Master in Business Administration (MBA)

The Master of Business Administration program at EuroPort Business School has been developed with the aim of providing first class, flexible Master programs to those with the ambition to fulfill a leading management role in the near future.

·         Duration: 1,5 year
·         Language: English
·         Level: Master of Business Administration
·         Branch: Business & management
·         Occupation: Finance manager, Account manager and Sales manager

Since 1st of September 2011, EuroPort Business School and VU School of Management started an intensive cooperation in the field of Academic courses. 

Program
EPBS is providing its MBA program on the basis of the so-called “competency based education concept”. Students are developing knowledge, skills and competencies on a simultaneous (integrated) basis. This education concept is designed to fulfill the needs of the next generation executives and managers for whom a broad understanding of business, management and in-depth vision, are essential; ‘this concept distinguishes us from our competitors’.

By using a mixture of core and concentration modules, we ensure that our students are able to master the principles of business and management, while at the same time they are able to concentrate on an area of own interest. Upon fulfillment of the requirements they will be awarded an MBA degree with a concentration in:
1. Management
2. Marketing
3. Strategy, leadership and Entrepreneurship

Above all the EPBS MBA is a challenging, stimulating, enjoyable and a rich experience to all the individuals joining our Business School.

Program structure
The MBA program is comprised of mostly three credit courses (48 credits in total) and is divided into two groups. With rare exceptions, MBA participants are required to follow the course sequence as shown below.

1. The foundation course provide MBA participants with a solid academic foundation 
2. The concentration courses allow MBA participants the opportunity to develop further a specific area of interest.

MBA Foundation courses

1	Managerial Economics	3 credits
2	Finance and Accounting	3 credits
3	Production Management	3 credits
4	Organizational Behavior	3 credits
5	Management Theory	3 credits
6	Marketing Management	3 credits
7	Information Systems Technology	3 credits
	Total	21 credits

Concentration courses are designed to complete the undergraduate and Master’s requirements for each MBA participant.

MBA Concentration Course

1	Management	27 credits
2	Marketing	27 credits
3	Strategy, Leadership and Entrepreneurship	27 credits
	Total	48 credits

The duration of the MBA course is 18 months and participants must successfully complete all courses. The courses are assessed by means of both coursework and examination.

It is compulsory to write a thesis to finish the MBA program. The thesis should have a strategic analysis, a report that looks at a certain issue and gives well –founded solutions. The participant needs to conduct both qualitative and quantitative research. The thesis must give data and ascertain validity. The paper length is 25.000 words.

Participants may be exempted from the Foundation Courses based upon undergraduate major and courses taken at other learning institutes. The foundation Course provide essential tools for the Concentration Courses.

Admission requirements
Prerequisite for admission into the MBA program is a Bachelor degree representing 240 ECTS. Students have to prove that they are able to study in the English language; a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 is required for non – EU students. An intake assessment forms the final part of the selection process. Students have to prove that they have the motivation and are ready to make the effort to be successful during and after the course.

Enrolment into the program is possible throughout the year, however new groups will start twice a year; in September and in February. Groups will be of a size varying from 12 to 20 students.

The following admission requirements apply to the following academic courses:

Courses	Requested degree	Level of English (1)	Relevant working experience
MBA full-time	Bachelor degree	IELTS 6.5	Internship
MBA full-time	Bachelor degree	IELTS 6.5	Three years

(1) Requirement for international students

Intake assessment 
An intake assessment provides an insight into mutual expectations, both for the students and for EuroPort Business School. During this assessment we look at whether you are entitled to certain topic dispensations based on prior education or competencies gained elsewhere. We look at what motives you have to start this education in the first place. This ‘’selection at the gate’’ enables us to continue to guarantee the high quality of education it provides for all students and their environment.

Tuition fee
In the table you find the tuition fee. This fee does not include the study books. You can pay the tuition fee:

• In one amount at the start of the academic year
• In four installments

MBA full-time*	18 months	€ 19.500
MBA part-time	18 months	€ 17.500

* There is a possibility for a scholarship ad €4.500,- , granted by the Exam Board of EuroPort Business School. The process of the scholarship will be guided by our international staff members.

