ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

The specialisation in IT Management is oriented towards providing education to IT managers in the tourism, catering, commerce, banking and the public sector and other economic sectors. Through its diversified curriculum, it offers insights into basic economic knowledges in close interrelation with the knowledges about the principles of sustainable economic development.
Modern companies base their effectiveness on information and communication technologies and human resources educated to utilize the full potential of these technologies. The very competitiveness of modern companies relies on their ability to use internal and external business data as best as possible. This means that these data are translated, through well-designed information systems, into the basis for decision-making and management of modern companies. Many companies achieve strategic market advantages with the help of their information and communication technologies as well as highly educated professionals who operate these technologies and who are able to combine their knowledge in business economics with the knowledge in information and communication technologies. Experience so far has shown that the best business results are achieved through an integration of competences, knowledges and skills in business economics and competences, knowledges and skills in information and communication technologies.

PROGRAMME DURATION

The graduate university study programme in Business Economics with specialisation in IT Management lasts two years or four semesters (120 ECTS credits).

DEGREE AWARDED

Upon the completion of this graduate programme, students are awarded the academic degree of a Master in Business Economics (mag. oec.).

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Both Croatian and the European market have been continuously showing the need for professionals who are educated to design, use and operate information technologies. By completing the graduate university study with specialisation in IT Management, students will be able to work in managerial jobs in all kinds of enterprises, irrespective of their size and business. Furthermore, they will be able to implement strategic project management models and will master various ways of how to enter foreign markets, especially having in mind the role and importance of strategic alliances in modern business.

STUDY PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH

The Department of Economics and Business Economics also offers almost all of its courses in the English language.
The University of Palermo, Italy, and the Department of Economics and Business Economics of the University of Dubrovnik carry out joint Double Degree university graduate programmes in Economics and in Business Economics – Marketing and Tourism – that are taught in the English language. These are the first such programmes in Croatia, which enable students to earn a degree from both the University of Dubrovnik and from the University of Palermo.

Compulsory courses

• Corporate Governance
• Economics of Entrepreneurship
• IT Management
• Analysis and Design of Business Information System
• Strategic Marketing Management
• Quantitative Methods of Business Decision-Making

Elective courses

• Capital Budgeting
• Financial Modelling
• Pricing Management
• Integrated Marketing Communications
• Managerial Accounting
• Strategic Management
• International Negotiation

Compulsory courses

• Business Leadership
• IT Project Management
• Multidimensional IT Systems
• Quality Management
• Introduction to Scientific Research Work
• Master’s Thesis

Elective courses

• Managerial Skills
• Business Intelligence
• Business Processes Management Systems

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT

The Department of Economics and Business Economics fosters an individual approach to students, taking into account their needs and aspirations. This Department has you and your future in focus and you can be sure that the enrolment at a study programme with the Department of Economics and Business Economics is the right choice for you. Classes at our programme are taught by our professors, by visiting professors as well as by renowned experts from practice who know how to recognise talents, understand professional goals of students and help them realize these goals. Our computer labs are equipped with a state-of-the-art technology. Studying at this Department comes with an additional benefit, i.e. the participation in the ERASMUS mobility programme. This programme enables students to study during one semester or during the whole year at a partner university abroad. Our cooperation with various enterprises, Dubrovnik-Neretva County and the City of Dubrovnik ensures students the opportunity for gaining practical knowledges and for doing their professional practice.

OUR FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

• Two amphitheatres
• Seven lecture theatres
• One computer laboratory
• Interactive whiteboards and LCD projectors in all lecture theatres
• Library, reading room and computer reading room
• Centre for Tourist Documentation and Information
• Wireless internet system

CONTACT

www.unidu.hr

Email: upisi@unidu.hr

Phone: +385 20 446 028