Bachelor of Business Administration, Digital Business Innovations

The Digital Business Innovations, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), 210 ECTS (credits), consists of:

• Key competences 45 ECTS
• BBA Key competences 30 ECTS
• Languages 20 ECTS

Professional competences

• Major courses in digital business innovations 45 ECTS
• Major / Minor courses of your choice 25 ECTS
• Work placement 30 ECTS
• Thesis in the field of the Major 15 ECTS

Digital Business Innovations studies prepare you for global careers in digital innovation and marketing, service design, strategic and sustainable brand development, as well as international sales and digital entrepreneurship. Graduates may work in positions of Digital Marketing Specialist, Digital Planner, Content Designer, eCommerce Specialist, and Digital Sales Manager, Business Innovation Specialistand Digital Transformation Consultant. Studies enable you to work also in innovative startups – or even establish one of your own.

The program of Digital Business Innovations offers you great opportunities for networking and benefiting from cross-cultural collaboration – and creating friendships. Most students will go on student exchange, and some will do their work placement abroad. The wide Haaga-Helia international partner network consists of nearly 200 institutions.

The degree also offers various possibilities for internationalization at home. The students can participate in short-term studies, summer schools, projects abroad, and international tutoring activities. The Haaga-Helia student body consists of over 100 different nationalities. Haaga-Helia offers guidance on how to plan the international elements to one´s personal study plan depending on the student’s interests and career goals.

The program of Digital Business Innovations offers great opportunities for networking and benefiting from cross-cultural collaboration – and creating friendships. Most students will go on student exchange, and some will do their work placement abroad. The wide Haaga-Helia international partner network consists of nearly 200 institutions.

The degree also offers various possibilities for internationalization at home. The students can participate in short-term studies, summer schools, projects abroad, and international tutoring activities. The Haaga-Helia student body consists of over 100 different nationalities. Haaga-Helia offers guidance on how to plan the international elements to one´s personal study plan depending on the student’s interests and career goals.

You will complete a Bachelor´s Thesis (15 cr) during the third study year. In your thesis process, you will plan, execute and evaluate independently a larger-scale research or project in the field of digital business innovations. The thesis process promotes

• analytical and critical thinking skills
• competencies in the search and evaluation of relevant, reliable, and valid sources to support the design of the theoretical framework of the thesis
• competence to make purposeful methodological choices to resolve business problems and develop business operations
• competence to report on RDI projects
• negotiation, networking, and collaboration skills

After finishing your Digital Business Innovations BBA studies, you can apply for Master's level studies in universities of applied sciences and universities in Finland and abroad.

Haaga-Helia offers Master’s degree programme studies, e.g., Leading Business Transformation, Strategising in Organisations and Sustainable Aviation Business. You can apply for Haaga-Helia’s Master's education once you have 2 years of work experience after your Bachelor’s degree.