Master's Degree in Internationalization of Organizations
Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Key Information
Campus location
Bilbao, Spain
Languages
Spanish
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
18 months
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 12,000 / per course
Application deadline
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Introduction
"You will help companies to expand around the world and open new international markets"
We live in a globalized world and companies are no strangers to this scenario. In order to continue growing and being competitive, they need to open new international markets or install new offices in other countries. For this, they need agile professionals who can function judiciously, quickly and efficiently in these highly competitive and changing global environments.
And that will be precisely your job when you finish the master's degree in Internationalization of Organizations. You must help companies expand to the world. You will be able to manage and lead work teams and organizations in an international environment, to develop projects in other countries and to find new market opportunities.
In addition, during the master you will have the opportunity to carry out internships in a company that will allow you to travel to another country and put into practice everything you learned during the master. In this way, you will learn in real environments, acquiring experience before completing the master's degree.
We highlight
- More than 600 paid hours of work in international management
- You will carry out Workshops in companies
- You can do the internship in another country
- You will have to solve real challenges in international companies
Learning based on real projects
Throughout the Master in Internationalization of Organizations, in addition to the lectures, you will be faced with practical challenges in real environments that you will have to solve together with the work team. In this way, and with the help of expert professionals, you must develop and implement a viable strategy to launch a product to the international market or analyze which is the best market to enter for a company, for example.
Thanks to the challenges posed by real companies that you will have to solve, you will have practical learning that ensures the assimilation of the necessary knowledge to exercise your future profession and will allow you to learn about the reality of entities such as Aernnova or Eroski.
In addition to the lectures and practices, you will have the opportunity to attend seminars, workshops, congresses and masterclasses taught by experts from outside the university that will provide you with new methodologies and points of view on the subject that will enrich your training.
Practices and Master's Thesis
You will be able to take part in the internationalization processes of all types of companies and organizations while you study
During the Master you will have the opportunity to work in collaboration with companies for a year and a half. In this way, you will be able to solve real challenges and projects proposed by multiple companies, you will acquire experience and above all, you will apply the knowledge learned in class in real environments, developing the skills and aptitudes sought in a profile like yours in the labor market.
You will also carry out the curricular internships and the Master's Thesis in a company where you will have to carry out your own project related to the internationalization of organizations. You will also have the option of doing extracurricular internships during the first year.
Challenge-based learning model
At Mondragon Unibertsitatea learn by solving real challenges thanks to the challenge-based educational model.
Companies such as Orkli, LKS or Decatlhon will propose challenges that you must solve by applying what you learned during the master's degree. In this way, you will gain experience in real environments, developing the skills and abilities that companies seek in a profile like yours.
97% of the people who have completed the master's degree occupy a position directly associated with Internationalization in Organizations.
Career Opportunities
- Responsible for commercial delegations and/or production plants.
- Middle management in branches or external plants of internationalized companies.
- I work in delegations or commercial offices of embassies and public organizations.
- Responsible for research projects.
- Consulting professional in the field of internationalization of organizations.
- Responsible for export or geographic area.
- Imports and exports department.
- Purchasing Manager.
- People who are going to be appointed to a job in a subsidiary abroad.
- International sales management.
Program Outcome
"You will experience first-hand the internationalization and cultural adaptation of companies to new markets"
Why this program?
This world of rapid and constant change represents an unprecedented opportunity for business managers. Now more than ever, the global market needs high-performance managers who can lead these changes and transform organizations towards their global competitiveness.
Companies are no longer satisfied with a department aimed at international sales. They need a global strategy that allows them to direct all actions towards a global market without borders, positioning themselves as an international organization. And you will be the person capable of leading and contributing to that strategy.
In the Master in Internationalization of Organizations you will join a transformative project where you will pour your talent into your passion. You will be trained to design, develop, manage and implement international strategies that allow companies to be competitive in a global market.
This master's degree stimulates strategic skills to promote disruptive innovation in organizations through experiential and practical methodologies, close to global business reality. Do you want to be the transformative leader who can design and build your international career with social and sustainable impact?
- You will learn the keys to understanding how international markets work to design efficient internationalization strategies.
- You will have the necessary tools and skills to detect global needs and turn them into business opportunities.
- You will acquire the skill of identifying, analyzing and evaluating public information to carry out useful and accurate market studies.
- You will have the necessary tools and skills to communicate effectively both internally and externally.
- You will learn to be self-taught so that you can learn and design, manage and execute tasks autonomously.
- The world is advancing by leaps and bounds and you must be able to assimilate these changes very quickly to always be at the forefront.
Ideal Students
Requirements to study Internationalization of Organizations:
- I am passionate about the business world
- I want to work in multidisciplinary teams
- I like to travel and learn about other cultures
- I am a curious and dynamic person
- I have leadership skills
- I am a creative person
- I have a transformative mindset
Do you identify with these statements? If the answer is yes, this master's degree may be the ideal option to develop your professional future.
Curriculum
More and more companies are seeking to internationalize to have new business opportunities in new markets. By taking this Master's degree you will acquire the necessary skills to accompany these companies in their expansion process in foreign countries.
To do this, during the year and a half of the Master's degree, you will study different subjects in which you will carry out projects with real challenges that will allow you to acquire the necessary experience to practice this profession in different business cultures.
Module 1: Contextualization
- The Global Environment
- The Global Business Context
- Internationalization Strategy
The subjects of the first module are aimed at achieving those personal competencies that facilitate the student's professional performance through analysis.
Module 2: Location Where?
- Market Selection
- Forms of Entry to Foreign Markets
This module includes those subjects that help the student to situate themselves in the business and professional environment in which they must carry out their professional work: characteristics of the environment, location factors, sources of information, market entry strategies, international logistics or main features of the application of the philosophy of internationalization in the current competitive context.
Module 3: Global Management How?
- Strategic management
- People Management
- Sales and Marketing Management
- Global Supply Chain
- Financial management
The subjects in this module provide the student with the skills and tools necessary to launch business projects at an international level such as business strategy, organizational model, people management, international marketing and sales management, the global value chain and financial control.
Module 4: Geographic Adaptation
- Europe
- USA, Canada and Mexico
- Pacific Asia
- Central and South America
- Africa, Maghreb and Arab Countries
The subjects in this module provide the student with the ability to interpret the economic and cultural keys of the most relevant geographic areas today on a global level.
Module 5: Practices
- International experience
- Specialized Internships in Business
The skills and content acquired throughout the Master's degree will be applied.
Module 6: Master's Thesis
- International experience
- Master's Final Project
The skills and content acquired throughout the Master's degree will be applied.
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Scholarships and Funding
We do not want finances to be a problem when studying this master's degree, which is why we have created the BEKABIDE program through which you can adapt payments to your financial possibilities.
BEKABIDE Program: That no one stops studying at our university for economic reasons.
- Basque Government Scholarships
- Ministry of Education Scholarships
- Erasmus scholarships and other scholarships for international students
- Aid for large families
- Aid for victims of terrorism
- Help victims of gender violence
- Aid for students with honors registration
- Help to combine studies and work
- Aid for the Final Degree Project