Bachelor's of Science in Management

About Program

KIU implements Bachelor of Science Program in Management. The program is offered in English language. KIU welcomes International students. Please see below details about the program:

Degree issued
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Management.

Language of instruction
English
Note: Students can be provided with academic support courses in English language, in case of need during their studies at KIU.

Accreditation
•  Program is developed in partnership with TUM and TUM International and approved by the International Advisory Board of KIU;
•  Program accreditation is equivalent to the Georgian accreditation.
•  KIU plans to apply for international accreditation prior to the first cohort graduation.
 

Program Goals

Management Bachelor Program is oriented to prepare qualified, competitive, compliant with modern requirements management bachelors with continuous professional growth skills. Program goals are as following:

• Goal 1

Transfer to student broad theoretical knowledge and to develop practical skills in both basic and one of the functional management areas:  Finance and Accounting; marketing, Strategy and leadership; Innovations and Entrepreneurship; Operations and Supply Chain Management; Economics and Policy.

• Goal 2

Develop in student entrepreneurial, managerial and leadership skills which are essential for the effective managerial performance in complex, dynamically changing global environment.

• Goal 3 

Shape the student’s worldview and values, which make him/her a competitive, highly qualified, socially and ethically responsible person, focused on modern requirements. 

Career Opportunities
Graduates of B.Sc. in Management program:
• Can confidently work in industries at different levels of management (on strategic, operational or middle level management);
• Work in various functional areas of management (ex. accounting, marketing, organization’s management, financing, controlling or personnel, operations and productions, economic and policy analysis), in any types of companies: public, private or non-governmental  sector.
• Can take leading positions on local and global level.
• Can start their own entrepreneurship business and manage independently on micro or macro levels of owned business.

Other Opportunities
- International faculty
- Teaching methods in addition to traditional ones:
• Training sessions
• Active discussions, debates
• Project based presentations
• Team and individual homework assignments
• Testing, peer review of practical exercises, case analysis, discussion-seminars, video presentation   seminars and simulation games.
• Access to online databases and library
• High technology infrastructure with modern equipment
• Using individual, student oriented teaching approaches, seminars and implementing lifelong learning practices
• Students of other KIU programs (Mathematics, Computer Science) can choose minor from management program courses
• Student’s mandatory internship and BSc thesis projects
• Multicultural environment at KIU provides students with global outlook to become industry leaders with ability to work at different  organizations and across cultures.
• Strong basic knowledge and skills in mathematics and statistics necessary to achieve the program concentrations' learning outcomes.

Curriculum

Major in Management

  Concentrations:

1. OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

2. MARKETING, STRATEGY & LEADERSHIP

3. ECONOMICS & POLICY

4. FINANCE & ACCOUNTING

5. INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Minor in Management

Students in addition to majors in Mathematics or Computer Sciences, can choose minor program  in management, that includes 42 ECTS credits

BSc Degree Requirements:

• 240 ECTS credits

• Internship

• Individual bachelor thesis

Program Supervisor

Dr. Rudi Zagst

Rudi Zagst studied business mathematics at the University of Ulm. After his dissertation in the field of   stochastic dynamic optimization, he started his professional career at HypoVereinsbank AG. There, he worked   as Head of Product Development in the lnstitutional Investment Management before transferring to Allfonds   International Asset Management GmbH as Head of Consulting and finally becoming Managing Director of   Risklab GmbH - Private Research Institute for Financial Studies in 1997. Since 1992, Prof. Zagst has held   various teaching assignments at the Universities of Augsburg, St. Gallen, Munich, Toronto, Ulm and   Singapore. After completing his habilitation in 2000 at the University of Ulm,Prof. Zagst accepted a call to the Technical University of Munich as Professor of Mathematical Finance in 2001, where he holds the Chair of Mathematical Finance and is Head of the ERGO Center of Excellence in lnsurance. His research focuses on financial engineering, risk and asset management. In 2003, Prof. Zagst was appointed a second member of the Faculty of Economics. Since 2004 he has been Deputy Chairman of the joint elite degree program "Finance & Information Management" of the Technical University of Munich and the University of Bayreuth. Prof. Zagst works on a voluntary basis in the Munich Financial Center Initiative (FPMI) of the Bavarian StateMinistry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, in the Advisory Board of the Bavarian Research Foundation and as the Executive Board member of Ecuadorhilfe Stuttgart e.V. In 2007, Prof. Zagst was honored by the magazine Unicum Beruf with the award "Professor of the Year i2007" for his commitment to a practical education of his students.
 

Prof. Dr. Natia Zedginidze

 Prof. Natia Zedginidze, holds a PhD in Economics and has over 20 years’ experience of working in public, private   and non-governmental sector. Prof. Zedginidze has been teaching for 13 years at various higher education   institutions. Her research scope covers management, supply chain management, strategic management &   leadership, human resource management, quality management systems and project management.

 Prof. Zedginidze also specializes in internal auditing according to international management system standards (ISO   standards).  Her work experience covers development of companies to achieve ISO certification. Prof. Zedginidze   has also been consulting USAID/HICD, GIZ, UNDP, DRC, EBRD and other development partners’ projects in   organizational capacity and human capital development.

Prof. Zedginidze’s holds a PhD from the Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University (defended in 2006) and her research topic covered evaluation of foreign direct investments. Prof. Zedginidze holds MBA in Management and is a certified project manager (graduate of George Washington University PMI program).

In her recent capacity as Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport of Georgia, Prof. Zedginidze managed large infrastructure and human capital development projects.

Fees

Tuition Fee For International students
• Tuition fee is 16000 GEL (5500 US$ equivalent, the sum includes all teaching materials);
• Living costs is 5000 US$/year.