The Department of Management is an organic sub-unit of the School of Economics and Management. Its faculty and educational offer are structured in five areas of expertise: Accounting, Finance, Marketing and Strategy, Applied Quantitative Methods, and Organisational Business–Human Resource Management.
The Department of Management has progressively asserted itself in management research with an increasing number of scientific publications of international level. It has also a strong bridge with society through the permanent relationship with companies and other organisations, development of applied scientific research projects, executive training, and active participation in diverse initiatives and networks of collaboration with the local, national and international community.
It offers teaching projects in the three cycles of study, both transversal and specialised in each of its areas. All cycles of studies are accredited by the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES). Some of the Department's educational offer is also internationally accredited by the European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD). In addition, the School of Economics and Management is also a member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
First Cycle Educational Offer:
Bachelor in Accounting.
Bachelor in Management.
Bachelor in Marketing.
Bachelor in International Business (jointly offered with the Department of Economics).
Second Cycle Educational Offer:
Master Degree in Accounting.
Master Degree in Finance.
Master Degree in Management.
Master Degree in Human Resource Management.
Master Degree in Health Care Units Management.
Master Degree in Business and Management.
Master Degree in Marketing and Strategy.
Master Degree in International Business (jointly offered with the Department of Economics).
In addition, it offers undergraduate and master's curricular units in many other study cycles from both the School of Economics and Management and other organic units of the University of Minho, in the Gualtar (Braga) and Azurem (Guimarães) campi.
Insofar the 3rd Cycle is referred to, the Department of Management offers:
PhD in Management.
PhD in Marketing and Strategy (jointly offered with the University of Aveiro and the University of Beira Interior).
The Management of Department outshines for its great ability to attract and co-opt national and international students to its teaching programmes and by a proactive faculty, available and involved and committed in multiple international, national and local projects and initiatives.