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Master’s Degree in Industrial Business Management

As a university graduate with a technical and scientific degree, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to launch your professional career in the field of business management. You will be able to take on managerial tasks and responsibilities in any functional area of a company, regardless of its size, and create new companies with a scientific and technological foundation.

Key information

Years

1 academic year

Credits

60 ECTS Credits

Start

October 2024

Timetable

Monday to Friday from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Language

English

In-company internships

7.5 credits

Degree

Official degree

Why study the Master’s Degree in Industrial Business Management at IQS?

You’ll be able to further your education by doing in-company internships with leading businesses in the sector. Also get access to the IQS Job Exchange.

You’ll have the opportunity to attend conferences and lectures given by professionals in the sector.

You can earn two official master’s degrees in three or four semesters by combining your studies with a master’s degree from the IQS School of Engineering.

Top 100 worldwide in FINANCIAL TIMES Master in Management Ranking

Facilities

Management laboratories with cutting-edge technology.

Objectives and competences

Subject ECTS
Economic Analysis 3
International Economics 3
Subject ECTS
Financial Statement Planning 3
Cost Analysis for Decision-Making 4,5
Financial Analysis 3
Subject ECTS
Marketing 4,5
Subject ECTS
Intership 7,5
Subject ECTS
Strategic Analysis and Planning 4,5
Business Law 4,5
Human Resources Management 4,5
Logistics and Processes 3
Innovation Management 3
Analysis and Data Management 3
Subject ECTS
Ethics and Social Responsibility in the Company 3
Subject ECTS
Master Thesis 6

Possibility of doing a Dual Master’s Degree

You can study this master’s degree along with another master’s degree from the IQS School of Engineering to earn two master’s degrees.

This offers students a multidisciplinary profile that combines scientific and technical training with knowledge of management. This combination is highly sought after by businesses.

Your career starts here

This master’s degree is highly professional in nature, and the course structure is aimed at preparing graduates to be able to take on professional activities related to business management and leadership mainly in industrial companies and in the food, automotive, electronics, and telecommunications sectors, capital equipment, wood, and metal manufacturing, and the textile or chemical sectors.

Graduates will be able to launch their professional activity in the functional areas of marketing, finance, human resources, management control, quality, and/or strategic leadership. Students will also gain the skills needed to create and lead small and medium-sized enterprises or manage and lead departments within governmental entities. Carrying out these activities does not require approval from any professional association regulations.

Career opportunities

  • General Manager

  • Scientific and technical management positions

  • Business Management

  • Finances

  • Human Resources

  • Sales Management

  • Strategic Management

  • Consultant

  • Entrepreneurship

In-company Internship

In-company internships are mandatory and are conducted in the second semester. The IQS Career Services department will support you in your internship search.

  • 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
IQS Career Services

Admissions process

Apply for admission

Once you have completed your registration, the system will assign you a user number then you must create a password. You can check the status of your application at any time with this login information.

If you are an IQS student, you must pre-register directly from your SIGMA profile. Enter your username and password and go to official studies/pre-registration.

Documentation to upload

  • Your undergraduate degree, if you have finished your studies. If you studied outside the European Union, your degree must be apostilled and legalized for the enrolment step.
  • Your most up-to-date academic transcripts, with your grade point average on a scale of 0-10.
  • 1 passport-style photograph in colour with a white background in jpg format (176×220 pixels).
  • Photocopy of valid ID card on both sides or passport bio-data page.
  • Document certifying your English level as required in your programme of choice (see the Language requirements section in point number 5).
  • If you completed undergraduate studies outside the European Union that grant you access to graduate-level studies, you must provide a certificate issued by your home university confirming that the degree you earned enables you to access master’s degree studies in the country where your undergraduate degree was earned. You can download the certificate template here.

Payment:

  • Payment of €100 by credit or debit card to open and process your application.
  • It is only refunded in the event of non-admission.
  • If you make the payment from outside of Spain, you must do so through Flywire: www.flywire.com/pay/iqsland

The master’s degree coordinator will contact you for an interview. Subsequently, IQS will notify you by email on the decision regarding your admission.

Once admitted, you have a period of two weeks to make your pre-enrolment payment. You must pay a pre-enrolment tuition fee of €1,000. The pre-enrolment payment is non-refundable and does not entail an additional cost as it will be deducted from the total tuition fees once your enrolment is finalized.

If you make the payment from outside of Spain, you must do so through Flywire: www.flywire.com/pay/iqsland

If you are a non-EU student, you will receive your visa letter once IQS has received your pre-enrolment payment.

Once the enrolment period has opened, and if you have completed the previous stages, you will receive an email from the IQS Registrar’s Office with the credentials and instructions you need to proceed with your enrolment.

Using your credentials, start your session on the SIGMA academic management application and formalize your enrolment by indicating the payment method.

Scholarships and financial aid

IQS offers scholarships and financial aid to students who wish to study a master’s degree at IQS and who have completed their undergraduate studies at another university. We also provide scholarships for academic excellence, financial need, and international students.

IQS is strongly 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.

AACSB accreditation for all IQS School of Management studies.

FINANCIAL TIMES Master in Management Ranking, recognition for the Master’s Degree in Industrial Business Management IQS. Ranked in the Top 100 worldwide (#77 position).

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.

In November 2014, the Evaluation Committee of the University System Quality Agency, AQU Catalunya, conducted a visit to accredit the IQS School of Management degrees for which the period established in the post-implementation legislation had elapsed, giving the school a favourable result on the first attempt for all studies that were being accredited.

The Master’s Degree in Industrial Business Management is highlighted by the Eduniversal ranking in the “Best Masters Ranking Worldwide 2022.”

In 2023, the Master’s Degree in Industrial Business Management joined the QS BUSINESS MASTERS RANKINGS: MANAGEMENT 2024 in spot 151+ worldwide.

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