MScBusiness Administration: Strategic Human Resources Leadership

Study location	Netherlands, Nijmegen
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year (60 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	MSc

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) A Bachelor’s degree in a similar (or related) field from another research university with a fair number of courses in your preferred specialisation. 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. Please provide a list of all courses you have taken, are taking and are planning to take including course content, the number of hours and literature used. See an example here. You may compile this list yourself or upload a course syllabus. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / German / Dutch. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. It is required that you send verified copies of the entry qualification documents directly to the university by postal mail. Important! Never send original documents by post! Radboud University Central Student Administration P.O. Box 9102 6500 HC Nijmegen

Language requirements	English IELTS Academic: ≥ 6,5 overall. Subscores ≥ 6,0, writing subscore ≥ 6,5 TOEFL iBT: ≥ 90 & subscores ≥ 22 Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 proficiency: C or higher All certificates may not be older than two years.

Other requirements

A motivation letter must be added to your application. Please explain why you have chosen this specific Master’s programme and how it fits your previous education. Resume Please upload an overview of education/experience that contains, in chronological order, information about your education and knowledge/experience acquired during an internship, training, or work. GMAT Based on your academic background you might be required to do a GMAT.

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Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

The Master’s specialisation in Strategic Human Resources Leadership is taught at Nijmegen School of Management. It has a course load of 60 EC* (one year). The structure is presented here.

Career opportunities

The Master’s specialisation in Strategic Human Resources Leadership focuses on new insights into personnel and organisation issues. This involves, among other things, using the human resources concept and resource-based staff and organisation management. In addition, topical themes are addressed such as competence management, training and development management employability and career management, and (cultural) diversity management. Therefore, this Master’s specialisation is interesting for students who want to contribute to the development and implementation of personnel management in organisations.

Graduates of this specialisation could gain the following job positions:

- HR manager
- Policy-maker
- Strategic manager specialised in HR issues
- HR Management Consultant
- HR Development Consultant Line manager
- Member of the Board of Directors (later on in career – this is becoming more and more common)
- Teacher HR Management and HR Development or Business Studies in tertiary or vocational education
- Self-employed giving workshops or traineeships in issues as job crafting, team building, sustainable employability and career management, conflict management and/or communication skills.