Technical Project and Business Management

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This is a Master programme offering advanced knowledge and skills in project management, business development, strategy, leadership and organization. The programme focuses on business development of companies and the processes in the business system that drive development forward. You will improve your reflective abilities both academically and operatively.

If you are an engineer, wish to improve yourself in the field of technology, and are also interested in these issues

* How does one get projects to develop?
* How does one choose a strategy for company growth?
* How does one get an organization and its co-workers to strive toward the same goals?

then this is a programme for you!

The Master programme provides greater knowledge and a holistic perspective on processes of development and change both in organizations and in society. The studies are often independent in the form of case studies, and you study partly together with students from the other Master programmes such as business economics.

During the final term, you write an essay for fifteen university credits within the area that you are most interested in. Many students write the essay in collaboration with industry.

Degrees

Masters degree.

Labour market

With this Masters degree you are well prepared for leading positions. The educations breadth makes it possible to work in a wide range of industries, particularly those where progress is rapid. You are therefore not confined to the technological field that you have chosen earlier. The areas in which former students are active vary widely.

Termin 1

* Strategic Innovation Mangement 7,5 hp
* Entrepreneurship and Innovation 7,5 hp
* Scientific examination in SIM 7,5 hp
* Growth and Business Development 7,5 hp

Termin 2

* Research Methodology 7,5 hp
* Leadership Development 7,5 hp
* Dissertation 15 hp

Entrance requirement is a Bachelors degree in Engineering or the equivalent of 180 Swedish credit points or 180 ECTS credit at an accredited university. Applicants must also have written and verbal command of the English language, equivalent to English course B (passing grade) in the Swedish Secondary School system. English language proficiency equivalent of English studies at upper secondary level (post-16) in Sweden, known as English course B, demonstrated in one of the following ways: * IELTS: score (Academic) of 6.5 or more (with none of the sections scoring less than 5.5) * TOEFL paperbased: score of 4.5 (scale 1-6) in written test and a total score of 575 * TOEFL internet-based: Score of 20 (scale 0-30) in written test and a total score of 90 English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 575 TOEFL iBT® test: 90

Each year Halmstad University offers a number of scholarships to qualified students from outside the EU/EEA.These scholarships may be granted to students within any field of study at Halmstad University.

The applicant should be a citizen of a country outside the EU/EES with the requirement of paying tuition fee for studies at Halmstad University except for the following countries: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Please observe that anyone offered a scholarship has to accept the place at the study program at as well as the scholarship offer from the University.

The scholarship covers part of the tuition fee and will be dedutced from the tuition fee invoice.

The scholarship will not cover living costs and there are no grants for family members.

The scholarship nomination process
Applicants will receive a notification by email on how to apply for a Halmstad University scholarship.

Applicants with a Halmstad University study program as their first choice, will have priority in the nomination.

The committee will award scholarships to students based on academic merits. Usually this is based on GPA but also ranking of the previous university and profiency in English. Halmstad University also favours an even distribution of students when it comes to country of origin and gender.

Halmstad University will notify the recipients of scholarships by email.

The scholarship will initially be granted for one semester, but will be automatically extended for the duration of the study program (2 or 4 semesters) provided that study results are satisfactory.

The Swedish Institute scholarships
The Swedish Institute, a government agency, each year administers over 500 scholarships for students and researchers coming to Sweden to pursue their objectives at a Swedish university. Some programs may have specific scholarships connected only to the program or the subject area. Some of these programs are:

* The Visby Program Swedish Institute Baltic Sea Region Exchange Program. For academic institutions and individuals from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as well as Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. Grants are awarded for projects and for individual scholarships.
* Swedish-Turkish Program. For citizens of Turkey pursuing master´s level or advanced level studies in Sweden in the field of social sciences and law, such as International and European Relations, European Affairs, European Law, or Human Rights Law.
* Other scholarships. The Swedish Government offers a scholarship program for students from 12 developing countries: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
* The Bicentennial Swedish-American Exchange Fund. The Bicentennial Fund is open to applicants from the U.S. and awards grants for two to four weeks´ length in amounts of up to SEK 30.000. It is specifically intended for professional enrichment.
* Pakistan Overseas Scholarship Scheme. This scholarship program is exclusively open to Pakistani nationals aiming to pursue master´s level and PhD studies in Sweden.
* SI Scholarships for East Europe. The program is available for master´s level studies and open to applicants from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova and Serbia.