Business Management

Description

The Bachelor’s degree in Business Management has the following main goals:

• To provide future graduates with complete, comprehensive training that focuses on developing not only scientific and technical skills but also soft skills;
• To give students the chance to further training in their areas of interest by offering optional course units in the third year of the course, organised into four minors: finance, marketing, accounting and industrial management;  
• To provide graduates with knowledge and skills that allow them to join the workforce quickly and perform a wide range of senior functions in different areas of an organisation;
• To stimulate graduates’ interest in pursuing management studies (Master’s in Business Management) or in one of its more specific functional areas (Master’s courses in Marketing, Strategic Human Resource Management, Quality Management Systems, etc.).
  

Admission exams 2026/2027

Holders of a Portuguese secondary education diploma may apply through one of the following options:

OR

Calculation of the Application Score

The calculation of the application score depends on the number of admission exams used in the application:

OR

The Bachelor’s degree in Business Management at UMAIA fosters a culture of close interaction between staff and students, characterised by friendliness and approachability (without compromising on academic rigour).

Under the current structure of the curriculum, students now have the opportunity to undertake a work placement.

They may also tailor their studies to subjects that most interest them, through a range of optional modules in the third year of the course, organised into four areas:

• ​Finance,
• Marketing,
• Accounting and
• Industrial Management. ⁽¹⁾

⁽¹⁾ In accordance with the provisions of the Specific Regulations for the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, the opening of each elective area may be subject to the pre-registration of a minimum number of students, to be determined by the competent body at UMAIA.

Graduates in Business Management are prepared to meet the growing demands of the national and international labour markets, which usually m​​eans they ​join the workforce more quickly. The comprehensive scope of the course enables graduates to competently carry out senior functions in financial, commercial, marketing, human resources, production management and logistics departments.

Registry​

Publication in the Official Gazette

Accreditation of the Study Program

Study Program Evaluation 

Study program self-evaluation report (in portuguese)​ ​​