Goal

The MBA programme can be completed as a full-time (1,5 years) or part-time student (2 years).

Do you wish to develop your skills on an education that combines theoretical knowledge with practical application? Do you need to develop your skills in management, business and digitalization? If you said yes, the MBA program Digital Business and Management (90 ECTS) is the right thing for you.

The Master’s degree programme answers the constantly growing competence requirements and needs in management, businesses and working life. The profile of the programme is on the combination of management skills, business and communication. The goal is for the student to be able to meet the demands of the new digital world. Different professional and cultural backgrounds of the students will enable a dynamic and interactive learning environment.

The programme in Digital Business Management, MBA delivers generic competences and programme specific competences. The competence includes knowledge, skills and attitudes.

Structure of Studies

The studies are tailored in blocks of following advanced studies, master’s thesis and elective studies:

  • Leadership studies, 13 ECTS (Self Leadership, Organizational Development and Sustainable Leadership)
  • Financial Analysis and Financial Decision Making, 8 ECTS
  • Digital Tools in Business, 12 ECTS
  • Digital Business Communication, 10 ECTS (360° of Strategic Business Communication and Exploring the World of Digital Marketing Communications)
  • Business Management, 10 ECTS (Digital Project Management in Practice and Management in the Era of Digital Transformation)
  • Academic Reading and Writing, 2 ECTS
  • Research Methodology, 5 ECTS
  • Master’s Thesis, 30 ECTS
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Studies

The programme can be conducted either as full-time or part-time studies and will include contact and distance studies. For full-time studies, the contact studies will take place every second week. For part-time studies, contact studies will take place once a month. You can work with different development tasks or projects connected to working life or to your own workplace. The courses are tailored in building blocks of leadership studies, business management, business communication and digital tools in business studies. The courses are implemented as a blended learning. The generic competences within the program are knowledge, skills and attitudes but also learning, ethical and working community competences including aspects of internationalization. One of the central competences is innovation competence including individual, interpersonal and networking competences with following competence dimensions: critical thinking, initiative, creativity, teamwork and networking.

The degree program specific competences mean that the student perceives how management, business and communication enable a holistic view when developing business and societal issues. The student will be exercised in problem solving, innovativeness and creativeness through business, management and communication by taking into consideration on meeting demands of the new digital world. The student practices and shares expertise in teams and networks from different experiences and cultural backgrounds, creates and manages professional networks nationally and internationally.

The study pace is flexible and the student can build his/her own individual study plan with regard to his/her individual needs and prior knowledge. 


For the students who have an earlier Bachelor’s Degree the studies consist of 90 ECTS.

Master of Business Administration, Digital Business and Management

  • Field of study: Business
  • Extent: 2 years 90 Credits
  • Form: Masters´s Degree - Full- or part-time studies
  • Location: Vaasa
  • Application period: 8-22.1.2025

Previous Knowledge

You can apply for Master of Business Administration, Digital Business and Management if you have completed

  • Bachelor's degree and/or master's degree
  • Minimum 24 months of work in a related field after completion of bachelor's degree

 

Scholarships and Tuition Fees

The studies are free for EU citizens.

Tuition fee-paying (non EU/EEA) students can apply for a scholarship. Read more about tuition fees and scholarships on the Admissions Services pages.

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Thesis

The master's thesis is a working life-based development project and an important part of the master’s degree. The master’s thesis is a demanding development project or research work combining theory, praxis and creation of new knowledge. The thesis subject and aims are based on requirements and needs of working life. The thesis is an applied study research and it emphasizes development of the work, the organization or the working community. Conducting the master’s thesis project requires independent and demanding expertise. The student gives proof of mastering the methods of retrieving information, research and development as well as the skills of adapting research information in an analytical and critical manner.

In the master’s thesis the student is able to:

  • combine theoretical framework and pragmatic work with the contextual needs in a development or research project
  • network and communicate professionally with relevant organizations and communities
  • evaluate critically sources and methods, select the suitable ones and use them systematically and ethically
  • document, report and give a presentation of the project or research status and the final results

Possibility of Further Study

With a Master's degree, students are able to continue to university post-graduate (licentiate/doctoral) studies, however universities may at their own discretion have specific admission requirements for post-graduate studies that must be met in addition to a completed Master's degree.

Career Opportunities

The programme leads to a higher professional qualification, and it is strongly oriented towards working life. After studying in this programme the students will be prepared to work with management tasks within different organizations which want to develop their business. The studies give students an advanced knowledge base for the future leadership challenges in the digitalized business environment.

International Business

The different professional and cultural backgrounds of the students will enable a dynamic and interactive learning environment.

Language of Instruction

The programme is offered in English.

Cooperation With Other Actors

The student practices and shares expertise in teams and networks from different experiences and cultural backgrounds, creates and manages professional networks nationally and internationally.

