Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
UIC Barcelona, synonymous with international double degrees
Finish your degree in London, Turin, Berkeley or Los Angeles
95% of our Business Administration students find work upon graduation
Let’s build the future together
Guidance and coaching
UIC Barcelona provides students voluntary academic, career and personal counselling right from year one.
Academic Excellence Programme
We prepare students for decision-making and leadership roles in the world of business. The programme offers an in-depth and up-close look at the professional reality. Classes are taught by lecturers from world renowned business schools.
Agreements in the US
You will have the chance to attend summer sessions at the illustrious University of California, Berkeley and earn credit. UC Berkeley is one of the world’s top universities. We also have an exclusive agreement with UCLA.
95% of our Business Administration students find work upon graduation
With a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management, you will be qualified to hold positions of responsibility in various settings. The Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management will open up a wide range of job opportunities.
- General and strategic management
- People management
- Banking and finance
- Entrepreneurship
- Consulting
- Planning and control
- Logistics and distribution management
- Marketing
- Advertising and sales
- Accounting and auditing
Find out about professional experience
Hear it from them
“Studying Business Administration and Management at UIC Barcelona is much more than just earning a university degree. It’s an experience that has shaped me as a person. The place where I've developed my communication and public speaking skills as a member of the debate team. The opportunity to live in another country. To learn from highly qualified professors and interact with people from all over the world.”
Patricia Manresa
“Thanks to UIC Barcelona, I’ve been able to meet and share my undergraduate years with people from all over the world. Having the chance to go to Turin opened the doors to the world of engineering, Italian culture and experiences that will stay with me forever. Also, thanks to the teaching staff’s accessibility, I found the close relationship I needed to complete my studies.”
David Carpi
Teaching staff with years of academic and professional experience
The Faculty’s teaching staff includes qualified professionals currently working in different areas of the economy and the business world. Many of the lecturers are doctors in their respective field and specialise in research. We are also lucky to have working professionals who provide students with practical and authentic examples of the economic and social challenges companies have to face in the real world. Consequently, this multifaceted teaching team offers high quality and specialised tuition in order to prepare the entrepreneurs and business leaders of the future.
The University of the Double International Bachelor’s Degrees
Finish your studies at prestigious universities in London, Turin, Los Angeles and Berkeley. Discover all the Business Administration and Management-related opportunities we have to offer here and around the world.
Additional information
Presentation
UIC Barcelona's Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management trains business pro-fessionals and entrepreneurs who are committed to society. Its combination of well-assimilated theoreti-cal knowledge and hands-on approach will turn you into a professional capable of solving problems.
It will encourage teamwork and enhance your ability to run your own projects. Just like in real-life, yet with an academic foundation.
The teaching programme revolves around two key aspects: hands-on training and an international out-look. At UIC Barcelona, many of our students study part of their degree at a foreign university. If you prefer, you may also choose to take the bachelor's degree in English (Business Management English Programme).
Objectives
Our aim is to turn you into a professional who is capable of performing administrative and management-related tasks in various areas of business.
We strive to give you sufficient knowledge and skills to help you successfully transition to the global job market. We teach you to understand changes in an international context and respond accordingly using ethical values.
Who is it intended for? Prospective students
If you have a background in humanities or social sciences or studied in a technical upper secondary education programme, this is the right degree for you.
We are looking for people with the following skills:
- Discipline and dedication
- Study habits
- The ability to plan and organise
- Quick decision-making skills
- Psychological skills and empathy
- Emotional balance
- Responsibility and observation
- Teamwork and leadership
Competences: Graduates
By the time you finish your degree you will be prepared to meet future challenges. You will learn to dili-gently develop business projects, engage in collaborative objectives and steer your goals towards self-improvement and improving others.
Cross-disciplinary competences
- Decision-making skills
- Ability to put in place time-management mechanisms
- Ability to plan and organise work
- Ability to communicate in other languages
- Ability to adapt to new situations
We will assess your cross-disciplinary competences through: personal interviews, schedules and project outlines, presentations, individual and group projects and class participation.
Specific competences
- Knowledge, understanding and application of accounting methods, techniques and instruments.
- Understanding and use of the correct financial terminology in a business context.
- Application of the main capital structure and asset management policies.
- Ability to identify long-term economic growth factors and understand the impact of globalisation.
- Knowledge and use of micro- and macroeconomic terminology.
