Strategic Business Administration

The graduated in Strategic Business Administration is a professional with ethical training with competences, skills and abilities to detect and analyze problems in organizations, intervene at different decision levels, elaborate diagnoses, design structures and procedures for the optimization of different functions, lead, develop and coordinate the functions of planning, organization, direction and control, design, implement, direct procedures and information systems to facilitate management and decision-making; to define, implement and coordinate policies of: Strategic Management, Marketing, Production, Human Resources, and obtaining and using financial resources.

Finally, to direct, develop and coordinate actions intended for strategic planning elaboration in any type of organization to optimize available resources and operations control.

Important Information

Degree: Bachelor

Semesters: 8

Carreer Duration: 4 Years

We train entrepreneurs who develop business plans from the beginning of the career. The aim is for graduates to have their own business, once the career is over.

The UPAL Business Administrator may work in:

Service, commercial and industrial companies, both public and private
Financial system: Banks, Cooperatives, Stock Market.
Creation and development of new companies.
Higher Education Institutions as a consulting teacher.
Business projects as a consultant and researcher.

Student Requirements

NATIONAL STUDENTS
– Photocopy of bachelor’s degree, legalized by the issuing University or SEDUCA.
– Original Birth Certificate.
– Photocopy of Identity Card.
Two 3 × 3 photographs with beige or light background.

FOREIGN STUDENTS
1.- Photocopy of bachelor’s degree or equivalent document that enables you to pursue higher studies, legalized by:

Option 1
Apostille Procedure (DS. 3541 of April 25, 2018) in the country of origin

Option 2
Ministry of Education of the Country of Origin
Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Country of Origin
Bolivian Consulate in the Country of Origin
Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Bolivia (Chancellery)
(both options are valid)

2.- Original Birth Certificate or photocopy, legalized by:

Option 1
Apostille Procedure (DS. 3541 of April 25, 2018) in the country of origin

Option 2
– Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Country of Origin
Bolivian Consulate in the Country of Origin
Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Bolivia (Chancellery)
(both options are valid)

3.- Photocopy of the passport with student VISA or legal residence in Bolivia
4.- Two 3 x 3 size photographs with beige or light background

Graduation Modalities

THESIS
Research work that is characterized by its methodological and scientific rigor in order to provide demonstrable solutions and answers to a scientific problem, formulating applicable alternatives or proposing practical or theoretical solutions.

2. DEGREE PROJECT
Consists of a written work that meets the demands of scientific methodology, which describes an ordered set of resources and actions leading to generate proposals related to plans, programs, models, prototypes, architectures, devices, codes, installers and others applicable to a certain process, unit, organization, group, product or service, for its improvement, innovation, modernization or technological development.

GRADE TEST
Consists of an evaluation through oral or written tests to measure the effectiveness of the professional training process, valuing knowledge, comprehension, analysis and the application of theories and procedures to situations in a determined discipline. The number of tests will be defined based on the number of areas or disciplines of the practice of the profession.

DIRECTED WORK
Consists in the elaboration of a systematic and methodical work, the result of the treatment of a practical problem or specific topic, developed in a public or private, productive or service institution, accredited and recognized in the respective branch or area of the discipline, which raises an applicable intervention proposal.

GRADUATION BY EXCELLENCE
Graduation by excellence is a modality that exempts outstanding students from going through other types or modalities of graduation; they voluntarily join this type of graduation.

Why study Business Administration?

From the first semester our students visit recognized companies in our community in order to improve their practical learning. We offer you modern equipment and infrastructure to optimize learning in real life.

Intersted in this career? Our students and teachers created this video to show you what they do.

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