Diploma in Business Administration and Retail Management

The Diploma in Business Administration and Retail Management is a two-year university-level vocational program designed for retail managers and individuals with significant retail experience. It provides work-linked training focusing on retail management and foundational business administration subjects. The program includes required courses in retail management, foundational subjects in business, business administration electives, and a final project, all structured to be completed alongside regular employment with distributed learning involving distance and classroom sessions across two universities. Students complete courses in logistics, business, commercial law, microeconomics, management, human resource management, service management, and accounting, plus business administration electives and a final project in cooperation with a commercial business. The program allows flexibility in study pace and delivery methods between Bifröst University and Reykjavík University. Graduates can apply earned credits toward undergraduate business degrees at both universities.

Modules

• Logistics, inventory and operations management
• Business
• Commercial law
• Microeconomics
• Management
• Human resource management
• Service management
• Accounting
• Marketing
• Operations and change management
• Quality management and service
• Branding

• Completion of a matriculation examination (stúdentspróf) or equivalent.
• Retail management experience or extensive retail work experience.
• Applicants without matriculation must complete preparatory studies in mathematics, Icelandic, and English before entering.