The Department of Management Studies is one of the four departments at the Faculty of Economics and Administration and began its operation on August 1st, 2004. Major subjects are Administrative Science, Management and Organisation and Marketing.

The European Master Programme in Higher Education (HEEM), an Erasmus Mundus funded programme in the field of higher education, was established in 2004. The programme is organised jointly by the Universities of Oslo, Tampere and Aveiro. The Higher Education Group at the Department of Management Studies is responsible for the courses in management and administration of higher education. There is also a national Finnish programme in the field of higher education management established in 2007.

Master’s Degree Programme in Business Competence is a two year international and multidisciplinary programme taught in English. The Programme offers the student an opportunity to become comprehensively acquainted with various special issues of business competence.

Master’s Degree Programme in Media Management is a two year programme taught both in English and Finnish. The Programme is oriented to build and strengthen the competence of middle management in media firms and specifically in the context of journalism, broadly construed. The programme is organised jointly by the Department of Management Studies and the Department of Journalism & Mass Communication.

The Head of the Department is Professor Ismo Lumijärvi. For more information on the department, please see:
http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/jola/english.php