Business Administration

Entry requirements

1. A completed Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related area from a research university
   
   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

2. A proficiency in English

   In order to take part in this programme, you need to have fluency in both written and spoken English.This requirement has been satisfied when the student meets the conditions, listed on our website.

3. GMAT requirements
   Based on your academic background we might require.

Months of entry

September

Course content

You’ll need more than analytical business skills to understand today’s global business environment and to succeed in it. Our programme in Business Administration aims at multiple value creation: it devotes equal attention to economic aspects as to organisational and social processes. This attention for the complete big picture is what creates a better understanding of the importance of good management and can eventually increase the performance of all kinds of organisations.

Our specialisations will teach you the knowledge and skills you’ll need to become a well-rounded leader. You’ll have plenty of knowledge of corporate social responsibility and will be able to act independently as well as be a member of a team in any kind of organisation.

Specialisations

Innovation and Entrepreneurship - In this specialisation you'll come to understand how organisations can grow through innovation processes and what kind of people are needed in the company to accomplish this as well as understand the challenges that entrepreneurs face when starting their business in a changing environment.

International Business - Focusing on the global activities of multinational firms with sensitivity for institutional and cultural differences, combined with a balanced outlook on relations with various market and nonmarket stakeholders.

Marketing - This specialisation is more than just about selling products or services; it’s also about creating value with customers and other stakeholders. You’ll learn how to build and manage customer relationships and how these relationships will help you in key marketing activities such as branding and product management.

Organisation Design and Change Management - This specialisation uniquely combines both sides of the coin: addressing structural problems of organisational design as well as changes in the culture and social fabric of an organisation; both of which are vital for success.

Strategic Human Resources Leadership - The general aim of this specialisation is to make you capable of scientifically analysing issues involving personnel and organisation, and to enable you to think about them at the strategic level in an organisation.

Strategic Management - During this specialisation, you’ll learn to analyse, describe and deal with the influences of various stakeholders, strategy processes in organisations, internal and external environment, and internationalisation.

European Master in System Dynamics - Learn how to build a system dynamics model, how to apply it to a variety of complex, real-life problems and how to facilitate the model-building process in such a way a strategic change can be achieved and policies can be implemented.

Integrating theory and practice

This programme is closely associated with the research carried out within the Institute of Management Research, where the focus is on research into relationship management, institutional dynamics, decision making and innovative management. The programme combines a thorough training in methodology with action-based learning: you apply the theory you have learned to concrete cases and learn to develop appropriate solutions. In our Visa Skills Lab, you can use computers to make scenario analyses and simulate decision-making processes within organisations.

If you have any questions, email us here: study-information@ru.nl

Learn more via the Radboud University contact form.

Information for international students

Application deadlines

Non-EU/EEA students

• The deadline for non-EU/EEA students who wish to apply for a scholarship is 31 January prior to the September intake. For the requirements and selection procedure for scholarships, please check our scholarship overview.
• The deadline for those not applying for a scholarship is 1 April for non-EU/EEA nationals for the September 2026 intake. You can apply for the September 2026 intake from 1 October 2025.

EU/EEA students

• The application deadline for EU/EEA students with housing assistance for the September 2026 intake is 1 May, and the deadline without housing assistance is 1 July. You can apply from 1 October onward for the 2026/2027 academic year.

The application deadlines for Master’s starting in February are 1 November for non-EU/EEA citizens and 1 December for EU/EEA citizens.

Fees and funding

Radboud University offers 3 different scholarships that are open to prospective Master's students from non-EU/EEA countries and who want to follow an English-taught Master's programme.

Radboud Scholarship Programme

The Radboud Scholarship Programme offers talented, highly motivated, non-EU/EEA students with outstanding study results the opportunity to be awarded a partial scholarship for an English-taught Master’s programme.

NL Scholarship (for prospective students)

The NL Scholarship (formerly known as Holland Scholarship) is a partial scholarship for non-EU/EEA students who want to do their Master’s in the Netherlands.

Fulbright-Radboud Scholarships

The Fulbright Commission, sponsored by Radboud University, is offering scholarships for talented American students to study at Radboud University.