Possibility of Further Study

With a Master's degree, students are able to continue to university post-graduate (licentiate/doctoral) studies, however universities may at their own discretion have specific admission requirements for post-graduate studies that must be met in addition to a completed Master's degree.

Research Focus

The thesis is an applied study research and it emphasizes development of the work, the organization or the working community. It is also possible to join research and development programs and have the thesis done in a project.

Qualification

The Master’s Degree Programme in Digital Business and Management is a university of applied sciences post-graduate degree.

Under the Finnish legislation, a person who has taken the Master’s degree is qualified for posts or positions for which the qualification requirement is a second-cycle higher education degree. In some cases, the qualification requirement also includes the completion of studies in certain specified fields of study. The degree falls under the Article 11 of the Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications, level e.

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Selection Method

Master of Business Administration, Sustainable Business Design

Selection method 1: GMAT or GRE-test

Applicants that do not have a Finnish UAS Bachelor's degree can be selected based on their result in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT/GMAT Focus Edition) or the Graduate Records Examinations (GRE).

The minimum test score that the applicant must reach in order to be qualified for selection is 500 from the GMAT test. Scores from the GMAT Focus Edition and the GRE-test are converted to GMAT scores and applicants are ranked based on their converted test score in the admission process.

The GMAT Focus Edition are converted to GMAT Exam scores by using the Concordance Table. Please note that where scores overlap in the concordance tables, the scores will be converted in favour of the candidate.

The GRE test result must be converted to GMAT test result by using the GRE Comparison Tool. When converting the score, only the Verbal Reasoning Score and Quantitative Reasoning Score of the GRE test are taken into consideration. 

The official test results must be shared with Novia UAS and available for verification at the testing organisation's verification service no later than 31 January 2025 at 15:00 pm (Finnish time).  Test scores that are not verifiable will not be considered in the selection process. Remember to fill in the application form at Studyinfo during the application period and upload a copy of your score result in the online application form no later than 31 January.

Share your score result with Novia UAS via the test provider's platform using the following code:

  • Novia's GRE-code: 1185
  • Novia's GMAT-code: 5DW-ZW-26

GMAT and GRE test results are valid for five (5) years after the test day. For 2025 admissions, the oldest acceptable test day is 9 January 2020.

Novia UAS accepts the GMAT online exam and GRE General at Home. 

Selection method 2: Certificate-based selection based on a Finnish UAS Bachelor's degree

Applicants that have a UAS Bachelor's degree completed in Finland can be admitted based on their UAS Bachelor's degree certificate. Note! UAS Master's degrees are not considered.

Applicants with an UAS Bachelor's degree certificate are ranked by their weighted average grade with two decimals. The weighted average grade is calculated from the UAS Bachelor's degree course grades which are visible in the My Studyinfo-service in the section My completed studies (only available in Finnish/Swedish).

To be considered in this selection method, the applicant must save a link to the degree information found in the My Studyinfo service in the joint application form. The applicant should also submit a copy of his or her degree certificate appendix. The weighted average grade will be calculated based on the degree certificate appendix only if the information about the degree and course grades is not available in the My Studyinfo service.

If the applicant has completed more than one UAS Bachelor degree, the grades are considered for the degree which gives a better average. The courses within courses shown in the service are not included in the grade average. The verbally assessed courses are not considered in calculating the grade average (e.g. approved/pass / hyväksytty/suoritettu/godkänd).

When calculating the weighted average grade, the numerically assessed study units are weighted (except final thesis); in other words, the grade for the study unit is multiplied by the number of credits received from course in question. The weighted grades are calculated together and the total is divided by the number of credits received from the numerically assessed courses. The result is a weighted average grade rounded to two decimal places.

Master of Business Administration, Digital Business and Management

Selection method 1: GMAT or GRE-test

Applicants that do not have a Finnish UAS Bachelor's degree can be selected based on their result in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT/GMAT Focus Edition) or the Graduate Records Examinations (GRE).

The minimum test score that the applicant must reach in order to be qualified for selection is 500 from the GMAT test. Scores from the GMAT Focus Edition and the GRE-test are converted to GMAT scores and applicants are ranked based on their converted test score in the admission process.

The GMAT Focus Edition are converted to GMAT Exam scores by using the Concordance Table. Please note that where scores overlap in the concordance tables, the scores will be converted in favour of the candidate.

The GRE test result must be converted to GMAT test result by using the GRE Comparison Tool. When converting the score, only the Verbal Reasoning Score and Quantitative Reasoning Score of the GRE test are taken into consideration. 

The official test results must be shared with Novia UAS and available for verification at the testing organisation's verification service no later than 31 January 2025 at 15:00 pm (Finnish time).  Test scores that are not verifiable will not be considered in the selection process. Remember to fill in the application form at Studyinfo during the application period and upload a copy of your score result in the online application form no later than 31 January.

