About us
Mission
To train, with the support of highly qualified academic staff, comprehensive, critical, creative, and innovative professionals in Business Sciences with degree in Marketing, Business Management, and Public Management capable of succeeding in organization’s management within the framework of a globalized, changing environment.
Vision
To be the School that develops continuous, innovative educational processes and professional training in Business Sciences, and to be recognized in its environment for its continuous academic accreditation, its research output, the comprehensive training of its students, and its synergic relationship with the community, and the public and private sectors.
Objectives
- Academic Development
- Development of Investigation
- Technological Integration
- Nationwide Coverage
Specific
That the graduated students have the mastery in the following areas:
Knowledge: Business Management, Business Legal requirements, Accounting and Finance, Business Philosophy and Sociology, Marketing and Projects, Economics and Globalization, Operations and Logistics, Human talent and Motivation.
Skills: Business Communication, Critical Situation Analysis, Coaching Management, Team Management, Conflict Resolution, Statistical Process, Decision-Making, Self-mastery of Attitudes, Influence of Values.
Knowledge in: Social Responsibility, Critical Analysis, Social Sensibility, Managerial Ethics, Self-investigation Culture, Honorable Relationships, Participative Leadership, Win-Win Negotiation, Performance appraisal.
Learning Methodology
Since the School of Business Administration has its own Educational Model, the learning methodology is based on the following aspects of the university management:
- Organizational Identity and Culture
- Management Regulations and Documents
- Teaching and Learning Process
- Strategic Planning
The Teaching And Learning Process Is Executed Through The Following Guidelines:
- Purpose: What is being taught-learned for?
- Content: What should be taught-learned?
- Follow-up: When should the teaching-learning process be done?
- Methodology: How should the teaching-learning process be done?
- Resources: With what should the teaching-learning process be done?
- Evaluation: How is the teaching-learning process fulfilled?
For international applicants
The applicant´s degree diploma and academic transcript(s) must be authenticated by the Guatemalan consul from the country where the studies where completed.
The consul´s signature must then be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
When necessary, documents must be translated to Spanish by a sworn translator.
The University will study all documents to establish course equivalencies. Subsequently, classes and academic term where the applicant may join the desired program of study will be indicated.
The student must fulfill all registration requirements, including presentation of the following documents:
- Record of placement test passing (Central Campus).
- Photocopy of personal identification document (DPI for its acronym in Spanish) or passport.
- 5x7 inch photostatic copy of degree or high school diploma, with due legal procedures.
- Certified secondary education transcripts, with due legal procedures.
- Two recent identity-card-size photographs.
International applicants must present all pertinent documents that identify their approved migratory status on this country, according to the following requirements to be presented:
- Visa application form
- Passport
- Recent photograph
- Certification of passport validity and term issued by the Guatemala accredited consul of the applicant´s country or the closest country available
- Letter of absence of criminal records issued by the authorities of the country where the applicant has lived for the past five years. Should this document or a similar one not be issued on that country, a lack of criminal record certificate must be included.
When transferring from another University
- Tuition certificate
- Official academic transcripts (both from the University of origin)
Academic Offer
The Bachelor's degree in Business Administration aims to train professionals in research and administrative decision-making in various organizations, with the aim of achieving high levels of development, competitiveness, and sustainable improvement in quality of life. Resilience and disruption are the main axes of the framework for planning and evaluating the functional or entrepreneurial purposes of the Business Administrator.
Target Audience
All students or professionals at the diversified level, interested in serving as directors or managers in administrative positions, in the desire to belong to elite groups of organizational management, who can aspire to occupy a functional position in private or public initiative, as well as being part of the range of entrepreneurs or other professional staff in businesses.
The foundational framework of the previous academic competencies of applicants is derived from their professional levels at the diversified level: high school, technical school graduates, teachers, secretaries, and other peers. With the aforementioned background, the incoming student must contribute levels of hard skills and soft skills to meet the following requirements of the entry profile: Entry and Exit Profile of the Business Administration student, as declared in each Academic Program of the Curriculum (40):
- Common sense
- High motivation for challenges
- Investigative desire
- High spirit of improvement
- Desire to improve socio-economic status
- Social contribution
- Interest in computer science and technology
As a member of a private university, students must ensure the means to obtain their didactic materials and other resources required for their academic assignments.
In the Career Plan or Curriculum, various research and development activities are scheduled in the semester programs of Research Lines, Academic Synergy, and other course schedules. All these initiatives have the formal commitment to shape the professional character of the administrative professional.
Todas estas iniciativas tienen el compromiso formal de formar el carácter profesional del profesional administrativo
The Faculty of Administration Sciences offers a semi-flexible course allocation curriculum in its prerequisites and assigns an additional course per semester, according to the order of prerequisites and the student's own capacity.
Graduation Options:
- Exemption from Private Exam, achieving an average of 90 points at the end of the curriculum or degree program.
- Private Exam and Thesis
- Private Exam and 1-year Master's
- 2-year Master's
The business management of the Guatemalan corporate sector and the global sector offer various employment opportunities for Business Administrators, such as the following: