Economics and Business Administration

专业介绍

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.

Subjects at Economics and Business Administration

At Economics and Business Administration, you will learn about subjects such as organisational behaviour, strategy, management accounting, financial accounting, logistics, marketing management, finance, micro- and macroeconomics and business law, and take methodological courses in economics and business administration. You will analyse issues relating to economics and 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.

Choose your area of specialisation

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. 

Student life at Economics and Business Administration

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. 

Career opportunities

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.