Pre-Master's program Organization Studies

The Pre-Master's program for Dutch HBO graduates builds on the practice-oriented knowledge you acquired during your Bachelor's by enhancing your theoretical knowledge as well as your capacity for conceptual thinking.

This one-year Pre-Master’s program (60 ECTS) runs from the end of August until June. After finishing this program with good results, you can start with the one-year Master's Program in Organization Studies end of August next academic year.

 The courses are:

• Empirical Research Pre-Master Organization Studies 
• Innovation, Organization and Entrepreneurship
• MTO-01-PreMaster: Technieken voor causale analyse (Dutch)
• MTO-02-PreMaster: Constructie en Analyse van Vragenlijsten (Dutch)
• MTO-03-PreMaster: Qualitative Research Methods
• Organization Development
• Organization Theory
• Relations and Networks of Organizations
• Strategic Decision-Making

The courses mentioned above which are offered in Dutch are specifically for Dutch students, including the statistics courses. However, all other Pre-Master and Master's courses will be taught in English.

Application and admission

To be eligible for this pre-Master's program, you must have completed a Dutch HBO-Bachelor's program that gives direct access to the Pre-Master's Program in Organization Studies.

Please note: Only Dutch hbo graduates can apply directly to the Pre-Master's Program in Organization Studies. International students must apply for the Master’s program.

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Tailor made to individual learning needs

The Pre-Master’s program is tailor-made to individual learning needs, providing you with the foundation needed to follow our Master's in Organization Studies.

After finishing the program with good results, you can start with the one-year MSc program in Organization Studies in the fall semester (end of August) of the subsequent academic year.

Application and admission

As a university graduate, you should always apply for the Master’s program. It is not possible for you to apply directly for our Pre-Master’s program.

After you have submitted your complete application, the Admissions Board will, based on this, decide whether:

You can be admitted to the Master's program directly.

1. You need to take a Pre-Master's program
2. You cannot be admitted to the (Pre-)Master's program

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