Post-Graduate Diploma in International Business Management

Development as a Leader

Leadership is a key skill in various organisations in working life. Development as a leader course helps students in understanding leadership, enhancing their self-awareness, identifying their personal strengths and areas for development, as well as analysing, reflecting, and developing themselves as leaders. Through self-awareness and reflection, understanding of one’s own leadership is increased, and enabling the planning of a leadership career and potentially even improving one’s career prospects.

Strategic Management

When you complete this course, you will understand strategic thinking and you are able to familiarize yourself with strategic management and strategy implementation, taking sustainable development into account.. Strategy is a process in which the analysis of the operating environment plays a key role. Within the framework of the strategy, the organization's management sets goals and determines measures through which the organization strives to achieve long-term success and competitive advantage from a sustainable development perspective.

Financial Management

In the management of any organization, you must deal with financial matters. Financial management involves the interaction and cooperation of internal and external organizational stakeholders to achieve the organization's (financial) goals. In this course, you become acquainted with the methods, principles, and practices of financial management from the perspective of general management of an organization.

Human Resource Management

Personnel, i.e. people, are the most important asset and the most critical success factor in terms of the organization's success. Personnel management requires versatile and up-to-date skills, especially in an ever-changing working life, where e.g. the diversity of employees, multi-location work and well-being at work have become very important issues. Personnel management is an integral part of the organization's strategic management and the building of the organizational culture. When implemented correctly, personnel management creates significant value for the organization and its employees.

Professional Development

This course aims to develop your proactive development and internationality competences. You make a personal learning plan to identify your target competences for professional development and pursue their development throughout the studies. You make a portfolio to assess your professional development in your target competences. If you identify any gaps between the targeted and achieved competences, you make the plan to bridge the difference. Finally, you develop your business writing skills in English by participating in the 3 ECTS "business writing in English" part of the course (not for SBM students).

Cybersecurity for Business Managers

The student understands the importance of cybersecurity in business, can describe the key principles, and recognizes how cyber threats affect organizations. They are familiar with the responsibilities of leadership and the board, apply risk management and compliance, and are able to suggest ways to improve the organization’s cybersecurity

Risk Management

This course offers you the opportunity to learn the importance of risks through the lens of business risks and legal risks. A basic understanding of the law of torts and contracts will assist you to recognize legal risks and develop legal strategies to address these legal risks. A basic understanding of the categories of business risks facing organizations will assist you to asses these risks in each area and develop business strategies to address these legal risks.

Marketing and Sales Analytics

Business Simulation

Research-based Development

After completing this course, you will understand the difference between scientific research and research-based development. You understand the principles of research-based development,, its methodological starting points. You know the process of research-based development. You master and are able to apply some working life development methods in development activities at your filed of practice. You understand the importance of research ethics and good scientific practice in research-based development.

Qualitative Research

This course covers the following topics: Qualitative researches information theoretic basis, defining the research topic and the research task / problem, qualitative research process, the main data collection methods in qualitative research, different types of literature review, the main methods of data analysis in qualitative research, the reliability and validity of qualitative research, qualitative research ethical issues

Finnish for Beginners

By completing this course, you will learn the very basics of the Finnish language. You will be able to use some basic phrases and vocabulary in everyday situations (e.g. introducing yourself). You can talk about yourself and your family and free time activities. You will understand the most common words and phrases (greetings, numbers, and simple questions about yourself) and you will be able to form some basic questions and phrases.

Integration into the Finnish Society

By completing this informative course you will gain information about living in Finland, its culture, habits and practices in order to be able to integrate to the society. You will understand how Finnish society functions and you will be capable of acting as a part of the society. You will understand how to get employed in Finland. You will have a clear understanding of your own situation and a personal plan for integration to the society.

Global Leadership and Culture

During this course, you will develop the following competences.

• Internationality and multiculturalism: You operate effectively in international and multicultural work environments.
• Operating in a workplace: You interact constructively in teamwork and promote the team’s well-being. You take initiative and lead development projects.
• Sustainable global business management: You apply disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge to analyze global business challenges and propose sustainable business solutions to grow new ventures in global markets.

