
La demostración de que se han adquirido los conocimientos y las competencias previstas en el programa se lleva a cabo combinando la evaluación continua de las diferentes actividades realizadas, con una prueba final escrita con preguntas de desarrollo razonado, cuestiones de respuesta múltiple, etc. Además de la nota, recibirás una retroalimentación con arreglo al sistema de rúbrica o de comentario del profesor/a.
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 master is aimed at international business professionals who want to update their knowledge, as well as university graduates and higher graduates, especially in the area of business administration, economics, law and engineering, who have a minimum of approximately 2 years of relevant professional experience. At the end of the program, the participants will have acquired and updated the essential knowledge and skills to be able to face any challenge posed by their company or to create their own company aimed at the international market and foreign trade.
Student profile
With more than 700 students in its 15 courses, the Master in International Business is made up of students from different continents. They are looking for a unique and modern training capable of generating a professional leap, both in their respective multinationals and to be able to access the international market. The students of the Master in International Business comply with the DNA of the program: international profiles each with their own vision of how to do business in the world and with training in the areas of business administration, economics, law or engineering.
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
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?
Those interested in submitting the application for admission to the University Master's Degree in International Business must be university graduates, preferably in the areas of business administration, economics, law or engineering; in addition, they must have a minimum of two years of relevant professional experience. Two letters of recommendation are also required.
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. Otherwise, additional certifications or tests may be requested to allow adequate and sufficient monitoring of the sessions.
For the development of the teaching period of the master, including the international week, the academic management recommends having a level of English that allows you to follow the activities easily.
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 its 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.
Applications 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
- Resgistration 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.
- Stamped and/or authenticated photocopy of your transcript of records.
- If you have a foreign degree, we will indicate you in the admission letter the specific instructions of the documents required
- 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 1508.
- 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.