More information & application form
If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact EuroPort Business School.

Victoria University

Victoria University is an excellent multiple location business competency creating institution. It provides a unique opportunity for enhancing individual expertise with an eye on job mobility and new enterprise creation.

Mission
The Mission for academic courses is:

• To develop competent and open-minded men and woman for leadership positions in industry and government
• To present skillful individuals with the background necessary to follow advanced study
• To engage participants in a constructive exchange with other cultures and ways of doing business

Vision
Strategic alliances enhance international cooperation and are highly valuable to the future of this world. Through their international background, the school’s architects envisage a business school dedicated to improve the relationship between the dynamic economics of growth in the East and the technically advanced economies in the West. The school looks forward to the needs of the global workplace and allows graduates to take their place in a challenging and changing world. EuroPort Business School strongly supports the understanding and cooperation between participants from different cultures and countries. By engaging in constructive exchange with other cultures, one can learn more about one’s own culture. An enhanced international cooperation is highly valuable to the future of the world.

We want to create knowledge, influence management practices and integrate globally. The school’s way of teaching highlights human values and professional ethics. This will help business leaders make decisions that are not only good for them, but also for society and the world as a whole. We are deeply concerned with managerial decision-making. From a market efficiency point of view, there are numerous arguments that favor globalization, turning our planet into a global village. Nevertheless, we acknowledges there are equally compelling arguments to cherish natural, social-economic and agricultural diversity. While economic growth is a powerful engine, tomorrow’s business leaders should never forget their responsibilities for environmental sustainability and future generations. Worldwide integration leads to social economies and a abundance of opportunities. Yet ignorance of local customs and concerns causes local criticism and even failure.

The participants learn to resolve problems by studying its past and present development and its application in diverse situations. Participants will be taught how to consider the positive and negative features of each alternative and to reflect and discriminate the possible outcomes and their ethical aspects

By the end of the program the participant :

• Will have learned how to maintain competitiveness and excellence in the global marketplace
• Will be aware of the needs and aspirations of the global environment
• Will be committed to lifelong learning
• Will have earned how to value the diverse thoughts of humanity

Partner University of professional education
We are very pleased to be the partner for Victoria University in the Netherlands. We, EuroPort Business School, are fully aware of the fact that we have to adopt the educational system from Victoria University so we provide the students the same quality as in Switzerland. The teaching part is done in the Netherlands and the graduation will be in Switzerland!

In cooperation with Victoria University, EuroPort Business School offers the following academic courses:

1. Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2. Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)
3. Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

 

Doctor in Business Administration

Introduction
The Doctor of Business Administration program is best described as a research based management program aimed at enhancing managerial capacity to make a significant original contribution to business practice. The program is highly flexible: DBA participants can tailor their studies around their career needs and lifestyle. The DBA program provides a practical yet academically rigorous learning experience for a diverse population of traditional and non-traditional participants. The objectives of the program are three-fold:

1. To prepare participants for a career in management or consulting at a senior executive level.
2. To provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary in order to conduct meaningful and original empirical research.
3. To develop whit each participant the fundamental experts and skills require in order to become a college or school faculty member in a area of Business Administration.

• Duration: 2-3 year
• Language: English
• Level: Doctor of Business Administration
• Branch: Business & management
• Occupation: CEO, CFO

Since September the first of 2011, EuroPort Business School and VU School of Management started an intense cooperation in the field of Academic courses. 

Program structure
Each DBA Program course is divided into two groups. With rare exceptions, DBA participants are required to follow the course sequence as shown below.