 The eligibility criteria are given as follows:

1. The applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree of at least three years, completed in English as the primary language of instruction, in Business or Management. The degree must be awarded by a university or institution fully recognized by the highest national accreditation authority. Acceptable specializations include management, marketing, commerce, HRM, accounting, finance, hospitality, tourism, or other applied business fields that provide a strong foundation for Master’s-level studies in business and management.
2. A strong proficiency in English. The applicant's language skills will be assessed during the interview. Applicants can supplement the application with English language proficiency test.
3. At least two years (24 months) of post-bachelor work experience in the field of business or management.

Note: The applicant MUST understand that mere fulfillment of eligibility criteria does not automatically qualify their acceptance to the study programme. The applicant’s suitability to the study programme will be extensively assessed and determined during the individual interview.

The application process is solely in the hands of Jamk and Jamk has no affiliations to any agents or educational consultants. However, Jamk collaborates with Goenka Inc. in India and Max Global in East-Africa. 

Qualified applicants will be invited to individual interviews organized by the faculty of Jamk School of Business on monthly basis. The nature of the questions does not require any pre-readings and no external assistance is needed or allowed.

The programme is delivered as a full time in-class programme conducted in English at Jamk School of Business in the city of Jyväskylä, Finland. Online participation is not possible.

The study right is granted for one full year, for 01.01.-31.12. or 1.8.-31.07. without a right for extension. The group size per cohort is maximum 50.

The study fee for the full programme per student is 11 700 eur (including VAT). Once the students are selected, Jamk will send the invoice of the study fee 11 700 eur. The students confirm their study place by paying the study fee with one installment. The receipt of the study fee is a required document for the student’s resident permit application.

The only case in which Jamk can refund the study fee is in the case a student's residence permit application is declined, consequently, a student is not able to enter Finland. In this case, Jamk needs an official decision from the Finnish immigration service of the declined residence permit decision before the study fee is paid back for the student.

Start the visa/residence permit application procedure

Non-EU/EEA students need a student residence permit to study in Finland. The residence permits are granted by the Finnish Immigration Service. You can find detailed information and advice on the residence permit requirements and procedures on the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) website.

Please note that Jamk neither processes the visa/residence permit applications nor can give any advice or guidance regarding the application process. Please contact the Finnish Immigration Service in all matters regarding residence permits.

• You can begin the student residence permit application online at Enterfinland.fi. You must personally visit the VFS office/ Finnish Embassy for biometric enrolment as part of this process. Please follow the instructions in Enter Finland carefully and you will know what to do next. Start your residence permit process as soon as possible, carefully following the immigration authorities' instructions and regulations, so that you can receive your permit without any interruptions before your studies begin. The visa/residence permit application process might take 3 months, so be on time! Non-compliance with required instructions/information can result in disappointing outcomes.
   
• You can request to be registered in the Finnish Population Information System by ticking a box at the beginning of your residence permit or residence card application. This way you can easily get a Finnish personal identity code, which is needed in our student registration system. Having a personal identity code also facilitates, for example, payment of salaries, banking, and access to health care. If you don’t do it in the application, you need to visit the local register office in Jyväskylä after you have attended the orientation at Jamk.

You must have enough funds for your personal use to cover the living costs in Finland during your entire stay. 

Make sure that you have a minimum of 800 euro (for one person) at your disposal every month to be able to pay for your accommodation, food, and other needs.

Please note that finding a part-time job to help cover your living expenses depends on several factors including personal efforts and job market situation, among others, and it may take several months before you may even get it. Thus, you need to make sure that you really have the required funds for the duration of your residence permit in your bank account. This will ensure that you can focus on your studies, which is the first and foremost reason for your stay in Finland, without having to worry about finances.

The minimum monthly amount of funds for your living expenses as required by the Finnish Immigration Officials is 800 euro. The average monthly spending can easily be in the range of 800 - 1 000 euro per person (rent included in the amount). Naturally, depending on your own interests and spending habits this amount is subject to change.

On arrival at Jamk, you will receive a discount card for meals. With this card, you get a student discount at the Jamk restaurants. The lunch price with the discount is 6,27 euro (subject to change yearly).

In order for you to have a pleasant stay in Finland, we highly recommend you have the required funds for the whole duration of your studies.

Students from non-EU/EEA countries must prove their sufficient income as a part of the residence permit application. The Finnish Immigration Service has determined that a student must have at least 800 euro/month (9 600 euro/year) at their disposal.

More information on the income requirement can be found on the Finnish Immigration Service website.