Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master's in Business Administration with a specialisation in Purchasing & Supply Management (PSM) is a one-year program that requires students to collect a total of 60 EC.

Structure

The program consists of:

• Compulsory courses for the Master's, totaling 15 EC
  • Entrepreneurial Leadership & Responsible Organisational Design
  • Qualitative Research and Business Skills
  • Quantitative Design Methods in Business Research
  • Business Valuation & Corporate Governance
• Specialisation courses, totaling 15 EC
  • Students need to choose at least three out of four elective courses of the specialisation in PSM
  • Purchasing Strategy and Systems
  • Global Sourcing and Organisation
  • Strategic Procurement in the Public and Healthcare Sectors
  • Strategic Sourcing: Societal and technological trends
• Elective courses, totaling 5 EC
  • Students can choose one elective freely
  • Examples of electives can be found at the other specialisations
• Master's thesis, totaling 25 EC
  • Students will finish their Master's in BA with their master's thesis
  • The choice of graduation subject is largely up to the student

Master's Thesis

The master's thesis is a great way for students to combine their academic skills with hands-on experience. Most students complete their graduation project at an external organisation, either in the Netherlands or abroad. The choice of thesis topic is largely up to the student, with possible subjects including:

• Investigating unfair practices by dominant suppliers
• Hospital purchasing strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic
• Researching the effect of emotional intelligence on B2B negotiations
• How to achieve sustainable supply chain management and a circular economy with suppliers

Career Perspectives

Many graduates launch their careers with the company in which they conducted their thesis research. The staff will be on hand throughout the thesis period to supervise and help students achieve good results.