Program Structure

keyboard_arrow_up 1st Semester | 2nd Semester
keyboard_arrow_up Core Courses

The core courses are designed to consolidate your integrated view of the firm and the business environment.

CORE COURSES

  • Business Ethics & Social Responsability
  • Economics of Business & Markets
  • Financial Decision-Making in a Business Context
  • Marketing Management
keyboard_arrow_up Specialization Courses

The Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Impact specialization provides additional training and in depth knowledge to prepare you for successful careers in either areas. A range of specialization courses, both mandatory and elective, allows you to explore various functions and roles and build differentiation for your professional profile.

SPECIALIZATION MANDATORY COURSES

  • Advanced Strategic Management
  • Business Research Methods
  • Lean Entrepreneurship Project
  • Strategic Management Consulting Project

SPECIALIZATION ELECTIVE COURSES

  • Business Analytics
  • Business Model Innovation
  • Corporate Governance: An International Perspective
  • Digital Transformation
  • Economics and Management of Digitization
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Impact Investing
  • Innovation Management
  • International Industry Analysis
  • Intrapreneurship
  • Lean Entrepreneurship
  • Luxury and Design-Based Strategies
  • Managing in an International Context
  • Managing Social Innovation
  • New Products and Services
  • Performance Oriented Strategies
  • Social Entrepreneurship: Building Impact Ventures
  • Strategic Change and Dynamic Capabilities
  • Strategic Management Consulting
  • Technology Strategy
keyboard_arrow_up Free Electives

You may take free elective courses outside of your program to complement your area of expertise, or simply explore a topic that interests you.

keyboard_arrow_up International Experience (optional)

To obtain a valuable international experience and further improve your knowledge, you can pursue an exchange semester in one of CATÓLICA-LISBON prestigious partner schools around the world.

keyboard_arrow_up Summer Internship (optional)

Students are encouraged to complete a summer internship before or during the MSc program.

keyboard_arrow_up 3rd Semester
keyboard_arrow_up Thesis Project

The Master thesis is the culmination of your master program.  This is when you build on the knowledge and skills acquired during the program to develop an individual project on topic that resonates with your career aspirations and helps you excel in an area you find professionally relevant. 

The thesis project involves a research methodologies workshop, designed to provide you with advice, resources and useful tools to plan the research for your thesis, and write a dissertation.

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