In order to be eligible for admission to this Master’s, the following Bachelor's education is required:

• You hold an academic Bachelor's or Master's degree from a Dutch University in (International) Business Administration, Communication Science or one of the Bachelor's from our list of Dutch Bachelor’s degrees.
• You hold another Dutch academic degree with relevant Quantitative and Business courses. The Bachelor’s curriculum must include 15 ECTS in academic research with a minimum of 10 ECTS on quantitative research oriented courses (intermediate/advance) and a minimum of 15 ECTS on business courses in at least 2 of the following fields:
  • strategy;
  • international management;
  • organisation;
  • marketing;
  • leadership;
  • entrepreneurship;
  • organisational psychology.

Pre-Master's students from UvA Economics and Business

You can apply for our Master's in Business Administration without any further conditions such as a minimum GPA or GMAT, if you have obtained:

• the UvA pre-Master’s programme Business Administration
• The Master's Qualifying Programme (OnCampus) - Business Administration

To apply for the Master's, follow this step by step guide (choose Business Administration Premaster).

Students from the UvA Bachelor's PPLE or Future Planet Studies

You can apply for our Master's in Business Administration without any further conditions such as a minimum GPA or GMAT, if you have obtained:

• a Bachelor's PPLE with the Major E&B, provided that the EB-course Strategy and Change (3rd-year course of Bachelor's Economics and Business with course code 6013B0507Y) has been completed.
• a Bachelor's Future Planet Studies (UvA) with a major in Business Administration (UvA).

To apply for the Master's, you have to register in Studielink and submit your application in Embark before the deadline.

Academic minor students from the Breda University of Applied Sciences Strategic Business Management and Marketing programme / Students from the Hotelschool The Hague programme

If you are a student from the Breda University of Applied Sciences or Hotelschool The Hague and you have finished your academic minor as part of your final curriculum and diploma, you have direct admission to our Master's in Business Administration without any further conditions such as a minimum GPA or GMAT. 

To apply for the Master's, you have to register in Studielink and submit your application in Embark before the deadline.

Pre-Master's Business Administration students from HvA, HvR, or HU 

If you have followed a pre-Master's Business Administration programme (minor) at Hogeschool van Utrecht, Hogeschool van Amsterdam or Hogeschool van Rotterdam, and you have finished your pre-Master's as part of your final curriculum and diploma, you have direct admission to our Master's in Business Administration without any further conditions such as a minimum GPA or GMAT. 

To apply for the Master's, follow this step by step guide (choose Business Administration Premaster).

Pre-Master's students from another Dutch university

We have limited places available for pre-Master's students in Business Administration from other Dutch universities. Therefore, a selection procedure is in place. The Admissions Office will evaluate your eligibility based on:

• A complete pre-Master's programme
• A minimum GPA of 7.5. The Admissions Board will carefully review all the applications shortly after the application deadline. This means that you will not automatically be admitted when you have a 7.5 GPA, but that you will be considered for the selection round where places are offered to the applications with the highest GPA until all places are filled. 

To apply for the Master's, you have to register in Studielink and submit your application in Embark before the deadline.

Since the Master’s in Business Administration is a popular programme and we want to guarantee an interactive programme, we apply a selection procedure. One of the selection criteria is the Grade Point Average (GPA). 

Applicants with a sufficient background are required to have an overall GPA of at least 7.0 or higher to be eligible for selection. 

This means that you will not automatically be admitted when you have a 7.0 GPA but that you will be considered for the selection round where places are offered to the applications with the highest GPA until all places are filled.

Calculate your GPA over:

• All Bachelor's degree results (year 1-3). Also include any additional Bachelor’s courses. 
• If you also have a Master's degree, you have to add a second GPA calculation (also minimum 7.0) from all Master's degree results as well.

You do not have to update your GPA calculation after the application deadline. In the 3rd week of June the best candidates will be selected.  

The motivation letter (max. one A4)  allows you to explain why you would be a good fit for the Master’s programme and which experiences have led you to this decision.