• The framework provides DBA participants with a solid doctoral foundation
• The domain allows a DBA participant the opportunity to develop further a specific area of interest
• The DBA finishes with a dissertation

Framework (six subjects from the following list)

DEAM 601 Advanced Managerial Economics	3 credits
DESE 602 Strategy and Entrepreneurship	3 credits
DEMC 603 Money, Credit , Capital markets	3 credits
DEMG 604 Managing Self	3 credits
DEMG 605 Management of Government	3 credits
DEAO 606 Advanced Management Information	3 credits
DESI 607 Strategic Issues in Marketing	3 credits
DEGM 608 Global Management	3 credits
DEIE 609 Applied IT and E-Business	3 credits
DEPC 610 Professional consulting	3 credits
DEBI 611 Issues in Business and Politics	3 credits
DECC 612 Cross Cultural Management	3 credits
DEST 613 Strategies of Technology	3 credits
DEQM 614 Quantitative Methods, Decision Making	3 credits
DEOT 615 Others
Subtotal	18 credits

Domain

DBRE 701 Research Foundations and Research Methodology	4 credits
DBDW 702 Doctoral Workshop: Research focus	6 credits
Subtotal	10 credits

Dissertation

DBDI 703 Dissertation

24 credits

Framework	18 credits
Domain	10 credits
Dissertation	24 credits
Grand Total	52 credits

 

Requirements for Graduation
1. Comprehensive Exam for Doctoral DBA participants
The comprehensive examination is designed to allow the participant to demonstrate wide ranging knowledge of the fundamental principles of and basic literature in, the specific academic fields. Successful completion of the examination leads to doctoral candidacy status. Previous comprehensive examinations will be available for review and study.

2. Doctoral Research Project
DBA participants must successfully complete a doctoral research project in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the doctoral degree. The main objective of the research project is to prepare participants utilize empirically based, sophisticated and relevant methodologies so that they may address contemporary business problems.

The duration of the DBA course is 24 months and participants must successfully complete all courses.
Participants for the DBA degree must complete a minimum of 52 credits. It is required that all participants attend the earliest scheduled seminar in the advanced study of business administration. Every DBA candidate must prepare and present a dissertation. The requirement for a DBA dissertation is 45,000 words. DBA dissertations may be undertaken within any of the functional areas of an organization, e.g., information systems, marketing, accounting and organization behavior, but is not restricted to those areas e.g. there are emerging areas for research, which offer exciting possibilities, including small business management and family businesses.

Admission requirements
The doctoral participants possessing a solid undergraduate and graduate educational preparation, reasonable managerial or professional experience, strong intellect and the capacity for independent investigation. An understanding of the contemporary economic political and social context in which business organizations operate is important. While most applicants have a master’s degree in business or a public management-related field, applicants with strong academic preparation in other fields are equally welcome to apply. Doctoral participants must be fluent in English and are expected to write on a level meeting contemporary standards of professional publication.

The selection of applicants for admission to the doctoral program is made by a faculty Committee and is based on applicant’s generally are admitted to the doctoral program twice a year. A complete application must be in advance of the anticipated matriculation date.

The following admission requirements apply to the following academic courses:

DBA part-time

Master’s degree

Three years

(1) Requirement for international students

IIntake assessment
An intake assessment provides an insight into mutual expectations, both for the participants and for EuroPort Business School. During this assessment we look at whether you are entitled to certain topic dispensations based on prior education or competencies gained elsewhere. We look at what motives you have to start this education in the first place. This "selection at the gate" enables us to continue to guarantee the high quality of education it provides for all participants  and their environment.

Tuition fee In the table you find the tuition. These amount is not including the study books. You can pay the tuition fee:

• In one amount at the start of the academic year
• In four installments

EDBA part-time

24 months

depens in wich country you follow the course

More information & applicationform
If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact EuroPort Business School.

Executive Master in Business Administration

Introduction
The Executive Master of Business Administration program enables high-caliber, experienced managers, executives and entrepreneurs to combine business education with their professional lives. EuroPort Business School cares about the participants personal and career development. EMBA participants hold management positions in their organizations. Therefore, they can immediately apply what they have learned in a professional context. The EMBA program is designed with comfortable off-campus periods to connect theory and practice.

