Management
About the programme
Build your career in management, shape the future of business with the Master in Management degree.
Our Master’s in Management is designed to provide you with a solid foundation in management, blending both essential concepts and practical skills. No prior management experience is required.
Why choose this programme?
- Diverse backgrounds welcome: Whether your background is in law, engineering, IT, management, social sciences, or anything else, this programme prepares you to lead confidently and tackle real-world challenges.
- Flexible study structure: The programme is structured as a 1+1 year format. The first year covers fundamental and advanced management competencies, while the second year offers a specialised track in high-demand fields, such as supply chain, sport management, project management.
- Industry connections: Work closely with an extensive network of company partners who are actively involved in education and career support, providing valuable opportunities for professional growth.
- Versatile curriculum: We offer a comprehensive study plan that includes a broad range of contemporary elective courses – including innovation, sustainability, AI, finance, and accounting, along with unique training options like skill seminars. Through this integrated approach, we not only deepen your theoretical knowledge but also strengthen your practical skills and mindset. You could acquire a systems thinking and strategic problem-solving attitude, learning how to approach challenges holistically and implement solutions efficiently and effectively – in both national and international environment.
- Experienced faculty: Learn from highly qualified lecturers with over 15 years of academic and professional experience in top-tier management education.
- International career pathways: If you’re aiming for an international career, this programme is ideal for you. The English-language program further enhances your ability to launch a successful career in management roles at leading companies – even immediately after graduation. Admission to the programme also gives you the possibility to study in top-tier universities using BCE network.
- High Earning Potential: The skills you gain through this programme are highly valued by the labour market, leading to above-average earnings.
Details
Programme name Master in Management (MiM)
Programme award Master, MSc
ECTS 120
Duration 4 semesters (2 years)
Includes internship No
Start date September 2025
Tuition fee (EEA)
990 000 HUF/semester
cca. 2 500 EUR/semester*
Tuition fee (Non-EEA)
3 700 EUR/semester
*The official price list can be found in the annex to the Regulation on Student Fees and Benefits.
Who is this programme for?
The Master in Management programme welcomes ambitious individuals from all backgrounds who envision themselves in (top) management or leadership, such as project managers, heads of (sports) organisations, or functional leaders. We believe that effective leadership is not limited to those with prior business or management training: this programme equips you with the essential mindset, competencies, and tools needed to lead with confidence in complex and dynamic environments.
Whether you are building on existing management knowledge or starting your leadership journey from a different field, you will be guided through a carefully designed learning path that supports both foundational development and advanced skills enhancement. Throughout the two-year programme, you will be encouraged to challenge yourself in case study competitions and other contests, and to engage with our corporate partners – gaining hands-on experience and applying what you learn in real-world contexts.
What will you study?
Semester 1
Core Modules*
- Strategic Management
- Financial Management
- Organizational and human resource management courses
Semester 2 Speciatlisation
Core Modules*
Change Management
Global Economy and Sustainability
Plus, you can choose among 9 core elective courses from widespread discipline (like innovation, project management, business intelligence or marketing)
* The above is not an exhaustive list. Corvinus University of Budapest reserves the right to change modules.
Specialisations
Strategic Project Management Specialisation
By completing this specialization, you’ll be able to prepare, plan, execute, and lead groundbreaking projects. As a project manager, you’ll learn how to strategically plan and execute project, make decisions and gain approval from key stakeholders while considering organizational and environmental aspectset. You’ll also develop systemats thinking, enabling you to manage projects in both local and international settings, virtually or in person, using any project management method, like agile or waterfall.
International Sport Business Specialisation
If you choose this specialization, you’ll become a professional skilled in data-driven, complex sports economics analysis, with a strong focus on digitalization and internationalization. Our goal is to help you understand the fast-changing sports economy and the unique features of professional and recreational sports, along with their social and sustainability impacts. You’ll be ready to work as a manager, analyst, consultant, investor, or entrepreneur in various sports organizations and businesses.
Advanced Supply Chain Management Specialisation
By completing this specialization, you’ll become a professional who understands integrated corporate logistics management and can oversee logistics systems, supply chains, and networks across companies. You’ll be equipped to work effectively in complex business environments, with the knowledge to deeply understand supply chain activities and create data-driven, creative solutions both independently and as part of a team.
International mobilities
Exchange programmes
Corvinus has nearly 200 partners worldwide, and depending on the type of funding, you can apply to study at these institutions.
Dr. Bálint Blaskovics
Associate Professor
Programme Director
If you want to manage an organization, work as a functional manager, or manage projects or teams, this programme will help you to achieve this goal. Besides the market demands, we also considered best practices of leading international universities to identify the core, supplementary, and specific competencies, and you will acquire these from excellent lecturers using modern methods that provide you positive experience besides maximizing the knowledge transfer. This complex, holistic skillset will help you to get to a senior management position sooner or to become a professional who can have a crucial impact on organizations as a consultant, both in Hungary and abroad.
Vlad Demenski
Estonia
Student
Corvinus is very much the Oxford of Hungary, so coming to study here means you’re surrounded by incredible people with fresh perspectives that can actually impact the world. The Corvinus student life is vibrant, where you get to talk to a wide cast of students from all around the globe – I’ve made friends with someone from every continent besides Antarctica here. Corvinus is the place to be if you want to enjoy your student life while not compromising academic success.
Leading university
Rankings
#3 Best Business School in the region
EdUniversal Rankings
#351-400 in Business and Management
QS WUR Ranking by Subject
TOP 70 in Master’s in Finance in the world
Financial Times
Accreditations and networks
Career Opportunities
The structure of the programme - with its strong foundational first year and targeted specialisations in the second - provides an excellent springboard for those aiming to build a leadership career within and organisations in any size. Whether your ambition is to become a top executive or to take responsibility for a functional area or strategic project, you will acquire the skills and mindset to get there. A strategic perspective, systems thinking, a strong solution-oriented approach, as well as a focus on team and stakeholder management and organisational theory, give you a real competitive edge — one that is further sharpened by your chosen specialisation. This programme is the right fit for you if you aspire to become a strategy maker, (top) manager, management consultant, project manager, supply chain manager, business development manager, human resources manager, product manager, or even a sports club manager.
