Admission requirements - Master Sustainable Business and Innovation

Purpose and reason for the admission requirements

The criterion used for admission is

a WUR BSc degree in Management and Consumer Studies, or equivalent.

The norm for this equivalence is

≥30 ECTS in at least one of the following disciplines:

• Business studies (organisational behaviour)
• Business economics (accounting, financial management)
• Decision theory (logistics)
• Information technology

Of these 30 ECTS, ≥15 ECTS should be covered by either of the following two topics:

• Management studies (innovation management, strategic management, industrial organisation)
• Marketing

Additionally, the candidate should have covered:

• ≥10 ECTS in research methodology including statistics

Not all topics mentioned need to be mastered at the same level; they will be weighed by the Admission Board per individual application.

Method of assessment whether this norm is met

• Transcript of records displaying the content of previous course subjects and project work;
• Curriculum vitae displaying relevant work, internship and/or project experience on an academic level in a relevant field if applicable.

Scores attributed by the Admission Board

Admitted / not admitted / admitted under condition obtaining the BSc or MSc degree / not admitted with offer of pre-master

The Admission Board may allow and/or suggest compensation of knowledge gaps by:

• a GPA≥7.0* for the previous education for small discrepancies as new knowledge is sufficiently easily acquired;
• a GPA≥7.0* and an individual pre-master's programme for larger discrepancies that can be compensated in ≤30 ECTS and one year of study.

*Check the general admission page for the International credentials evaluation guide for international equivalencies to a Dutch GPA>7.0. This guide includes compensating factors for a slightly lower GPA the Admission Board may include in their judgement.

Contact us through the contact button above to discuss the possibilities of a pre-master or how to mitigate knowledge gaps if you are still in the process of obtaining your degree.

Find out more about pre-master's programmes.

Study programmes with knowledge gaps

University of Applied Sciences (NL: hbo) students often are required to follow additional courses in a pre-master or as a minor during the previous study programme to cover the required previous knowledge. This usually consists of courses on: quantitative research methodology and statistics, and/or courses on management and marketing.