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Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management

You will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to lead and create the companies of the future through innovation and strategic thinking. IQS fosters internationalization in our studies with a teaching track entirely in English and exchanges at foreign universities so students become versatile professionals who are capable of embarking upon a career in a global and highly competitive environment.

Key information of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management

Years

4 academic years

Credits

240 ECTS credits

Start

September 2024

Timetable

8:00 am to 2:30 pm (first and second year) 3:00 pm to 9:30 pm (third and fourth year)

Language

100% in English or progressively from Spanish to English

Recommended secondary school electives

Mathematics and Economics

Degree

Official degree

Why study the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management at IQS?

Create your own educational path by specializing in areas such as marketing, accounting and finance, or data science.

Two teaching tracks (100% in English or progressively towards English).

Possibility of Dual Degrees and exchanges with foreign universities.

IQS job exchange and mandatory in-company internships.

You can take advantage of support to launch your business idea thanks to IQS Tech Factory, our entrepreneurship and innovation unit.

Learning by doing methodology with state-of-the-art management laboratories.

International Dual Degree

BACHELOR IN MANAGEMENT

Kedge Business School (France)

As a student of the Bachelor in Business Administration at IQS you will be able to do a one-year exchange at Kedge Business School (France) and you’ll be able to obtain two international degrees in only 4 years.

Facilities

Management laboratories with cutting-edge technology.

Objectives and competences of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management

Curriculum of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management

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Subject ECTS
General Accounting Fundamentals 6
Mathematics for Business 6
Microeconomics 6
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)* 6
Business Economics and Management 6
Macroeconomics* 6
Marketing 6
Social Ethics 3
Organizational Behaviour 3
Statistics 6
Business and Labour Law 6
Subject ECTS
Data Analysis 6
Leadership 3
Financial Statements Analysis 6
Global Economy and 4.0 6
Foreign Language I 6
Financial Mathematics 3
Human Resources and Talent Management 6
Cost Calculation and Analysis 6
Market Research 3
Foreign Language II 6
Disruptive Technologies 3
Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 6
Subject ECTS
Supply Chain and Operations 3
Business Management 3
International Business 6
Tax Law 3
Management Control 6
Introduction to Financial Management 3
Innovation and Technology Management 6
Financial Management 6
Strategic Marketing 6
Entrepreneurship 6
Business Information Systems 6
Strategic Management 6
Subject ECTS
Electives 30
In-company internship 18
Final Degree Project 12

Electives

Your career starts here

Graduates of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management can take advantage of a wide range of professional opportunities in various areas such as business, communications, business management, sales management, and more.

The IQS Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management in Barcelona prepares you for the general and functional management of companies.

Career opportunities of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management

  • Departments of a company

    Financial, Sales, Management control, Marketing, Trade-marketing, Market Research, IT, International Trade, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Quality, R&D&i, and HR.

  • Management of functional areas

    Production, Marketing, Sales, Human Resources, and Finance.

  • Services sector

    Auditing, consulting, project evaluation, stock market, financial institutions, banking, recruitment companies, insurance, marketing, advertising, research institutes, distribution, and tourism.

  • Research focus, through the master’s and doctoral studies offered by IQS.

  • Regional, Spanish, and European government.

  • Teaching

In-company Internship of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management

The Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management curriculum includes an in-company internship that counts towards 18 credit hours. Internships are required and take place during the fourth year. Students also have the possibility of doing a full-time internship during the second semester of their fourth year.

  • Internships represent an initial contact with the labour market
  • They guide students based on their professional interests
  • They offer a real opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge and skills acquired
  • They make it possible to find a job
  • They distinguish a graduate’s curriculum vitae
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Faculty IQS of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management

Alfonso Hernández Vivanco, PhD

Department of Business Management and Department of Industrial Engineering

Antoni Olivé Tomàs, PhD

Department of Business Management

Carlos Malet Falcó, PhD

Strategy and Business Management

Cristina Montañola Sales, PhD

Department of Mathematics and Data Analytics

David Castillo Merino, PhD

Department of Economics and Finance

Flavio Vasconcellos Comim, PhD

Dean of the IQS School of Management and Department of Ethics and Christian Thought

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Francesc de Paula Martori Adrian, PhD

Department of Mathematics and Data Analytics

Gonzalo Rodríguez Pérez, PhD

Department of Economics and Finance

Jorge Matute Vallejo, PhD

Department of Business Management

Jose Luis Sánchez Torelló, PhD

Department of Business Management

Josep García Blandón, PhD

Department of Economics and Finance

M. del Mar Guitert Catasús, PhD

Department of Business Management

Mª Belén Derqui Zaragoza, PhD

Dean’s Office of the IQS School of Management and Department of Business Management

Marta Tena León, PhD

Communication and Corporate Marketing  and Department of Business Management

Mihály Tamás Borsi, PhD

Department of Economics and Finance

Mònica Martínez Blasco, PhD

Department of Economics and Finance

Octasiano Miguel Valerio Mendoza, PhD

Department of Mathematics and Data Analytics

Oriol Quintana Rubio, PhD

Department of Ethics and Christian Thought

Ramon Xifré, PhD

Department of Economics and Finance

Ramon Palau Saumell, PhD

Department of Business Management

Roberto Cantoni, PhD

Department of Ethics and Christian Thought

Silvia Bou Ysàs, PhD

Department of Economics and Finance

Xavier Ramírez Roma, PhD

Department of Economics and Finance

Admissions process of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management

Apply for admission

To apply for admission to one of our bachelor’s degrees, you must submit various documents to us so we can assess your application. Create an account and sign in here. You must save and remember your username and password as they will enable you to continue the process you have started.

