Oulu Business School

Degree programme in International Business Management:

• International Business Management

Apply in the first joint application period for the following master's programmes:

• Economics (2 years)
• Business Analytics (2 years)
• Finance (2 years)
• Financial and Management Accounting (2 years)
• International Business Management (2 years)
• Marketing (2 years)

The Doctoral Degree Programme in Economics and Business Administration is part of the Human Sciences Doctoral Programme of the University of Oulu Graduate School. During your education, you can specialize in one of the following areas:

• business analytics
• economics
• finance
• financial and management accounting
• international business
• management
• marketing

Oulu Business School organizes minor subject studies for its own degree students and students from other faculties. In some cases, a student from other faculty needs a separate study right in order to complete study courses at the business school.

Take a closer look at the minor subject offered in English by the OBS:

• Digital Retailing (partly in Finnish)
• Economics and Business Administration, Intermediate studies (partly in Finnish)
• Basic Business Studies (online education) (partly in Finnish)
• Entrepreneurship and Business Design

All Oulu Business School graduates with bachelor's, master's, doctoral as well as with EMBA degree are UniOulu alumni. University's alumni services organize different activities and events for alumni throughout the year. By joining the UniOulu Alumni Community you will be informed about the upcoming events and news first.

Learn more about university's alumni activities.

Are you looking for a trainee or a fresh approach to your business problem? We encourage our students to gain relevant working life experience during their studies through internships and different kinds of student projects. Many of our students are also willing to do their bachelor's or master's thesis for companies.

Leave your internship or thesis announcement through the Valo Jobs career services network.

We do research collaboration in different forms. As a partner, we offer you our research expertise, extensive networks and the expertise of our students and scholars. Often the research collaboration begins as a small project but may evolve into a long-term partnership.

Research and development projects

All three research units are active participants in different research and development projects:

• Martti Ahtisaari Institute focuses on projects related to business models and evolution of businesses, digital business, and competences on the growth of businesses and entrepreneurship.
• Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance is currently involved in e.g. energy economics, managerial traits and business outcomes and individual investor behavior related research projects.
• Current focus areas of Department of Marketing, Management and International Business are international entrepreneurship, open innovation and appropriation, purchasing behavior and service business.

International networks

We encourage our faculty members to create networks internationally through faculty exchange, international visits, and participation in international research projects and networks.

Some international networks that we currently are part of are:

• AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business)
• GRLI (Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative), and
• PRME (The Principles for Responsible Management Education)
• SCANCOR (The Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research)

Joint professorships

Joint professorships strengthen the link and increase collaboration between us and other research institutions. They are a great way for both parties to expand their professional expertise, impart knowledge, and promote networking in the focal areas of their research.

Oulu Business School's Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) is designed for business professionals who are in key positions in their companies and wish to develop their competencies especially in the field of strategic management. The programmes are carried out in Finnish.

Learn more about the EMBA programmes:

• EMBA
• EMBA in Safety Management