International Business Administration

How do businesses interact with their environment and stakeholders? And how do global environmental challenges affect organisational structures? Within the International Business Administration programme, you learn about what it takes for organisations to create social and economic value for long-term survival of organisations.

Something for you?

• Learn about responsible and sustainable organisations and entrepreneurship.
• Acquire research skills to critically assess scientific knowledge.
• Learn about a broad range of integrated processes (e.g. marketing, HRM, strategy) in an international context.
• Get the opportunity to study abroad or do an internship abroad as an optional part of the programme.
• Follow your own interests and work on your personal development during a flexible semester in the third year.

International Business Administration offers you a wide range of topics, with consideration  for international management, as well as for psychology, sociology, communication, economics and law. Ample consideration is given to the role of social and cultural aspects within organisations. After all, conducting good business involves a lot of interaction.

During the Bachelor’s programme you will follow four learning lines. This way you will develop your knowledge and skills each year. The learning lines are:

• International Business Administration content: you will explore the field of International Business Administration. Each semester there are 2-3 courses focused on theories in the field.
• Academic Skills: you will develop and improve academic skills such as finding recourses, critical reading, presenting and argumentation.
• Methods: you will learn how to design a research, how to collect, interpret and report data and how to research ethically.
• Professional and Personal Development: you will develop yourself both personally and professional. During the curriculum there is room for career orientation, self-reflection, project management and ownership.

Kastu feedback about the program after the visit

• At RU students have to really like to do research, to write and to analyze, because most of the assignments are written.
• RU has free writing classes at which students can attend if they struggle with academic writing (most of the students attends them).
• Students mostly can learn Dutch for free and get 50% discount to learn other languages like Spanish, Chinese or other 15 languages.
• Easy to find a job as a student – lots of shops, bars, restaurants. Student who gave me a tour said all his friends found a job in 2-3 months.