Documentation to upload

  • Valid ID/Passport
  • Passport-style photograph in colour with a white background in jpg format (176×220 pixels).

Students from the Spanish educational system:

  • Grades from your 1st year secondary school baccalaureate studies and completed grades from your 2nd year.
  • PAU exam grades (if you already have the results).
  • If you are studying an Advanced Vocational Education Cycle (CFGS): your updated academic transcripts.
  • If you have started a degree at another university: academic transcripts.

Students from outside the Spanish educational system:

  • Grades from your last two academic years prior to accessing university.
  • Credential granting you access to the Spanish university system issued by UNEDasiss or favourable decision approving your previous studies prior to accessing university.

Admissions test:

You must select the date to take the admissions test when making your application, based on the established calendar.

Pre-registration paymentDuring the process, you must pay a €125 administration and processing fee for your application. Payment can be made online by credit or debit card. This amount will be refunded only in the event that a student is not admitted to the studies, notwithstanding the right of withdrawal under the legally established terms.*

The ONLINE admissions test is a psychometric test and also includes an English level test that you must take regardless of whether or not you have an official language certificate.

Admissions tests will be sent by email at 3:30 pm (Spanish time) on the date you have selected. The duration of the test is approximately three hours and you have 24 hours to take the test: from 3:30 pm on the day the test begins until 3:30 pm the following day.

The Admissions Committee will decide on your admission based on your studies, academic results, and the admissions test. The Admissions Committee will inform you on your admission by email within a maximum period of 15 days from the date you took the admissions test (not counting holiday periods such as Christmas and Easter).

A student’s admission is conditional upon meeting the academic requirements necessary for accessing bachelor’s degree studies.

The pre-enrolment payment is mandatory and is the step that must be taken before the enrolment period opens, during which time students must formalize their enrolment.

Once admitted, you have a period of two weeks to make your pre-enrolment payment on the online pre-enrolment platform by credit or debit card. Otherwise, it will understood that the student is not interested in continuing with the process and their pre-enrolment will be cancelled.

Pre-enrolment does not entail an additional cost as the sum will be deducted from the total tuition fees when payment is made. The payment is only refunded in the event that a student does not meet the requirements to access studies at IQS (not having passed the PAU exams, not passing studies prior to accessing university, or not having obtained their student visa), notwithstanding the right of withdrawal under the legally established terms.*

Pre-enrolment tuition fee for the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management: €1,000

The enrolment period will open starting the last week of June. Pre-enrolment only ensures that a student can enrol in a bachelor’s degree up to 15 days after the opening of the enrolment period. Otherwise, it will be understood that the student is not interested in continuing with the process.

We will send an email with the credentials and instructions to proceed with your enrolment.

Scholarships and financial aid of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management

IQS offers three different types of scholarships for undergraduate students. To apply for a scholarship, students must have pre-registered and have been admitted to one of our bachelor’s degree programmes. Apply for the scholarship that best suits your needs based on your situation and circumstances. Discounts are also available to students from a large family or who have a sibling studying at IQS.

IQS is committed to quality and has different processes in place to ensure continuous improvement through the IQS School of Management Quality Committee.

IQS is accredited by the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, USA), the leading international accreditation entity for studies in the areas of business and accounting. The Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral studies at the IQS School of Management hold this accreditation and international recognition.

Accreditation by the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, USA) of all IQS School of Management studies.

The IQS School of Management formally applied for membership in the AUDIT programme on 18 July 2011 under the expansion category. To this end, it adopted the design of the Internal Quality Assurance System (SGIC) of the IQS School of Engineering, which had been submitted to the University System Quality Agency (AQU) for evaluation in the 2009 AUDIT call and positively assessed on 22 April 2010.

On 13 December 2012, positive feedback was received from AQU for the design of the IQS School of Management SGIC.

Ramon Llull University (URL) and its centres already boast a long history of developing policies, strategies, and actions focused on guaranteeing the quality of their degrees, teaching activity, research, and management.

IQS School of Management formally applied for membership of the AUDIT programme on 18 July 2011, in the extension mode. To this end, it adopted the design of the Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS) of IQS School of Engineering, which had been submitted to the Agency for the Quality of the University System (AQU) for evaluation in the AUDIT 2009 call and positively assessed on 22 April 2010.

On 13 December 2012, a positive assessment was received from AQU for the design of the IQAS of the IQS School of Management.

The Universitat Ramon Llull (URL) and its centres have a long history of developing policies, strategies and actions aimed at guaranteeing the quality of its degrees, teaching and research activity and management.

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