We will assess your specific competences through: lectures, case studies, problem solving and prob-lem-based, project-oriented, cooperative and independent learning.
Academic accreditation
Graduado o Graduada en Administración y Dirección de Empresas por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.
Teachers
- AGNESE FREIRE, Pablo
- AGULLES SIMÓ, María Remedios
- AKHMEDOVA USACHEVA, Anna
- ALMAJANO DE MIR, Javier
- ALSINA CASANOVA, Mª Guadalupe
- ALSINA CASANOVA, Miguel
- AMARO MARTÍNEZ, Francisco
- AMIGÓ NAVARRO, Pau
- ANDRÉS UCENDO, José Carlos
- ASTORGA SANCHEZ, Juan Antonio
- BAKER, Martyn Russell
- BASTONS PRAT, Miquel
- BERRIOLO, Antonella
- BLANCO VICENTE, Javier
- BOSCH RABELL, Magdalena
- CAGIGÓS POCH, Albert
- CHANCLÓN FERNÁNDEZ, Raúl
- COLOMBARI, Ruggero
- CÓRDOVA MARTÍNEZ, Suzanne
- COSIALS RUIZ, Carlos
- CRISPÍ CANTON, Marta
- DE IRALA ESTÉVEZ, Jokin
- DE ITUARTE SESMA, Maria Izaskun
- DE LEON DE TERESA, Javier
- DE SANTIAGO BAYONA, Andreu
- ELIZALDE MONROSET, Guillermo José
- ESTANY GALOFRE, Miquel
- FAJA PIJUAN, Josep
- GABRIEL LOP, Laura
- GIL DOMÈNECH, Maria Dolors
- GIRONZA MARQUÉS, Alfonso
- GOLIA, Catalina Lorena
- GONZÁLEZ BAYÀ, Jordi
- GORDILLO LINERO, Ruben
- GUTIÉRREZ HEREDERO, Gabriel
- HAYES VIDAL-QUADRAS, Carolina
- HERMOSA ALÒS, Cristian
- HERNANDEZ SERRET, Joan
- HERRERA GUTIÉRREZ, Brígida
- HERRERO OLARTE, Susana
- HUGUET ROIG, Jordi
- INETSKAYA, Anna
- ISAC VEGA, Joan
- LABIAN PAGES, Alicia
- LASTRA MARTÍNEZ, Andrea
- LLIMONA BALCELLS, Joaquim
- LOOSSENS, Rudi Irma Karel
- LUCAYA FORCADA, Beatriz
- MACIÁ DE ARANA, José
- MAGOMEDOVA, Nina
- MANRESA MATAS, Alba
- MARIMON VIADIU, Frederic
- MARTIN ESCOBAR, Juan Jose
- MARTINEZ NAVARRO, Javier
- MARTORELL RODON, Josep Maria
- MAS MACHUCA, Marta
- MATAS GRATECAP, Sofia
- MORA CORRAL, Toni
- MORATÓ CHAFER, Joan
- NAEIMI, Mitra
- NEBRERA GONZÁLEZ, Montserrat
- NUBIOLA AGUILAR, Jaime
- OUAZZANI, Yacine
- PANLILIO BAUTISTA, Rafael Lorenzo
- PARERA BLANCH, Clàudia
- PHAN THAN TO, Van
- PIERRAKIS, Ioannis
- PIÉ VALLS, Blai
- PRATS SALMURRI, Cristina
- RAMÍREZ SIMON, Wendy Maria
- REDONDO LÓPEZ, Nieves
- REN, Yanqiu
- REY MIRO, Damia Josep
- REY PEÑA, Carlos
- RIBAS GARRIGA, Eudald
- RIERA PORTELL, Inés
- ROCHE VALLES, David
- SANTALÓ LLORET, Jan
- SEGARRA CABO, Alba
- SERRA FERRE, Eric
- SERRA MAIQUEZ, Jaume
- SERRANO VILA, Susana
- SIMÓN ALTABA, Marc
- SITGES MARQUÉS, Ramon
- SOLANELLAS DONATO, Pere
- TANGANELLI BERNADES, David
- TRESSERRES MACAYA, María Cristina
- TRULLOLS GIL-DELGADO, Luis Fernando
- URBANO LORENTE, Judith
- URZAY GÓMEZ, Sergi Òscar
- VAN HET KAAR, Jakob Cornelis Willem
- VERD LLABRES, Guillem
- XU, Feng
- ZÁRATE RIVERO, Belén
- ZUAZUA MENSA, David
Internship
Work placement agreements with companies:
Hands-on training is one of our commitments. At UIC Barcelona we have signed work placement agreements with a large number of domestic and international institutions. Over 320 work placement options for you to choose from.
