Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics
MSc in Business
Lisbon, Portugal
MSc
DURATION
4 semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 17,200 / per semester *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 4-semester| 14,700.00 EUR for 3-semester
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Key Summary
The MSc in Business provides strong foundations in management for non-business graduates. The program introduces students to the core areas of management and provides them with the analytical and core professional competencies skills to succeed in today's workplace. Students will prepare for managerial careers by adding business knowledge to their previous academic training.
Key Features
The MSc in Business will complement and enable you to leverage your undergraduate training. You can choose to bring your management insights to the field of your undergraduate degree, or you can pursue a career in the business area that interests you most.
- Solid foundation in all key functional areas of business.
- Expert advising throughout the entire MSc Dissertation
- International Master Exchange Option.
- Flexibility to develop the Master's dissertation in any management area - marketing, strategy, organizational behavior, etc.
Católica Top+ is a merit scholarship program for Master's students of all nationalities.
Implemented by Católica-Lisbon, this program allows high-potential students to complete their MSc with a partial waiver of tuition fees for the regular track of the program (3 semesters at our School; exchange semester excluded).
We encourage outstanding students to apply for this scholarship, especially those that have completed their first cycle degree at the top of their classes.
The following criteria are highly valued in the evaluation of the candidates for Católica Top+:
- Undergraduate academic record;
- International experience;
- Professional experience (e.g. internships);
- Extracurricular activities;
- Potential contribution to the community of Católica-Lisbon;
NOTE: Double Degree and Joint Degree students can only be granted a scholarship in the 1st year.
The Master of Science in Business is organized into Foundation Courses and Free Electives, providing students with solid foundations in management.
Program Coursework
The coursework for the Business Program consists of Foundation Courses and Elective Courses. Apart from that, Career Accelerator Lab and LERNE Sessions are also part of this coursework.
Semester 1
Foundation Courses
The foundation courses are designed to introduce students to the core areas of management and provide them with analytical and core professional competencies skills.
- Accounting (7 ECTS)
- Business Statistics (3.5 ECTS)
- Finance (7 ECTS)
- Marketing Planning (7 ECTS)
- Strategic Management (3.5 ECTS)
Semester 2
Foundation Courses
- Business Ethics & Social Responsibility (3.5 ECTS)
- Business Research Methods (7 ECTS)
- Economics of Business & Markets (3.5 ECTS)
- Managerial Economics (3.5 ECTS)
- Managing People (3.5 ECTS)
Free Elective Courses
Depending on your individual study plan, during this semester you can choose one elective course from all the Master's Programs available at CATÓLICA-LISBON.
- Free Elective Course (3.5 ECTS)
Semester 3 (optional)
The MSc in Business allows you to have a Master's Exchange semester in one of our many international Partner Universities during the 3rd semester.
Alternatively, in the 3rd semester of the program, you may take an academic break to pursue a full-time internship before your thesis semester.
If you do not wish to pursue an exchange or academic break for a full-time internship, your 3rd Semester will be the Dissertation Semester.
Dissertation Semester
Dissertation Project
The Master's dissertation is the culmination of your master's program. This is when you build on the knowledge and skills acquired during the program to develop an individual project on a topic that resonates with your career aspirations and helps you excel in an area you find professionally relevant. At CATÓLICA-LISBON there are two models for dissertation supervision – an Independent Process, or a project developed in the Dissertation Seminar.
Most of our students develop their industry or academic research in a dissertation seminar supervised by an expert in a specific area. Here is a selection of Dissertation Seminars offered in 2022/2023. This list is updated every year to reflect the topics of interest for our master students and its relevance for companies.
- Automation and The Future Workplace
- Business Adaptive Strategies in Crisis
- The Value of Co-Created Products
- Managing in Global Companies
- Marketing and Hedonic Experiences
- Behavior Change
- New Product Innovation
- Consulting for Startups
- Consulting Project
- Decision Making
- Work Design
- Tourism Marketing
- Responsible Business
- Robotic Process Automation
- Business Strategy Case Studies
- Competitive Advantage
- New Business Opportunities
- The Future of Industries
- Internationalization: Small and Medium Businesses
- Product Management in Consumer Packaged Goods
- Qualitative studies in luxury, fashion and other creative industries
- Transition to sustainable, circular and regenerative business models
- Well-being: innovation and Impact on personal choice
- Fashion, Sustainability and Purpose - A Consumer Perspective
- Brand Image & Equity: From Creation to Impact
- Healthcare: Innovation and Transformation
- Marketing and Hedonic Experiences
- Social Responsibility and Perceived Trust: Companies, Consumers and Stakeholders
- Building Sustainable Hybrid Organization–Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Marketing
- Product Management in Consumer Packaged Goods
- Digital and Sustainable Business Models
- Applied Research Topics on Strategy
- Brand Image & Equity: From Creation to Impact
- New Frontiers in Strategic Thinking
The Dissertation Semester will take place in the last semester of the Master's Program.