Business Administration

If you have ever been abroad, you might have experienced that life in another country can be different from life at home. However, you might have seen similarities too. For example, some companies you see abroad might be the same as in your hometown and you might see familiar brands in the supermarket. Clearly, companies do not always limit their operations to their home country and brands can be successful in different places.
Yet, it might not be so simple to be successful in other countries. It is important to be aware of cultural differences. Employees and customers abroad might not just speak a different language, they will also communicate in different ways, with a different tone and they will have different expectations. Furthermore, legal and financial regulations might be different. How should you deal with this? When studying Business Administration you will learn how to find the effects of these differences and how to deal with them. In addition to studying textbooks, you will carry out your own research projects at companies, to find out what really works. We will teach you how to view a situation from different perspectives, because there are always different opinions. For example, when you do business, many people involved will have an opinion about it, such as customers, shareholders, governments and your employees. How do you keep all of them happy?

Characteristics of the programme:
• Emphasis on cross-cultural management and communication.
• Interaction and cooperation in organisations.
• Thorough education in research methodology.
• Studying real-life cases.
• One semester abroad for studies and internship.
• Guest lecturers from companies that link current issues to theory.

Over the course of three years, you will study the various aspects of Business Administration, such as strategy, marketing, organisational structures, accounting and cross-cultural management. You will have lectures and
seminars for fifteen hours a week. Lectures are not just monologues: we encourage you to ask questions and to take part in discussions. In seminars, you will study together in groups of fifteen to twenty students. This will give you the opportunity to discuss the study materials in depth, by writing assignments or papers and giving presentations. 

After having studied the first year in English, you can choose from three specialisations: Business Administration, Business
Economics and International Business Administration (IBA). You will need to meet requirements during the first year of your studies to be allowed to study the specialisation IBA. More information about these requirements is available on the programme’s website. A semester of studying abroad is optional, and within the specialisation IBA it is obligatory. Our network of two hundred partner universities will facilitate your studying abroad. In some cases you can combine your studying abroad with a research internship. You will finish your studies with a Bachelor’s thesis. This will be your own research project, which can be carried out at a company. After completion of the programme, you will be granted the degree Bachelor of Science (BSc). 

Language requirements
You should have sufficient proficiency in the English language in order to be admissible. No proficiency in the Dutch language is required. Should you have obtained a high school diploma from a European country in which you have taken English in the final examinations, then in some cases you do not have to provide a separate language certificate. You will find a list of these diplomas on the specific programme web pages. Proficiency in the English language can be proven by meeting one of the following conditions:
• You have a diploma from the list of European diplomas, as mentioned above.
• You have a Dutch VWO diploma.
• You have a German ‘Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife’ with English as ‘Grundkurs’ or ‘Leistungskurs’ in the ‘Abitur’.
• You have an International Baccalaureate.
• You have a European Baccalaureate with English Language 2 or 1.
• You have obtained a diploma equivalent to or higher than the Dutch VWO level from an institution where the language of instruction is English in one of the member states of the EU/EEA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the USA.
• You are a citizen of Australia, Canada (with exception of Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, or the USA. Should you not meet one of the conditions mentioned above, then, in general, you should provide one of the following language certificates. Some programmes may have further language requirements, so please check the web page of the programme you’re interested in carefully. 
• IELTS Academic: A minimum overall score of 6.0, apart from Chemistry and Molecular Life Science, which require an minimum overall score of 6.5. Please check programme specific web pages for information on minimum sub-scores.
• TOEFL iBT: A minumum overall score of 80, apart from Chemistry and Molecular Life Sciences, which require a minimum score of 90. Please check programme specific web pages for information on minimum sub-scores.
• Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): minimum mark of C.
• Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): minimum mark of C.

Radboud Scholarship Programme: Radboud University has scholarships available for the most talented Bachelor’s students who have a citizenship from a non-EU/EEA country and who have not studied in the Netherlands before. Each year, sixteen Radboud Scholarships are awarded to Bachelor’s students, two per English-taught Bachelor’s programme. The scholarship lowers the tuition fees to the amount of the legal tuition fees of €2,006 in the first Bachelor’s year and includes the costs of health insurance for the first year and the fees for visa and residence permit. The deadline for application is 1 April 2017. More information can be found on www.ru.nl/rsp

Governmental student finance: EU/EEA students might qualify for a student loan from the Dutch government. To be entitled to this loan, you need to work for fourteen hours a week (56 hours a month) in the Netherlands (next to your studies). If you are entitled to receive the student loan from the Dutch government, you may receive up to € 1,000 per month, in addition to your salary. After graduation, you will need to pay back the loan. In order to determine how much you need to pay back each month, the Dutch government will take your financial situation (such as income) into account. More information is available on www.duo.nl