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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

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The Private University#1 of Bolivia

#7 BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLIN LATIN AMERICA

#1 employer reputationin Bolivia

#1 teacher/student ratio

WHY STUDY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION?

The bachelor's degree in Business Administration aims to train professionals with planning, execution and evaluation skills within companies. The degree will allow the professional to propose appropriate strategies to identify business opportunities. The competencies are focused on training leaders who direct companies to meet their goals.

  • Programa Program Undergraduate
  • Programa Location Santa Cruz
    La Paz
    Cochabamba
  • Programa Duration 8 SEMESTRES
  • Programa Credits 225

CAREER PROFILE

  • Create, develop and manage public or private companies
  • Develop and enhance leadership skills
  • Use technology as a management tool
  • Design and formulate business strategies for national and international markets.
  • Carry out diagnoses and generate innovative proposals in companies of different sizes and sectors.
  • Evaluate the economic valuation of companies and propose financial policies.
  • Detect investment and expansion opportunities for the company and develop the respective business plans.

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Study plan and Mentions

FIRST SEMESTER
  • Business Administration I
  • Basic accounting
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Written Communication Techniques
  • Introduction to Economics
  • Computing I
  • Mathematics I
  • English Beginners
SECOND SEMESTER
  • Business Administration II
  • Cost Accounting I
  • Macroeconomy
  • Marketing I
  • Methods and techniques of investigation
  • Microeconomics I
  • Statistics I
  • English Intermediate
THIRD SEMESTER
  • Organizational behavior
  • Introduction to Business Law
  • Surrounding analysis
  • Financial Mathematics I
  • Mathematics II
  • Statistics II
  • Marketing Service
  • English High Intermediate
FOURTH SEMESTER
  • Strategic management
  • Public administration
  • Human Talent Management
  • Leadership and Ethics
  • Administrative Accounting
  • Consumer behavior
  • English Advanced
FIFTH SEMESTER
  • Negotiation
  • Foreign trade
  • Market Research I
  • Quantitative Models I
  • Financial statement analysis
  • Taxation
  • Sales administration
  • Professional Practice I
SIXTH SEMESTER
  • Purchasing administration
  • Production and Operations Management
  • Process design
  • E-Business
  • Information Systems Administration
  • Managerial Finance I
  • Budgets
  • Logistics Strategy
SEVENTH SEMESTER
  • Business intelligence
  • Quality Management
  • Strategic Direction
  • Project Preparation and Evaluation I
  • Managerial Finance II
  • Digital marketing
  • Professional Practice II
EIGHTH SEMESTER
  • Entrepreneurship
  • International Administration
  • Management control
  • Stock market
  • Strategic marketing
GRADUATION MODALITIES
  • Graduation project
  • Thesis
  • Directed Work
  • Grade test
  • Graduation for Excellence
DIFFERENTIATORS
  • Academic offer updated to current trends and demands in relation to Family Businesses, Sustainable Businesses in B Economy, Orange Economy, and Startup Entrepreneurship. (Syllables)
  • Orientation of the curriculum to technological innovation, triple impact, circular economy, compliance with SDGs and CSR, and data science and artificial intelligence tools. (Manage agreements with surrounding organizations, events, syllables, rubrics).
  • Formation of multidisciplinary teams aimed at research and generation of knowledge in different administrative areas. (strategy, books, data science and artificial intelligence club)
  • Teaching staff with extensive academic and business experience, committed to the adequate training of the student in knowledge and personal values. (Teaching CVs, teaching evaluations and peer evaluations.)
  • Graduates who excel in the labor market, occupying management, direction, or ownership positions in the country's business ecosystem, or internationally. (Career services)
  • Parallel degree option with the University of London, opportunity to obtain a degree of international scope, with courses taught at UPB and providing a world-class education. (London Program, Internationalization)
  • Cutting-edge technology and tools, access to business simulators from the beginning of the degree, to train decision-making in controlled environments (Hotel Simulator and CESIM). Information platforms for analysis and decision making such as Refinitiv and Passport. (Accounts and access).
  • Classes with foreign teachers

They talk about us

UPB Sebastián Bolívar Estudiar Administración de Empresas me enseñó la belleza de la diversidad. Es una carrera singular y rica en talentos, conocimientos y oportunidades. Te enseña a gestionar con maestría e instruye sobre valores a cultivar.
UPB Valeria Villaroel Me apasiona el mundo de los negocios, considero que las empresas son motor de desarrollo y progreso, permiten aportar valor y soluciones a los desafíos actuales. Busco aprender a gestionar con eficiencia, innovación y responsabilidad social.
UPB Andrea Miranda Escogí Administración porque me permite liderar, planificar, organizar, coordinar y analizar estrategias para sacar adelante una empresa. La experiencia de la UPB es única; las actividades, oportunidades, contactos y vínculos que se forman.

Faculty

Staff teachers


  • Edwin Gonzalo Durán Zurita Liderazgo y Ética

  • Branko Lenar Fernández Rojas Control de Gestión - Administración de Empresas II

  • María Isabel Pueyo Roy Gestión del Talento Humano y las de Mención en Recursos Humanos


Guest teachers


  • Fernando Javier Ayala Félix Administración de empresas I - Administración de empresas II - Metodos y técnicas de investigación

  • Rodrigo Velasco Administración de Empresas y Negocios

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