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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 La Paz
  • 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
  • Orientation of the curriculum to technological innovation, triple impact, circular economy, compliance with SDGs and CSR, and data science and artificial intelligence tools
  • Profile with a strong orientation to strategy development, entrepreneurship, and management and consulting skills MyPe
  • Formation of multidisciplinary teams aimed at research and generation of knowledge in different administrative areas
  • Teaching staff with extensive academic and business experience, committed to the adequate training of the student in knowledge and personal values
  • Graduates who excel in the labor market, occupying management, direction, or ownership positions in the country's business ecosystem, or internationally
  • 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
  • Cutting-edge technology and tools, access to business simulators from the beginning of the degree, to train decision-making in controlled environments. Information platforms for analysis and decision making such as Refinitiv and Passport
  • Classes with foreign teachers

They talk about us

UPB Sabrina Alfonsina Calderón Ríos Estar en la UPB es una experiencia apasionante, en la que los estudiantes desarrollamos nuestros soft y hard skills en la emocionante competencia del UPB MATCH donde podemos conocer personas, amigos y competir sanamente.
UPB Camila Vera Moscoso Mi experiencia en la UPB fue muy grata, empezando por el lado académico, desarrolle y conocí mis habilidades, conocí a docentes quienes me otorgaron muchas herramientas para dicho desarrollo y un networking empresarial.
UPB Fabian Eduardo Leyton Carvajal Mi experiencia en la UPB fue muy positiva a lo largo de estos años, tuve la oportunidad de aprender habilidades blandas y duras de profesionales con mucha experiencia en sus respectivos rubros. Destaco la eficacia del sistema modular. En cuanto a mi carrera es muy buena en la universidad.

Faculty

Staff teachers


  • Mgr. Luis Alberto Villalba Castro Dirección Estratégica, Planeación y control, Administración de MyPES, Administración de la calidad, Administración I, Administración II, Negocios Internacionales III, Administración estratégica, Administración de empresas familiares, Análisis del entorno, Negociación, Balanced Scorecard

  • Mgr. Diego Mendieta Rocha Emprendedurismo, Innovación y Creatividad, Administración I


Guest teachers


  • Mgr. Andrés Valenciaga Macho Administración de Compras , Administracion I , Control de Gestión

  • Mgr. Angela Adriana Montesinos Farfán Dirección Estratégica, Control de Gestión, Diseño de Procesos, Administración de la Producción, Administración

  • Mgr. Viviana Coloma Innovación y Creatividad

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