Since 2018 the MIB EPAS Consortium has organised a Master Thesis Competition.
Each member school selects the student who wrote the best master thesis within its EFMD accredited program in International Business.
The selected students have to do a 2-minute video summarizing the content of their Master thesis as well as a Power Point Presentation. The master thesis along with the documents produced by the selected candidates are reviewed by a jury made of one faculty from each member school.


The selection is made on several criteria:

  • Conceptual rigour, Problem setting and theoretical models/framework
  • Methodological rigour: Use of research methods
  • Real world quality – relevance
  • Presentation quality
  • Theoretical contribution, critical thinking

Winners of the last editions:

  • 2021
    • 1st prize: Petra Savujärvi from Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT).
    • 2nd prize: Birte Elisa UPHOFF from IAE Montpellier                                                                                   
  • 2020 :
    • 1st prize: Edgar Labors from Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT).

  • 2019 :
    • 1st prize: Elisa POHJOLA from Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and Salvatore Matteo ASARO from the University of Vaasa
    • 2de prize: Alice BRAUN from iaelyon School of Management

  • 2018
    • 1st prize: Reeta Munther from Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT).
    • 2nd prize: Inna Peltola from Sheffield Business School