Bachelor's Degree Programme
| About the programme Quota 1 2024: 8,2 (Standby: 7,4) Language: English | Place of study: Aarhus | Commencement: August / September Admission area number: 22615 |
Business administration is about how to analyse and manage a company's various activities so that they contribute to creating value for the company's customers, employees and owners – and society as a whole. You will learn how to identify, formulate and solve issues and challenges related to business administration, and thus how to best manage and optimise the operation of a company. Due to the programme's international focus, the language of instruction is English and all literature is in English.
At Economics and Business Administration, you will learn about subjects such as organisational behaviour, strategy, financial management, external financial statements, logistics, marketing, finance, micro- and macroeconomics and business law, and take methodological courses in business administration. You will analyse issues relating to business administration such as financing decisions, optimisation of production planning or improvement of customer satisfaction. You will also learn about how companies and institutions are affected by society, technology, general economic conditions and legislation.
The Economics and Business Administration programme allows you to customise your own programme as you go along. In your fifth semester, you have the opportunity to put together your own study programme based on a wide range of elective subjects offered on the programme, or you can take a semester as an exchange student at one of our many partner universities. In the sixth semester, you will write a Bachelor's project within a business administration subject of your choice. When you've completed your Bachelor's degree, you can choose between a wide range of Master's degree programmes in Economics and Business Administration, where you can specialise in a particular business administration field.
You will be based at Aarhus BSS - Department of Management and the Department of Economics and Business Economics. Courses on the Economics and Business Administration programme primarily consist of lectures, classroom instruction and study group activities. There are approximately 20 hours of teaching per week, and you are expected to spend about the same number of hours preparing.
The Economics and Business Administration programme provides you with a broad insight into business administration and competencies in areas such as marketing, financial management, organisational development, management strategy, share trading and development projects, and many of our graduates go on to pursue careers in management or other specialist areas.
All applicants, both for quota 1 and quota 2, must fulfil the following admission requirements for Economics and Business Administration:
Qualifying entry examination
You must have a qualifying entry examination.
Specific admission requirements
You must fulfil the following specific admission requirements:
B-level is the Danish subject level, not the grade. We assess your subject levels when you apply.
Grade point Average (GPA) requirement of 6.0 in quota 1
You must have a minimum GPA of 6.0 on the Danish 7-point grading scale in your qualifying examination to be assessed in quota 1.
If you do not have a GPA of 6.0 on the Danish 7-point grading scale, then your application can only be assessed in quota 2.
In quota 2, you must fulfil the above-mentioned admission requirements except the GPA requirement of 6.0. In quota 2 we assess your application by 2 criteria:
1. Your grade point average of the following particularly relevant quota 2 subjects:
2. Your relevant qualifications
Relevant qualifications
If you can document that you have particularly relevant qualifications, then these can be a part of your overall quota 2 assessment.
You can find more information about quota 2 and how to document your relevant qualifications here.
In the academic regulations, you can read more about the requirements you must meet as a student and about the programme structure. You can also read about the types of examinations and the exam requirements.
The diagram below shows how the programme is structured. In the diagram, you can click on the various subjects to read the individual course descriptions.
As a student of Economics and Business Administration, you will attend lectures, where lecturers present the topics of the week to the whole year group. In connection with the classroom instruction, you are expected to play a more active role yourself and contribute to discussions, presentations and exercises. You will also be part of a study group. In your study group, you will prepare presentations together and discuss theories. You may also decide to do some of your revision for your exams together.
The bachelor’s degree programme in Economics and Business Administration is a full-time degree programme, even though you may not have scheduled lectures or classes every day. Below is an example of a typical week on the first semester of the programme. As you can see, you will be spending much of your time preparing for classes and lectures, and meeting with your study group.
Monday
8:00-12:00: Lecture: Economics 1
12:00-14:00: Classroom instruction: Organisational Behaviour
14:00-16:00: Lecture: Mathematics and Business Statistics
Tuesday
8:00-10:00: Lecture: Mathematics and Business Statistics
10:00-12:00: Classroom instruction: Economics 1
14:00-16:00: Classroom instruction: Mathematics and Statistics
Wednesday
8:00-10:00: Lecture: Organisational Behaviour
10:00-12:00: Work in study group
12:00-17:00: Preparation for lectures (reading)
Thursday
08:00-17:00: Preparation for lectures (reading)
Friday
09:00-12:00: Preparation for practical exercises (calculations)
12:00-15:00: Preparation for lectures (reading)
The bachelor’s degree programme in Economics and Business Administration is characterised by an active study environment, and you have ample opportunities to join various academic and social clubs and societies.
BSS Sport
The sports association at Aarhus BSS has women and men’s football and handball teams at various levels. Other events organised by the sports association include a sports day and a Christmas party.
‘Studenterlauget’
StudenterLauget is a student association at Aarhus BSS, which organises social and academic events for students. The association is responsible for the Friday bars, the annual skiing trip, the Freshers’ Week for new students and a wealth of other events.
‘Klubben’
‘Klubben,’ the student bar at the Fuglesangs Allé campus, is open to all BSS students. On weekdays, the atmosphere is intimate with students dropping by the student bar to read or meet for coffee and debates, while Friday is party time.
FACCA
Two years into your degree programme, you can join FACCA. FACCA – short for Finance and Consulting Club Aarhus – is a student association, which works to establish contact between students and business and industry.
Economics and Business Administration is a very international programme, and it therefore makes perfect sense to spend a semester abroad as an exchange student. Studying in a foreign country is a perfect chance to improve your language skills, find out what it is like running a business in a foreign country and improve your cross-cultural cooperation skills.
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In the course of your studies, you gain a comprehensive understanding of the many different factors, which have an impact on the running of an international company. You learn to analyse the company’s situation and make informed decisions based on the problems you identify.
Many graduates go on to work as consultants, project managers or analysts, for example in industrial companies or the service sector. You can also work in accounting, sales or in advertising.
Once you have completed your bachelor’s degree programme in Economics and Business Administration, you can go on to do any number of master’s degree programmes, for example:
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