• Duration: 1,5 year
• Language: English
• Level: Master of Business Administration
• Branch: Business & management
• Occupation: CFO, CEO

Since September the first of 2011, EuroPort Business School and VU School of Management started an intensive cooperation in the field of Academic courses.

Program
EPBS is providing its EMBA program on the basis of the so-called “competency based education concept”. Students are developing knowledge, skills and competencies on a simultaneous (integrated) basis. This education concept is designed to fulfill the needs of the next generation executives and managers for whom a broad understanding of business, management and in-depth vision, are essential; ‘this concept distinguishes us from our competitors’.

By using a mixture of core and concentration modules, we ensure that our students are able to master the principles of business and management, while at the same time they are able to concentrate on an area of own interest. Upon fulfillment of the requirements they will be awarded an EMBA degree with a concentration in:

1. Management
2. Marketing
3. Strategy, leadership and Entrepreneurship

Above all the EPBS EMBA is a challenging, stimulating, enjoyable and a rich experience to all the individuals joining our Business School.

Program structure
The EEMBA program is comprised of mostly three credit courses (48 credits in total) and is divided into two groups. With rare exceptions, EEMBA participants are required to follow the course sequence as shown below.

1. The foundation course provide EEMBA participants with a solid academic foundation
2. The concentration courses allow EEMBA participants the opportunity to develop further a specific area of interest.

EMBA Foundation courses

1	Managerial Economics	3 credits
2	Finance and Accounting	3 credits
3	Production Management	3 credits
4	Organizational Behavior	3 credits
5	Management Theory	3 credits
6	Marketing Management	3 credits
7	Information Systems Technology	3 credits
	Total	21 credits

Concentration courses are designed to complete the undergraduate and Master’s requirements for each EMBA participant.

EMBA Concentration Course

1	Management	27 credits
2	Marketing	27 credits
3	Strategy, Leadership and Entrepreneurship	27 credits
	Total	48 credits

The duration of the EMBA course is 18 months and participants must successfully complete all courses. The courses are assessed by means of both coursework and examination.

It is compulsory to write a thesis to finish the EMBA program. The thesis should have a strategic analysis, a report that looks at a certain issue and gives well –founded solutions. The participant needs to conduct both qualitative and quantitative research. The thesis must give data and ascertain validity. The paper length is 25.000 words. Participants may be exempted from the Foundation Courses based upon undergraduate major and courses taken at other learning institutes. The foundation Course provide essential tools for the Concentration Courses.

The participants learns to resolve problems by studying its past and present development and its application in diverse situations. Participants will be taught how to consider the positive and negative features of each alternative and to reflect and discriminate the possible outcomes and their ethical aspects

By the end of the program the participant :

• Will have learned how to maintain competitiveness and excellence in the global marketplace
• Will be aware of the needs and aspirations of the global environment
• Will be committed to lifelong learning
• Will have earned how to value the diverse thoughts of humanity

Admission requirements
Prerequisite for admission into the EMBA program is a Bachelor degree representing 240 ECTS An intake assessment forms the final part of the selection process. Students have to prove that they have the motivation and are ready to make the effort to be successful during and after the course.


The following admission requirements apply to the following academic courses:

Courses	Requested degree	Level of English (1)	Relevant working experience
EMBA part-time	Bachelor degree	IELTS 6.5	Three years

(1) Requirement for international students

Intake assessment
An intake assessment provides an insight into mutual expectations, both for the participants and for EuroPort Business School. During this assessment we look at whether you are entitled to certain topic dispensations based on prior education or competencies gained elsewhere. We look at what motives you have to start this education in the first place. This ‘’selection at the gate’’ enables us to continue to guarantee the high quality of education it provides for all participants and their environment.

Tuition fee In the table you find the tuition. These amount is not including the study books. You can pay the tuition fee:

• In one amount at the start of the academic year
• In four installments

EMBA part-time

18 months

Depens on wich country you follow the course

More information & applicationform
If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact EuroPort Business School.