Master programmes - your next step at Karlstad Business School
Societal challenges require in-depth knowledge and enhanced competences. By building upon your bachelor degree with a further year or two of advanced level studies, you will increase your chances of finding an exciting profession and of pursuing an international career. Karlstad Business School offers several programmes at the advanced level, both one- and two-year masters with many programmes offered in English.
Business Administration
Within business administration, we offer five master programmes, for an in-depth educational profile for further studies in:
Management: Sustainable value creation
Are you interested in business management in a rapidly changing business environment facing societal challenges? Then Karlstad Business School's new master's programme is the right choice for you! After completing the programme, you will be qualified to take on strategic roles such as sustainability manager or other key positions where sustainability and leadership go hand in hand.
Accounting and control
As a student in accounting and control, your skills are deepened to master qualified tasks in auditing, accounting and financial management within private and public organizations. Examples of future professional roles could be working as an accountant, financial manager or controller with knowledge of the latest developments in the field as well as competences that provide good conditions for your future career in both the private and public sectors.
Marketing
As a student in marketing, you deepen your knowledge, competences and prerequisites for a career in the field of marketing in private and public organizations. With an understanding of marketing's role in organizations' work to meet various needs and challenges in society and markets, the education is an excellent starting point for those who want to work with market strategic questions, market analyses, sales and market communication. Examples of future professional roles could be working as marketing manager, sales manager or marketing consultant.
Economics
Within economics, we offer two master programmes for an in-depth educational profile for further studies in:
Applied economics and advanced analytical methods
Are you ready to step into a world where data and economics shape the future? Karlstad Business School's master programme in applied economics and advanced analytical methods gives you the tools to make a difference.
As our student, you will learn to combine economic theory with practical data analysis to aid decision-makers in understanding complex problems and assessing the effects of different actions. After graduation, you can work in the public sector, business or start your own company - from specialist to broader positions in a range of industries. The possibilities are limitless.
Information systems
Within informatics/information systems, you can study a master programme in English with two years of further studies where there is also the option of finishing with a master's degree after one year. The need for competent personnel is increasing, within the IT industry, other industries and public administration. As a student in informatics/information systems, you will deepen knowledge of how people develop and use e-services to support various activities in companies and society. Central to the programme is the combination of theoretical reflections, problem solving and design work.
Your skills and abilities are deepened in courses within AR/VR (augmented / virtual reality), interaction design, business systems, or in other areas through courses connected to research projects. We have research projects in AI (artificial intelligence), BI (business intelligence), e-Health, personal integrity, crisis management support and process orientation. A master's degree in informatics gives you opportunities for a qualified profession and prepares you well for a future in the IT industry, as an employee, self-employed or if you choose to go on to postgraduate research studies. A master's degree is often necessary for interesting development assignments abroad.
Lecturing by experienced researchers and access to unique networks
Your lecturers are experienced researchers who lecture in areas where they themselves conduct their research. Other lecturers have years of experience working with private and public organizations in areas of your programmes. You will thereby have the opportunity to build a unique network with researchers, professionals and other students during your studies. As a student, you can also have the opportunity to participate in international research projects, which means contact with overseas universities and the international business community within the relevant industry for your programme. A master's degree entitles you to apply for postgraduate research that can lead to a doctorate and an academic career.
Good contacts with working life and a programme, which takes responsibility
During your programme, you are given regular opportunities to make contact with working life through professionals who participate in courses and various events at Karlstad Business School. The degree work is often carried out in collaboration with companies and organisations. A degree at master level makes you more competitive in the job market and supplies you with competencies to work with more complex tasks. Sustainable development and an international perspective are integrated into our programmes together with competencies to:
- Apply theory to practice
- Communicate
- Take responsibility and lead
- Critically reflect
- Work effectively in teams
AACSB - an international accreditation
The Business School at Karlstad University is AACSB-accredited, which means that you as a student will receive an education that meets international quality standards and is well equipped to face the challenges of the future. In many international companies, a master's degree is a requirement to be able to reach more senior positions.