Global Project and Change Management
Global Project and Change Management (Sustainable Business and Innovations) is a BBA-programme of Windesheim Honours College in Zwolle. It prepares you for a career as an international project and change manager who can make the difference in tackling worldwide sustainability challenges.
We train you to become international project managers and leaders in change, tackling worldwide sustainability challenges through our BBA in Global Project and Change Management.
You will work on projects addressing critical global issues such as climate change, resource depletion, human rights violations, global health, gender inequality, migration, poverty reduction and ocean pollution. These projects are aligned with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
If you aspire to make a positive impact on the world, enrol in our four-year English-taught NVAO accredited Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Zwolle, the Netherlands. With guaranteed housing in the first year!
What's Global Project and Change Management like?
We challenge you to create change! The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are at the heart of this programme, so you will learn to think critically, entrepreneurial and solution-oriented about global developments, sustainability and yourself. The programme is focused on doing, creating and co-creating: working with others to resolve problems that transcend borders.
- This NVAO-accredited programme is hands-on: you will do internships and work on projects with companies and organizations.
- Focus on doing, creating and co-creating: collaborate with others to resolve problems that transcend borders.
- You have the opportunity to undertake a semester, internship or full year abroad.
- Your personal and professional development are key. Your study pace and pathway towards reaching your goals are for you to decide.
- Global Project and Change Management is a Top Programme (Keuzegids 2025).
The study GPCM is looking for talented and motivated students who want to go the extra mile, who are passionate about global issues, enjoy teamwork, have an open mind, are eager to gain new perspectives and have a solution-oriented drive in approaching challenges. It's important that we're right for each other, not only in terms of the programme content, but also in terms of our approach to learning.
The programme Global Project and Change Management (GPCM) has a selection procedure consisting of a:
- Online Matching Test - once you have completed your application and your educational level has been assessed, we will invite you to a selection day.
- Group activity - You start the day by completing an assignment with three to six other applicants. A lecturer and one of our current students will lend you a helping hand and share their expertise.
- Interview - You will have a personal interview lasting up to half an hour. The aim is to get to know you better, so we can decide whether you are the right kind of student for our learning community. We will ask you to explain why you have applied and to tell us what you expect from the programme and the learning community.
Beside that you will have to send:
- Essay
Choose one of the following subjects and write anessay about it. Your essay should be 600-800 words (two pages):
- What do you want to change (in the world) and how do you think you can contribute to this change?
- What is your understanding of sustainable development (relating to Sustainable Development Goals) and how does this connect to your ambition to make an impact in the world?
- Discuss a challenge you faced related to social or environmental issues and how you addressed it.
Please mention your chosen subject at the beginning of your essay. Also make sure to give a title and put your name on it.
- Two references:
As a graduate, you will possess the skills to create sustainable solutions to the world’s most challenging problems. Your strength lies in your versatility and ability to solve problems by combining your practical skills, theoretical business knowledge and diverse areas of expertise. There are plenty of positions in which you can develop, for example:
- Project manager at an international NGO
- Social entrepreneur
- Trainee at the European Parliament
- Development manager at a non-profit organization
- Advisor improving corporate sustainability
