Joint Master’s in Business Management of Sustainable Technologies

You will begin your studies at Metropolia UAS in Finland, where you complete your baseline studies in business management and sustainable technologies.

If you have chosen to specialise in Sustainable Materials and Resource Management, you will continue your studies at the VSB Technical University of Ostrava in Czechia.

During your second semester, you will also have an opportunity to take elective studies, provided online by Odesa National Economic University in Ukraine.

If you have chosen to specialise in Clean Energy Transition, you will continue your studies at the Polytechnic University of Lisbon in Portugal.

During your second semester, you will also have an opportunity to take elective studies, provided online by Odesa National Economic University in Ukraine.

The third semester will take place at University of Applied Sciences for Business and Society BFI Vienna.

After studying one semester on your chosen study track, you are again united with the whole student group to undertake advanced business studies together.

The fourth semester is dedicated to the completion of the Master’s thesis (30 ECTS). You may locate yourself at any of the degree-awarding partner universities, and you will receive guidance and coordination to your thesis work from Metropolia UAS and at least one other partner university.

Usually, students plan and implement their Master's thesis in a real business environment as part of their internship or work.

Applicant is considered eligible if they have one of the following completed by the end of the application period:

A) A bachelor’s degree or other higher education degree of at least level EQF6 in Business.

B) A bachelor's degree or other higher education degree of at least level EQF6 in engineering. The degree must include, or in addition to which the applicant has completed at least 15 ECTS of higher education studies in business field.

Work experience in business field corresponding to 15 ECTS is also accepted instead of studies, and the applicant should be able to demonstrate that the work experience accumulated corresponds to the amount of 15 ECTS in business studies. 1 ECTS corresponds to 25 hours of work experience. Work experience related to business operations, business management, administration and development of business in the private or public sector corresponding to 15 ECTS is considered field-specific.

C) A bachelor’s degree or other higher education degree of at least level EQF6 from a field other than business or engineering. The degree must include, or in addition to which the applicant has completed at least 15 ECTS of higher education studies in business field.

Work experience in business field corresponding to 15 ECTS is also accepted instead of studies, and the applicant should be able to demonstrate that the work experience accumulated corresponds to the amount of 15 ECTS in business studies. 1 ECTS corresponds to 25 hours of work experience. Work experience related to business operations, business management, administration and development of business in the private or public sector corresponding to 15 ECTS is considered field-specific.

Applicant is considered eligible if they have at least two years of work experience in the relevant field after completing a bachelor’s degree from a university of applied sciences or another applicable higher education degree that qualifies the applicant for admission to the programme. The required work experience must be accumulated by the end of the application period. The relevant field is considered to be both the field to which the applicant is applying and the field in which the qualifying degree was completed.

When calculating work experience, the following points should be considered:

1) Work experience must have been gained after the date of awarding the qualification granting eligibility .

2) Work experience must be completed by the end of the application period.

3) Work experience must be in a relevant field. As a relevant field is regarded both the field being applied to and the field of the above-mentioned required basic qualification. If either of these conditions is met, the work experience will be accepted. If the degree has defined the relevant field in some other way, it is mentioned below in the section Degree programme specific admission criteria.

4) Work experience does not have to be continuous or acquired in the service of the same employer. For parallel employment, only the amount of work experience corresponding to full-time work is taken into account.

5) Hours of part-time work (work less than 35 hours / week) are converted to full-time equivalents, with 150 hours or 20 working days of at least 7 hours per day corresponding to one month.

6) Military or non-military national service, women's voluntary military service, civilian service or care leave are not counted as work experience.

7) Entrepreneurship is accepted as work experience if there is a certificate proving that the applicant is or has been insured on statutory pension scheme for entrepreneurs, farmers, forest estate owners, fishers and reindeer herders and their family members (YEL or MYEL insurances in Finland), or an equivalent official document from outside Finland. Enterprising activities abroad should be substantiated with comparable official documents.

8) Work experience must be verifiable with work certificates issued by the employer or other relevant authority. The work certificate must include details such as the starting and ending date of the employment and a brief job description. If the applicant has worked part-time, the work certificate must clearly indicate the number of work hours per month. Employment contracts are not taken into account.

To be considered eligible, the applicant must fullfill the requirement for English language proficiency in B2 level. Language skills can be demonstrated by

• Higher education degree completed fully in English
• IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System)
  • Minimum score of 6.5
• TOEFL Academic (iBT) (The Internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language)
  • Minimum score of 79-93
  • TOEFL iBT® Home Edition test is not accepted.
• TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)
  • Minimum score of 350-395 in listening, 350-390 in reading, 160-180 in speaking, and 150-180 in writing
• PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English)
  • Minimum overall score 62, and 74 for writing.
• C1 Business Higher (Cambridge English Qualifications Business)
  • Minimum grade C
• B2 Business Vantage (Cambridge English Qualifications Business)
  • Minimum score of 179
• Cambridge English Scale Score
  • CAE – Certificate in Advanced English (Cambridge)
    • Minimum grade C (score 176)
  • CPE – Certificate of Proficiency in English (Cambridge)
    • Minimum score of 176
  • B2 First and B2 First for Schools
    • Minimum grade A or B
• TELC (The European Language Certificate)
  • English B2-C1 university qualification, minimum level B2 (Test sections: Listening/Reading/Language Elements, Writing and Speaking)
• Oxford ELLT Global (English Language Level Test)
  • A minimum total score of 7.0 (Test sections: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking, minimum score of 5 in all areas)
  • Oxford ELLT Digital is not accepted.

English language proficiency documents other than those listed above will not be accepted.