Strategic Management: Consultancy
Learn how to recognize business challenges and design strategies to ensure long-term success. The Consultancy track of the MSc Strategic Management specializes in the development of skills you need for advising firms on various contemporary strategic issues.
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National Student Survey 2023| n=52 (Strategic Management total)
Program and courses
Become a strategic management consultant and master implementation, selection of tools, data collection, analysis, and presentation of your strategic solutions. Apply these skills by advising real companies during the program.
- Taught by renowned professors representing some of the world's leading expertise in the discipline.
- Works with small-scale tutorials to facilitate teamwork.
- Strong connection with business practice through real-world cases, practical assignments and guest lectures.
- Close collaboration with study association Asset and Career Services to reflect on your future career.
- In the first semester of the program, you can also apply for the following additional advanced programs:
* The Extended Master's Program, which adds a half year traineeship to the regular Master's program.
* The QTEM network program, which adds an additional year to the program which you spend at a QTEM partner university and corporate partner. - This Consultancy track of the Master Strategic Management only starts in September. If you want to take the Entrepreneurship track, you must start the Master Strategic Management program in January.
Typical courses are:
- Business Level Strategy
- Strategic Consultancy
- Corporate Level Strategy
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Arash Maulazoy
Master's student"Strategic management strategies allow you to change the course of an organisation and have a direct impact on business and society."
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Bas Steinebach
Master's student"During the program I learned about different motives of a manager. There is no one good answer, it is all about perspectives."
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Julia Cleton
Master's student“In your time as a student, you ride a steep learning curve. Of course you absorb a lot of knowledge but you also develop your skills and character.”
Career prospects
Upon graduating you will have obtained the following title (as stated on your diploma): Master of Science.
The Master's program in Strategic Management prepares you for jobs that require the ability to identify, analyze and solve the major strategic issues faced by various types of organizations - valuable expertise that delivers abundant career opportunities.
Some examples of our graduates' jobs:
- Management Trainee at Achmea Holding
- Trade Consultant Financial Logistics at Rabobank Nederland
- Advisor Performance Improvement at Ernst & Young
Alumni facts
- Average number of months until first paid job: 3.53
- Is (very) satisfied with their Master's program: 89%
- Gross monthly income one year after graduation: € 3,334
Source: National Alumni Survey, 2021 | n=45 (both tracks Strategic Management)

Application and admission
This Master’s program starts:
End of August
Best preparatory programs:
- A Bachelor’s degree from Tilburg University in Business Economics, International Business Administration, or Economics & Business Economics
- Bachelors with a solid basis in Management and Organization, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Mathematics, Statistics, Research methods and Academic
Pre-Master's program:
Open to both Research University students and students from a Dutch University of Applied Sciences (HBO).
Tuition fees and scholarships
International students find all information about the tuition fees and the scholarships here.
Interested in this Master’s program?
More information on this Master's program
Download the brochure with information on program content, admission requirements, career prospects, housing and immigration matters, and student life in Tilburg. Throughout the year you can take part in various types of events: on-campus, abroad or online.
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Campus Experience
Are you curious about life as a student at Tilburg University, or not sure which university you want to attend? Join our Campus Experience on September 27 or October 18! Discover our compact and green campus with one of our students and find out if Tilburg University is your future home.
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Get to know Tilburg University - Orientation Webinar for Master's programs
Are you curious about the experiences of international students like you? Join our Get to know Tilburg University Webinar led by our international team and discover what it is like to study at Tilburg University! It is your one-hour introduction to studying in the Netherlands, the city of Tilburg, and our university. You can join the webinar at 10:00 or 16:00 on October 19.
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09:15 - 17:00
Master's Open day
Are you interested in doing a Master's program? Do you want to specialize or are you looking for a Master that broadens your possibilities? Join us at the Master's Open Day on November 18th to find out which (pre-)Master's program suits you best. Learn all about our (pre-)Master’s programs and tracks, and ask teachers, students, and education coordinators your questions.
Interested in the MSc Strategic Management?
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