Degree
Business Administration
Managing is not supervising. You study it with cases, budgets and consequences.
The degree forms managers who can read a set of accounts, design an operation and decide on incomplete information, which is the only kind of information that exists in a company.
From the fifth term, students work in the Business Observatory: teams of three spend a semester with a real small business in the city — diagnosing, proposing and measuring. The final report goes to the company, not only to the tutor.
2 semesters
of real consulting
38
businesses supported
3
modes of study
01Graduate profile
By the time you graduate, you will be able to:
Reads financial statements and builds projections that stand up.
Designs operating processes and measures how they perform.
Builds strategy from competitive analysis and from data.
Leads teams, negotiates and manages conflict.
Appraises investment projects against financial criteria.
02Study plan
39 subjects · 172 credit units
Organised into 8 terms. Eight academic terms.
Term I
Year one- Introduction to Business4 UV
- Financial Accounting I5 UV
- Applied Mathematics4 UV
- Professional Communication3 UV
- General Economics4 UV
Term II
Year one- Financial Accounting II5 UV
- Microeconomics4 UV
- Descriptive Statistics4 UV
- Organisational Behaviour4 UV
- Business English I3 UV
Term III
Year two- Cost Accounting5 UV
- Macroeconomics4 UV
- Inferential Statistics4 UV
- Commercial Law4 UV
- Talent Management4 UV
Term IV
Year two- Corporate Finance I5 UV
- Operations Management5 UV
- Marketing I4 UV
- Management Information Systems4 UV
- Business English II3 UV
Term V
Year three- Corporate Finance II5 UV
- Supply Chain4 UV
- Market Research4 UV
- Business Consulting I5 UV
- Ethics and Corporate Responsibility3 UV
Term VI
Year three- Strategic Management5 UV
- Project Appraisal5 UV
- Business Analytics4 UV
- Business Consulting II5 UV
- Specialist Elective I4 UV
Term VII
Year four- Business Simulation6 UV
- International Business4 UV
- Specialist Elective II4 UV
- Entrepreneurship4 UV
- Professional Placement8 UV
Term VIII
Year four- Final Year Project10 UV
- Corporate Governance3 UV
- Specialist Elective III4 UV
- Integration Seminar3 UV
03Admission
Requirements
- An upper secondary certificate, or proof of completion.
- A transcript covering all three baccalaureate years.
- ID card or birth certificate.
- Entrance test: quantitative reasoning and reading comprehension.
- An interview with the programme lead.
04Afterwards
Where it leads
- General and departmental management
- Financial management
- Operations and supply chain
- Human resources
- Consulting and entrepreneurship
05Who teaches it
Staff on this programme
M.B.A.
Patricia Zelaya
Dean of the Business School. Management of small and medium enterprises in economies with low levels of formalisation.
Strategic Management · Business Consulting I
M.Sc. in Finance
Héctor Laínez
Head of Finance. Valuation of unlisted companies and funding structures for SMEs.
Company Valuation · Risk Management
M.Sc. in Strategic Communication
Gabriela Suazo
Head of Marketing. Brand building in local markets, and measuring low-budget campaigns.
Brand Management · Agency Studio I and II
06Frequently asked questions
About Business Administration
Business Administration prepares you to run a whole organisation; Finance goes deeper into valuation, risk and markets. They share the first two terms, so switching before the third costs you no time.
Classes online during the week and one day on site every fortnight, Saturdays from 8:00 to 15:00. The business consulting is on site in both modes.
The Business Observatory keeps a portfolio of companies that have asked for support. The team chooses from it, and may propose one of its own if it meets the size and availability criteria.
Ready to apply to Business Administration?
The application takes about fifteen minutes and can be saved halfway through. The first priority deadline closes on 30 November.
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