BSc international business administration university of twente

OPEN DAYS 20 & 21 NOVEMBER 2015
PROF. DR. IR. PETRA DE WEERD-NEDERHOF
ANNA PELLEGRINO
TESSA VAN OOSTRUM


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAMME FOR TODAY

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Welcome!
Programme part 1
– About International Business Administration
– Student’s experiences
Break
Programme part 2
– Students: workshop
– Parents: meeting
End


I AM … PROF.DR.IR PETRA C. DE WEERD-NEDERHOF

WHAT IS IBA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE?


MEETING THE PRO(F)S
Innovative
Entrepreneur
ship

Business
Information
Management

Change
Management

Marketing
& Strategy

Human
Resource
Management
Purchasing &
Supply Management

Financial
Management

Innovation &
Technology
Management

GAIN INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE FROM THE START

How many nationalities
are there?


PROGRAMME STRUCTURE


STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

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Q 1.1. TOP: Technology, Organizations, People
Q 1.2. BOM: Business Operations Management
Q 1.3. FAIS: Finance, Accounting & Information Systems
Q 1.4. HOLI: HRM, Organizational Behavior, Law & Information Management

• Q 2.1. SME: Strategy, Marketing, Economics

• Q 2.2. I&E: Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Q 2.3. Programme – Specific Electives I:
SUM: Supply Management
BMNB: Digital Marketing or Networked Business
• Q 2.4. Programme – Specific Electives II:
Bit & PM: Business Innovation through IT Project Management
FENSI: Financing Entrepreneurial Start-ups and Innovative firms

• Q 3.1. & Q 3.2. Study Abroad or UT Minor
• Q 3.3. CHANGEL: Change Management & Leadership,
Corporate Governance & Business Ethics
+ Preparation of BSc Thesis
• Q 3.4. Bachelor Thesis


STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME
YEAR 1

Year 1
Module 1:
Technology, Organisations
& People

Module 2:
Business Operations
Management

Module 3:
Finance, Accounting &
Information Systems

Module 4:
Human resources,
Organisational behaviour,
Law & Information
management

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First semester: develop an understanding of all important functions
within a modern company

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Second semester: How does a company operate in an international
environment? More in-depth knowledge!


STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME
YEAR 2

Year 2
Module 5:
Strategy, Marketing &
Economics

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Module 6:
Innovation &

Entrepreneurship

Programme

Programme

elective 1

elective 2

Personalise the programme by choosing two elective modules to learn
in-depth about a specific domain.


STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME
YEAR 3

Year 3

UT elective modules (30 ECs)

Study abroad

Module 11:
Change management, Corporate governance,
Business ethics & Leadership

10 weeks
Bachelor thesis

Crossing Borders

Electives in a
different/own field
of study


OUR TEACHING PRINCIPLE AND METHODS
From passive to active: project based education
• studying is not just a question of absorbing information in lectures
and reproducing it in examinations,
• but it is making discoveries independently and applying the
knowledge gained (Case Studies)
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The challenge
– To tackle the problems of the future
– Discover your own strong points
– To explore, design and organize!


OUR TEACHING PRINCIPLE AND METHODS
Project work

Lectures

Company visits

Self-study

Tutorials

21/11/2015


INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
YEAR 3

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Study abroad
– Over 130 partner universities around the world
– In 2015-2016 65 IBA students will follow
courses in different European, Asian, and US
universities
– UT financial support for study abroad – TMF
Minor Crossing Borders:
– International internship
– Study Tour
• Organized by students for students:
a themed research project abroad
• In 2014 students went to Japan
Bachelor Thesis Abroad


MINOR: STUDY ABROAD

Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow (Scotland):
• Understanding Consumers and Markets - Marketing
• Managing the Service Encounter – Hospitality & Tourism
• Work Psychology – HRM
Why?
• Personal development / Life experience
• Taking in a new culture / See the world
• Making new friends with different backgrounds
• Career opportunities
• Language skills
• The challenge!


REAL LIFE GLOBAL BUSINESSES


OUR IBA STUDENTS IN 2016-2017

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Ambitious
Internationally-oriented
Curious
Open-minded
Willing to explore and make the business world better

BINDING STUDY ADVICE

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Goal: to confirm at an early stage that a student has chosen the right
study programme or to divert the student to a more suitable
programme, if necessary.

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EC norm: Every student has to collect at least 45 EC of the 60 EC
(credits) in the first academic year

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Guidance of an academic counsellor

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Personal circumstances are taken into account


AFTER THE BACHELOR’S PROGRAMME


PURSUE A MSC IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
MSc. Business Administration
– new specialisation tracks
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Strategy
Strategic Marketing & Business Information
Human Resourse Management
Purchasing and Supply Management
Financial Management

Strengthen your profile with: Change Management!

Go for a: Double Degree programme TU Berlin (1 and 2) , Lappenranta
(4), upcoming: Paris (3) and Stavanger (5)
Or: other (UT) MSc. Programme


CAREER – THE WORLD AT YOUR FEET

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Research, Manage or Design
Excellent international career opportunities
Consultancy, management or your own business?

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Many options in many sectors
– Industry
– Consultancy
– International organizations



ADMISSION


MATCHING

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Choose the programme that suits you best.

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Procedure:
– Register in Studielink for IBA
– You will receive an email with the URL of a
Matching Form
– You will be invited for the Study Try Out (1 day)
in May/June
- International students can request a Skype appointment (only afgter
filling in the Matching Form)


ADMISSION FOR DUTCH STUDENTS

All VWO profiles lead to admission,
but Cultuur & Maatschappij only with
mathematics A or B
Admission: because of matching, apply before May 1, 2016
Official deadlines:
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For Dutch students:
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For international students:
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