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Business Administration

University of Amsterdam · Netherlands

Business Administration

Strategy, marketing, finance, management, international and digital business, with work on corporate social responsibility and the use of AI in business.

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Where
AmsterdamNetherlands
Degree
BSc
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
15 January 2027
Admission
SelectiveEntrance exam · 650 places
EU/EEA fee
€2,7712027/28 statutory fee
More facts
Degree
BSc
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 1 December 2026*

    Create your Studielink account
    Your own plan
    Details

    Not an official deadline. With a Dutch address you log in with DigiD, which the government says takes about five days. Without one you upload a scan or photo of your passport or EU identity card and Studielink verifies it automatically. Either way, do it well before 15 January.

    Source

  2. 15 January 2027

    Applications close
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource

  3. 1 April 2027

    Deadline if you want UvA Housing (non-selective programmes)
    DetailsSource
All dates for this programme (1 more)

  1. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    Both Dutch deadlines fall well before this. How a conditional place pending results is handled is set by each institution; ask yours.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the Netherlands

What it is

You study how businesses are managed, covering strategy, marketing, finance, organisation, international business and digital business, with attention to social responsibility and AI. Year one is built on organisation, people, economics and methods, and year two adds marketing, finance and information management and a plan for starting your own business. In the first semester of year three you assemble your own route from an internship, study abroad, a minor or electives; the second brings a specialisation in accounting and control, entrepreneurship, finance, or the future of management and AI, and a thesis. Cases from real, international companies drive the teaching, in a Dutch-start or English track.

What you need

  • Maths AA (SL or HL) or AI HLminimum 4
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at University of Amsterdam

Full IB Diploma needed (IB courses alone are not accepted); English as an IB exam subject covers the English requirement.

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on uva.nl

How places are decided

    • Entrance exam
    • Lottery
    Numerus fixus: 650 English-track places. Apply and sign up for the online test by 15 Jan 2027; the top 225 scorers get ranked places, the middle group is drawn by lottery.
Sources (3)
  1. Business Administration at UvA — checked 2026-09-30
  2. Entry requirements
  3. IB applicants at UvA

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