Academic director of the BIS
Bachelor's Degree Programme in Business Innovation and Sustainability
Are you interested in sustainability, international business, corporate social responsibility, innovation management, strategy, or entrepreneurship?
Do you want to be a change maker and create an impact on business and society?
Join us and develop your science-based business skills at the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics (JSBE).
Do you want to be a change maker and create an impact on business and society?
Join us and develop your science-based business skills at the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics (JSBE).
Why this programme?
By attending the Bachelor of Business Innovation and Sustainability programme you will learn science-based thinking and logic in business and sustainability. Our courses support business skills to create new knowledge.  You will also get the benefits of a small programme: Our courses take place in smaller groups where you get to interact directly with teachers and other students. You will get personal counseling and personal study plan individually tailored for your career purposes.
In our programme in Business Innovation and Sustainability, you will learn about the management of business innovations, sustainable management, new business creation, decision-making, and sustainability transition.
This programme also offers high-quality elective studies in digital marketing, responsible management, and entrepreneurship, among others. In addition, we provide multiple opportunities for student exchange and trainee periods in companies.
Career opportunities
By graduating at the bachelor's degree level, you can work at multiple specialist and management positions in firms and public organizations. Typical entry level jobs relate to consulting, corporate social responsibility, sustainable business, business process management, customer interface, and sales.    
Double your career opportunities by getting international business diploma! At the same time have great fun with learning new skills needed for a business career development.  
Read the experiences of faculty alumni
Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics is internationally AACSB, AMBA and BGA accredited, and we conduct high-quality research and provide high-quality business and economics degree and MBA education based on it.
BIS programme faculty originate in top Scandinavian Ph.D. programmes. Most have taught at other business schools: the University of Lausanne, the University of St. Gallen, the University of Stockholm, the University of Karlstad among others. Our faculty publish regularly at the highest international level in journals like Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, and other journals from the prestigious FT-50 list.
We take the practice of business just as seriously. Many of our faculty participate firm management in the roles of board member or specialist, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and teachers in executive education programmes. Collectively, they offer experience from multinational and Finnish firms such as Kesko, ²Ñ±ð³Ù²õä Group, and Valtra. Others bring executive-level insights from entrepreneurial and venture capital initiatives.
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