Strategic Management (specialisation)

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. 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

Do you want to be challenged? Would you like to become a creative, flexible, resourceful, communicative, responsible strategic & business expert. Then this programme is perfect for you! It focuses on strategy processes in relationship to the dynamic and complex environment organisations are confronted with and the necessary competencies and skills to deal with the diversity and plurality of stakeholders to create multiple values for the organisation and its surroundings. In Strategic Management you learn to describe and analyse the influences of the various stakeholders, strategy process in organisations, internal and external environment, and internationalisation.

The objectives of the Master's specialisation in Strategic Management are:

• To provide a state-of-the-art Master's programme that is oriented (1) towards management decision-making concerned with corporate strategy, mergers & acquisitions, alliances, networks, investments and related problems that today's managers, researchers and other professionals are facing and (2) towards issues such as strategic change, international management, innovation and new business development.
• To critically address various theoretical frameworks, models and instruments for describing and analysing the influences of the various stakeholders, the internal and external environment and internationalisation.
• To provide a small-scale and interactive high-quality education programme (lectures, seminars, tutorial groups, and individual and group assignments) that provides excellent opportunities on the job market.
• To maintain close ties with organisations in order to ensure the relevance and actionability of research and course portfolio.

*This is a specialisation of the Master's in Business Administration.

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

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Fees and funding

There are various scholarships available for studying at Radboud University. Some of the opportunities are described below. A full list, including detailed information, can be found on our website.

• Radboud Scholarship Programme
• Fulbright-Radboud Scholarships