Business Administration

The Master's degree programme in Business Administration at Radboud University is a one-year, full-time study programme with eight specialisations: Business Analysis and Modelling, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, International Business, Marketing, Organisational Design and Development, Strategic Human Resource Leadership, Gender Equality Diversity and Inclusion in Management and Strategic Management. Radboud University also offers a Joint European Master's programme: the European Master's in System Dynamics.

The Master's degree programme in Business Administration gives you a broad, social perspective on organisations that goes beyond management and economics to include multiple value creation and corporate social responsibility. You need more than analytical business skills to understand and succeed in today's global business environment. The programme aims at multiple value creation: it devotes equal attention to economic aspects and to organisational and social processes. This attention for the big picture provides better understanding of the importance of good management and can potentially improve the performance of all kinds of organisations.
Studying abroad

The Nijmegen School of Management believes it is important for students to complete part of their studies at a university abroad. This enriches the study programme with knowledge and skills that are necessary to function in an internationally-oriented and multicultural society, a global economy and job market. The Nijmegen School of Management has over 180 Erasmus contracts, and more than 50 bilateral agreements with universities outside of Europe. For more information, go to the website of the International Mobility Office.

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Overview

Our programme in Business Administration is designed to impart you with the skills to design and implement organisational strategies and structures with the aim to create social and economic value. The focus is on responsible organisations which emphasises ways in which organisations interact with multiple stakeholders to perform sustainably. Within the Master's Business Administration, you have a choice between eight Master's specialisations ranging from Marketing to Business Analysis and Modelling.

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Marloes Swanenberg

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Marloes Swanenberg

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The combination of design and development was especially triggering my attention. Focusing on the big picture is interesting.

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Course details

At the end of the degree programme, students in one of the specialisations will be capable of:

Theory: autonomously explaining, critically assessing and adequately applying available theories and concepts, current developments and scientific debates to complex, multidisciplinary business administration issues.

Research: using autonomously conducted research based on social science research methodology and intervention methodology to provide an innovative contribution to the development of scientific knowledge and to formulate the implications for management practice and society.

Application: diagnosing and analysing complex, multidisciplinary business administration issues in organisations, relations with stakeholders and their environment and product-market combinations; designing effective, responsible, sustainable, solution-oriented and research-based interventions and implementing and evaluating these interventions.

Reflection: assessing the scientific value of business administration research and reflecting on the implications for management practice and society.

Communication: in a scientifically credible and persuasive manner, communicating and reporting on business administration research and interventions and adequately accounting for the research and interventions, in writing and orally, in academia and in a professional environment.

Entry requirements

Your admission into this programme depends on your previous education. You are admissible if you have a completed a Bachelor’s degree in a similar (or related) field from another research university with a fair number of courses in your preferred specialisation. Your degree must be equivalent to a Dutch Research University diploma. Ideally, your Bachelor's degree should cover the following courses: Organisation Theory, Strategy, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Finance, Statistics, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Bachelor’s thesis of 12 EC.

Proficiency in English:
You must also be fluent in both written and spoken English. This requirement has been satisfied when the student meets one of the following conditions: has successfully completed a three-year Bachelor's programme at a Dutch university; or has successfully completed a Bachelor's programme that was taught completely in the English language in one of the following countries: EU/EEA-countries, Australia, Canada (with the exception of Quebec), New Zealand, United States of America; or has successfully completed a Master's programme from a Dutch university of applied sciences (HBO). All other students need one of the following certificates (All certificates may not be older than two years): TOEFL iBT: ≥ 90 & subscores ≥ 22; IELTS Academic: ≥ 6,5 overall. Subscores ≥ 6,0, writing subscore ≥ 6,5; Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 proficiency: C or higher.

GMAT requirements
Based on your (academic) background we might require you to do a GMAT. If you have a background in Business Administration, and your previous education has been judged to be academic, meaning you have taken approximately 30 ECs (840 hours) in statistics and qualitative/quantitative research methods, you are directly admissible to the Master's. If you have a background in Business Administration, and your previous education is judged to be sufficient level by the Examining Board, but you have not taken enough courses in statistics and qualitative/quantitative research methods (30 EC = 840 hours), we require you to do a GMAT (scoring >=610) to be directly admissible to the Master's. If you have a background in Business Administration, but your previous education has been judged to be of insufficient level by the Examining Board (applied sciences rather than academic degree), and you have not taken 30 ECs (840 hours) in statistics and qualitative/quantitative research methods, we require you to do a GMAT (scoring >=600) to be admissible to the pre-Master's.

Career outcomes

Master's specialisation in Business Analysis and Modelling:

After graduating, most Business Analysis and Modelling students find employment at advisory bureaus or the strategic planning departments of large companies. Some are self-employed and run their own businesses, mostly in the area of consulting. A few go on to do a traineeship or pursue a PhD in Business Administration.

Master’s specialisation in Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Management:
As Business Administration graduates from Nijmegen, specialised in social processes in organisations and mastering the full range of research methods, our graduates are uniquely positioned to analyse complex problems and design interventions to give content and shape to the social responsibility of organisations.

Master’s specialisation in Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
Graduates from the Master's specialisation Innovation and Entrepreneurship are academically well trained, and practice-minded young professionals who are qualified for positions in a broad range of business functions. Students that have completed this specialisation will have acquired the knowledge, skills and competencies that enable them to act as innovators, innovation managers, and entrepreneurs. This means you could be ready to launch your own company or be an agent of change within an existing firm as a business development manager, product manager or innovation manager. You'll acquire skills to identify and structure ideas for innovation and business development and organise their implementation.

Master's specialisation in International Business:
International Business is a growing (student/labour) market. Economic globalisation and rapid developments in ICT have meant that nowadays many organisations operate on an international scale or at the very least interact with various stakeholders such as consumers, partner organisations, and institutions in other countries. It is therefore not surprising that many employers are seeking employees with a broad understanding of international business.

Master's specialisation in Marketing:
After graduating, most Marketing students find positions such as brand manager, product manager, management consultant, market researcher, and account manager. Our graduates are greatly valued by their employers for their analytical skills and sound understanding of business practices. They work for firms such as Google, Rabobank, D.E. Master Blenders, Mercedes Benz, Bol.com, and FrieslandCampina. In addition, many of our students start their own business. And a few go on to do a traineeship or pursue a PhD in Business Administration.

Master's specialisation in Organisational Design and Development:
After graduating, most Organisational Design and Development students find employment at consulting companies, governmental organisations as well as at national and international companies. You can think of management or consulting positions. Some students go on to do a traineeship or pursue a PhD in Business Administration.

Master's specialisation in Strategic Human Resources Leadership:
The Master's specialisation in Strategic Human Resources Leadership focuses on new insights into personnel and organisation issues. This involves, among other things, using the human resources concept and resource-based staff and organisation management. In addition, topical themes are addressed such as competence management, training and development management employability and career management, and (cultural) diversity management. Therefore, this Master’s specialisation is interesting for students who want to contribute to the development and implementation of personnel management in organisations.

Master's specialisation in Strategic Management:
As a manager and leader, you’ll be able to recognise the opportunities and restrictions presented by different markets and society, use analytical skills to identify relevant market and nonmarket strategies to cope with business risks and to respond to institutional and competitive pressures. After graduating, most Strategic Management graduates find employment as consultants, business analysts, financial controllers, policy makers, researchers and management trainee or managers in profit and non-profit organisations. A few go on to pursue a PhD in Business Administration.

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M. Sc.

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postgraduate

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