SSE Stockholm School of Economics

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The Stockholm School of Economics is a Scandinavian institution combining a world-class business network with business education and research. 

SSE was established in 1909. Although it was established as a business school, there was, from the beginning, a strong focus on economics, in both the school-affiliated research and the school's educational offerings. 

The school has a storied history, with one of its most well-known scholars, Bertil Ohlin, having received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1977, which he shared with British economist James Meade.

The school's main campus is in Sveavägen in central Stockholm.

The Stockholm School of Economics currently hosts the following departments, which roughly categorize the school's faculty and research output:

• Department of Accounting
• Department of Economics
• Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology
• Department of Finance
• Department of Law, Languages and Economic Statistics
• Department of Management and Organization
• Department of Marketing and Strategy

The MSc Program in International Business is a world-class offering designed to prepare graduates for today's challenges in business, strategy, and innovation.

Business candidates are pre-approved to begin the CEMS Master in International Management in their second year and therefore eligible for a double degree.

Program Components

The following are all the activities that you will experience during the MSc in International Business:

Year One

Semester 1 

• Creating International Firms, including an international two-week Live Project
• Managing Human Dynamics in the Global Firm
• Foundations of the Global Economy
• Innovation Processes, Capabilities and Networks

Semester 2

• The Shaping of Global Markets
• Corporate Finance
• International Immersion Field Trip
• International Business Research Project
• Summer

International Internship

Year Two

Semester 3 and 4
CEMS year or another Exchange Program (one semester abroad and one semester at SSE)

• Global Strategy (CEMS)
• Global Management Practices
• Business Project
• Electives at SSE (including courses from other SSE Master programs)

The following are required to apply for SSE's Master of International Business:

Bachelor's degree: with at least 90 ECTS in Social Sciences or Humanities (including but not limited to Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Political Science, Psychology and/or Sociology), with a minimum of 30 ECTS in Business Administration.

GMAT or GRE Score: at least 600 (GMAT total score), or 155 (GRE quantitative score)

English proficiency proof: 

- IELTS Academic score at least 7
- TOEFL iBT total score at least 100
- CAE at least grade B
- BEC at least grade B
- CPE at least grade C
- SSE course 108/109 at least grade C
- A-level GCSE issued in Singapore
- English as native language
- Bachelor's degree from a program conducted completely in English in an English-speaking country, or in a CEMS or an EQUIS/AACSB accredited institution

Master of International Business Tuition Fees:

150,000 sek / year