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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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.