MASTER´S DEGREE IN GAME BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (MGB25S): MGB25S
Code: MGB25S
Descriptions
Game Business Management is a professional development Master's degree that you can complete alongside work. It includes broader and deeper studies in management and development. It emphasises management and development skills in both a national and international context, and provides courses such as International Game Business and Game Development Project Management. You can choose to study Software production and business, Data Analytics and AI, Emerging technologies and business, Global trends, business innovations and Concepts, Strategic management or an International study course as an intensive week abroad. All courses are based on strategic thinking and development.
Objective
The overall aim of Game Business Management education is to train management and development experts for companies and organisations. It is a professional development qualification that enables students to develop their own expertise, their work community and networking.
After the training, you will be able to act as an expert, manager, leader and developer, and you will be able to use applied development methods in different companies and organisations. You will also learn how to develop your professional skills in the future. The training will also give work communities the opportunity to develop their activities through a range of learning tasks included in the training. In this thesis, you will develop your work community through various research and development methods.
Further information
The degree program consists of 90 credits and takes about 2 years to complete alongside work (Part-time program). The training is delivered in a "blended learning" format, with an average of 1-2 online training days or evenings per month.
The studies consist of studies in game business and management, including HRM and financial skills (25 credits), research and development skills (10 credits) and a thesis/development assignment (30 credits). Free-choice studies can be personalized (25 credits).
The degree obtained through the degree programme, the Master of Business Administration (Master of Business Administration), is a higher level university degree and provides the same qualification as the Master's degrees awarded by universities.
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| Code | Name | Credits (cr) | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | Autumn 2025 | Spring 2026 | Autumn 2026 | Spring 2027 | 1. / 2025 | 2. / 2025 | 3. / 2026 | 4. / 2026 | 1. / 2026 | 2. / 2026 | 3. / 2027 | 4. / 2027 |
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| MGB25S-1001 |
ADVANCED COMPULSORY PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
(Choose all ) |
35 | ||||||||||||||
| MGB25S-1002 |
Game Business and Management studies
(Choose all ) |
25 | ||||||||||||||
| YA00CF15 | International Game Business | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| YA00CF17 | Game Development Project Management | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| LY00CB58 | Self-leadership | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| LY00BU76 | Human Resource Management | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| LY00CB70 | International Financial Management | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| MGB25S-1003 |
RDI studies
(Choose all ) |
10 | ||||||||||||||
| LY00BJ56 | Business Research and Development Methods I | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| LY00BJ57 | Business Research and Development Methods II | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| MGB25S-1004 |
FREE-CHOICE STUDIES
(Choose ects: 25) |
25 | ||||||||||||||
| YA00CF16 | Software production and business | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| YA00CF18 | Data analytics and artificial intelligence | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| LY00BJ60 | Emerging Technologies and Business | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| LY00BJ58 | Global Trends, Business Innovations and Concepts | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| LY00BU77 | Strategic Management | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| LY00BL34 | Working in International Environment/Intensive Week Abroad | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
| YA00CI69 | Games Now! for Master students | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| MGB25S-1005 |
MASTER'S THESIS
(Choose all ) |
30 | ||||||||||||||
| LY00BJ63 | Master's Thesis | 30 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Total | 90 | 48 | 50 | 16 | 32 | 30 | 20 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.
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1. LEARNING TO LEARN
The graduating student promotes their own and their community's continuous learning and competence development, drawing on knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalisation. |
No attached course units |
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2. ETHICS
The graduating student assesses and promotes the realisation of ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking equality and non-discrimination into account. |
No attached course units |
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3. INTERNATIONALITY AND MULTICULTURALISM
The graduating student is able to develop and manage multicultural and international operating environments and networks. |
No attached course units |
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4. OPERATING IN A WORKPLACE
The graduating student is able to develop and manage their work community and reforms working life. |
No attached course units |
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5. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The graduating student develops and manages sustainable and responsible operating methods in their work and promotes sustainable change in their work community and society. |
No attached course units |
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6. PROACTIVE DEVELOPMENT
The graduating student is able to manage the development of new solutions that anticipate the future and produces new information using different research and development methods. |
No attached course units |
| 7. TUTKIMUS- JA KEHITTÄMISOSAAMINEN |
No attached course units |
| 8. JOHTAMISOSAAMINEN |
No attached course units |
| Not grouped |
| International Game Business |
| Game Development Project Management |
| Self-leadership |
| Human Resource Management |
| International Financial Management |
| Business Research and Development Methods I |
| Business Research and Development Methods II |
| Software production and business |
| Data analytics and artificial intelligence |
| Emerging Technologies and Business |
| Global Trends, Business Innovations and Concepts |
| Strategic Management |
| Working in International Environment/Intensive Week Abroad |
| Games Now! for Master students |
| Master's Thesis |
| Code | Name | Credits (cr) |
|---|---|---|
| MGB25S-1001 |
ADVANCED COMPULSORY PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
(Choose all) |
35 |
| MGB25S-1002 |
Game Business and Management studies
(Choose all) |
25 |
| YA00CF15 | International Game Business | 5 |
| YA00CF17 | Game Development Project Management | 5 |
| LY00CB58 | Self-leadership | 5 |
| LY00BU76 | Human Resource Management | 5 |
| LY00CB70 | International Financial Management | 5 |
| MGB25S-1003 |
RDI studies
(Choose all) |
10 |
| LY00BJ56 | Business Research and Development Methods I | 5 |
| LY00BJ57 | Business Research and Development Methods II | 5 |
| MGB25S-1004 |
FREE-CHOICE STUDIES
(Choose ects: 25) |
25 |
| YA00CF16 | Software production and business | 5 |
| YA00CF18 | Data analytics and artificial intelligence | 5 |
| LY00BJ60 | Emerging Technologies and Business | 5 |
| LY00BJ58 | Global Trends, Business Innovations and Concepts | 5 |
| LY00BU77 | Strategic Management | 5 |
| LY00BL34 | Working in International Environment/Intensive Week Abroad | 5 |
| YA00CI69 | Games Now! for Master students | 3 |
| MGB25S-1005 |
MASTER'S THESIS
(Choose all) |
30 |
| LY00BJ63 | Master's Thesis | 30 |