Share your score result with Novia UAS via the test provider's platform using the following code:

  • Novia's GRE-code: 1185
  • Novia's GMAT-code: 5DW-ZW-26

GMAT and GRE test results are valid for five (5) years after the test day. For 2025 admissions, the oldest acceptable test day is 9 January 2020.

Novia UAS accepts the GMAT online exam and GRE General at Home. 

Selection method 2: Certificate-based selection based on a Finnish UAS Bachelor's degree

Applicants that have a UAS Bachelor's degree completed in Finland can be admitted based on their UAS Bachelor's degree certificate. Note! UAS Master's degrees are not considered.

Applicants with an UAS Bachelor's degree certificate are ranked by their weighted average grade with two decimals.The weighted average grade is calculated from the UAS Bachelor's degree course grades which are visible in the My Studyinfo service in the section My completed studies (only available in Finnish/Swedish).

To be considered in this selection method, the applicant must save a link to the degree information found in the My Studyinfo service in the joint application form. The applicant should also submit a copy of his or her degree certificate appendix. The weighted average grade will be calculated based on the degree certificate appendix only if the information about the degree and course grades is not available in the My Studyinfo service.

If the applicant has completed more than one UAS Bachelor degree, the grades are considered for the degree which gives a better average. The courses within courses shown in the service are not included in the grade average. The verbally assessed courses are not considered in calculating the grade average (e.g. approved/pass / hyväksytty/suoritettu/godkänd).

When calculating the weighted average grade, the numerically assessed study units are weighted (except final thesis); in other words, the grade for the study unit is multiplied by the number of credits received from course in question. The weighted grades are calculated together and the total is divided by the number of credits received from the numerically assessed courses. The result is a weighted average grade rounded to two decimal places.

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Selection method 1: GMAT and GRE-test 


Applicants that do not have a Finnish UAS Bachelor's degree can be selected based on their result in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT/GMAT Focus Edition) or the Graduate Records Examinations (GRE).

The minimum test score that the applicant must reach in order to be qualified for selection is 500 from the GMAT test. Scores from the GMAT Focus Edition and the GRE-test are converted to GMAT scores and applicants are ranked based on their converted test score in the admission process.

The GMAT Focus Edition are converted to GMAT Exam scores by using the Concordance Table. Please note that where scores overlap in the concordance tables, the scores will be converted in favour of the candidate.

The GRE test result must be converted to GMAT test result by using the GRE Comparison Tool. When converting the score, only the Verbal Reasoning Score and Quantitative Reasoning Score of the GRE test are taken into consideration. 

Novia's GRE-code: 1185

Novia's GMAT-code: 5DW-ZW-26

The official test results must arrive at Novia UAS directly from the testing organisation no later than 12 May 2024. Test scores submitted by the applicant will not be accepted, but remember to fill in the application form at Studyinfo during the application period and upload a copy of your score result in the online application form no later than 12 May 2024. 

GMAT and GRE test results are valid for five (5) years after the test day. For 2024 admissions, the oldest acceptable test day is 13 May 2019.

Novia UAS also accepts the GMAT online exam and GRE General at Home. 

More information about the GMAT-test
More information about the GRE-test

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Selection method 2: Certificate-based selection based on a Finnish UAS Bachelor's degree


Applicants that have a UAS Bachelor's degree completed in Finland can be admitted based on their UAS Bachelor's degree certificate.

Note! UAS Master's degrees and university Bachelor's degrees are not considered.

Applicants with an UAS Bachelor's degree certificate are ranked by their weighted average grade with two decimals.The weighted average grade is calculated from the UAS Bachelor's degree course grades which are visible in the My Studyinfo service in the section My completed studies (only available in Finnish/Swedish).

To be considered in this selection method, the applicant must save a link to the degree information found in the My Studyinfo service in the joint application form. The applicant should also submit a copy of his or her degree certificate appendix. The weighted average grade will be calculated based on the degree certificate appendix only if the information about the degree and course grades is not available in the My Studyinfo service.

If the applicant has completed more than one UAS Bachelor degree, the grades are considered for the degree which gives a better average. The courses within courses shown in the service are not included in the grade average. The verbally assessed courses are not considered in calculating the grade average (e.g. approved/pass / hyväksytty/suoritettu/godkänd).

When calculating the weighted average grade, the numerically assessed study units are weighted; in other words, the grade for the study unit is multiplied by the number of credits received from course in question. The weighted grades are calculated together and the total is divided by the number of credits received from the numerically assessed courses. The result is a weighted average grade rounded to two decimal places.

 

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Selection method 3: Entrance Exam

The entrance exam will be arranged at the campus on Henrikinkatu 7 on  August 16, 2024.

Applicants register for the test in the application form. 

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