Some of the companies we have cooperation agreements with are:
- AGBAR Automotive
- Agilent Technologies
- Atrápalo
- Banc de Sabadell
- Banco Santander
- Bosch
- Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai
- CASIO
- CELSA
- COMSA
- Danone, SA
- Deutsche Bank
- Endesa
- Ernst & Young
- FCC
- FERRERO
- Ficosa Internacional
- Gallina Blanca
- General Electric
- HUSA Hotels
- KPMG
- La Caixa
- Nestlé
- Nike
- Nutrexpa
- RACC
- ROCHE Diagnostics, SL
- Seat, SA
Objectives
You will fulfil your objectives. Work experience will help facilitate your transition to the job market, where you will be able to apply your theoretical knowledge in a number of different professional contexts. These opportunities will further develop your skills, competences, attitudes and aptitudes.
How it works
You will complete in-company work placement on a full-time basis in semester two of year four of the Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management.
Under the Bologna Process and the subject's continuous assessment method, work placement is divid-ed into three phases:
- "Before" work placement phase:
We will help you acquire the necessary knowledge to look for and secure work experience or employment at a company. We deliver sessions aimed at helping you successfully transi-tion to the job market.
An important stage in building a career. - "During" work placement phase:
Your tutors –one at the University and another at the company– will further develop your skills and attitudes.
During this phase we will monitor how you progress in terms of your role and the responsi-bilities you take on at the company. - "After" work placement:
This is the time when you show us everything you have learned. During this phase you will submit a "Work Placement Report", which will be assessed by lecturers from the Faculty of Business Administration and Management.
Regulations
The regulations governing In-Company Work Placement are as follows:
- It is an optional subject and may only be taken during year four of the Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management.
- You will complete the placement on a full-time basis during the second semester.
- Work placement may not be taken at the same time as any other subjects during the second semester.
- You may only enrol in this subject if you have not failed more than six credits of basic or manda-tory first-, second- or third-year subjects. We at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences value our students' good academic performance.
Prerequisites & admissions
Application for admissions
To pre-register for a degree programme at UIC Barcelona, click on the following link and complete the application form:
Entrance Examinations
After submitting your application you are required to take an entrance exam on our Barcelona Campus. You may take it at any one of the available times.
Required documentation
Check out the documentation you need to be admitted to UIC Barcelona. We believe there are many ways to start your new life at university. Click on the following link for all necessary information:
Reservation and enrolment
If you have received an acceptance letter, all you need to do is pay 20% of the full cost of the first year. Once your enrolment is complete, you must pay the remaining 80% in one lump sum.
Acces routes
How can I access UIC Barcelona? Click on the following link for information on all possible routes.
Grants & financial aid
Grants
UIC Barcelona offers various fellowships supported by both public institutes (MEC or AGUAR) as well as private UIC Barcelona funds.
For further information, please check with our admissions department:
Financial aid
Each payment method is adhered to the specific financing conditions of each degree programme.
Please see the attached document for details on these conditions:
Discounts
Those seeking undergraduate degrees at UIC Barcelona may be eligible for different discounts depending on their circumstances.
International mobility
Outgoing mobility stays
As a student of this degree programme, you may study abroad and receive academic recognition in most options.
Discover your mobility options abroad:
- Study abroad for a semester or a full academic year at one of your faculty’s partner universities.
- Erasmus traineeships, curricular, extracurricular or recent graduate work placements (according to the degree programme)
- International summer courses: UIC Berkeley Summer Sessions, Penn Summer, Boston University Summer
- UCLA Extension Certificate Programmes
To find out what you need to do before, during and after your mobility stay, please see the following links:
Incoming mobility stays
If you are an international student or from another Spanish university, you are elegible for a mobility stay at UIC Barcelona during a semester or a whole academic year.
If you would like to find out more about the specific incoming mobility criteria for the bachelor's degree in Business Administration, contact the Department of International Relations:
- Barcelona Campus: exchange.bcn@uic.es
