PROBBA
The programme
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in International Business, BScBA, to everyone who's been here longer than a week, is one of Finland's most accelerated bachelor's programmes, and deliberately so. One course at a time. Three weeks, full intensity, then the next one. No juggling four subjects at once, no coasting through a semester. You are here to learn something, finish it, and move forward.
The degree is 180 ECTS credits, completed in 2.5 years: the fastest bachelor's in Finland. It is taught entirely in English, by professors who fly in from across the world to teach their three-week module and leave you better at something than you were before
The bachelor's degree - BScBA
The degree, broken down-
Your 180 credits are divided across five areas, not arbitrary boxes, but a deliberately constructed arc from broad to specific:
Major studies (52 ECTS)
International Business is your major. You will go deep: strategy, marketing, finance, intercultural management, and more.Eeach module taught by a visiting professor who has actually done the thing they're teaching.
Language studies (15 ECTS)
Communication skills, business writing, and a language elective. Options include French, Spanish, German, and Finnish for international students.
Fundamentals of Business (71 ECTS)
The foundation. Economics, accounting, mathematics, management, law. Everything a business education is supposed to give you, and then some.
Minor studies (30 ECTS)
Here's where the degree opens up. Your minor is your exchange semester: a full term at one of over 50 partner universities across the globe. You go, you study, you come back changed. It is compulsory, and every Baba who has done it will tell you it was the right call.
Elective studies (12 ECTS)
Yours to shape. Take a course that surprises you.
What comes after-
Graduating with a BScBA is not an ending,
it is a key
Since 2015, all BScBA graduates have held an automatic study right to continue into one of Aalto University School of Business's Master's programmes at the Otaniemi campus in Espoo.
No separate application to Aalto itself. You've already earned your place.
The Master's degree is 120 ECTS over two years, and the options are genuinely broad: from Accounting and Finance to Marketing and Management to interdisciplinary programmes like IDBM (International Design Business Management) or Creative Sustainability.
Good to bookmark
— Academic calendar and course schedule
— Degree requirements and curriculum
— Exchange and study abroad
— Master's programme options at Aalto
— Criteria for continuing to master's
For academic questions specific to the programme, reach out to our
Academic Affairs Coordinator - Markus at academicaffairs@probba.org
or
go straight to the study office at studyoffice-mikkeli@aalto.fi.
PROBBA
Probba - Aalto yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulun Mikkelin yksikön opiskelijayhdistys Probba ry
Lönnrotinkatu 5
50100 Mikkeli
Finland
