Key facts
The MSc in Management (full-time) at Nyenrode Business University runs 16 months in Breukelen, Netherlands, with tuition of €36,450 total (Pre-Master €11,600 + Master €24,850). The GMAT/GRE is optional.
- Location
- Breukelen, Netherlands
- Length
- 16 months
- Tuition
- €36,450 total (Pre-Master €11,600 + Master €24,850)
- Test policy
- GMAT/GRE optional
- Taught in
- English
- Employment (3 months out)
- 90%
Nyenrode Business University’s full-time MSc in Management is a 16-month, English-taught Master in Management at the Netherlands’ only private business university — an EQUIS-accredited school offering three specialisation tracks and a strong reported career-progress record.¹
Overview
Nyenrode is unusual in the Dutch landscape: it is the country’s only private business university, accredited by EQUIS and the Dutch NVAO. Its full-time MSc in Management is a pre-experience programme — designed for applicants with up to three years of full-time work experience — that includes a pre-master phase to bring students up to speed before the master proper.¹ Teaching is split across Nyenrode’s Breukelen estate and its Amsterdam location.
Curriculum & Structure
The programme runs 16 months in total: a Pre-Master semester followed by the two master semesters.¹ Students choose one of three specialisation tracks — Digital Business & Innovation, Financial Management, or Global Business — to point the degree toward a target career path while completing the core management curriculum. The pre-master design means applicants from a range of bachelor backgrounds can enter, provided they meet the mathematics and English thresholds.¹
Application & Deadlines
Entry is a bachelor’s degree (from a research or applied-sciences university) with a minimum GPA of about 6.5/10 (≈2.6/4), an “affinity with mathematics and statistics”, an at-home personality test and a personal interview with a programme manager.² The GMAT is not required.
The English bar is the lowest of any Dutch programme in this catalogue, and there is no way around it. Nyenrode asks for IELTS Academic 6.0 — half a band under the 6.5 that Groningen, Utrecht, VU, UvA and Twente all set — or TOEFL iBT 4.5 on the scale in use from January 2026, Cambridge C1/C2 176, PTE Academic 61, LanguageCert ESOL Academic 65, or TOEIC 865 plus 335.² What Nyenrode does not publish is any exemption: no country list, no medium-of-instruction clause, no native-speaker carve-out. Every other Dutch school here waives the test for somebody; this one waives it for nobody, which makes a low bar the honest trade. (An earlier version of this page said IELTS 6.5 and framed the requirement as applying to “non-native speakers”; both were wrong, and the school’s own page is the source above.) Nyenrode also publishes a route worth knowing if you are applying from India: complete six months of the SPJIMR Global Management Program in Mumbai and the Nyenrode master runs 12 months rather than 16.²
The annual cycle starts with the Pre-Master in August and the master phase the following January — so the January 2028 master is entered through the August 2027 pre-master, with the school’s page dating that application deadline 1 May 2027.² Assessment is rolling, so apply early, particularly if you need a visa. For more on test-free routes, see studying a MiM in Europe without the GMAT, and for how the English rule differs school by school, IELTS and TOEFL for a European MiM.
Tuition & Funding
Tuition for 2026/27 is €36,450 in total — a Pre-Master semester (€11,600) plus the two master semesters (€24,850) — with a €175 admissions fee on top.¹ As a private institution, Nyenrode’s fee is higher than the Dutch public universities; weigh it against the school’s EQUIS accreditation and career-progress record. For how this compares across Europe, see how much a MiM costs in Europe.
Career Outcomes
Nyenrode reports that 90% of its graduates find a job within four months of graduating, and the programme was ranked #22 worldwide for career progress in the Financial Times 2024 — a career-progress measure rather than the overall Masters in Management table rank.¹ See the wider regional picture in our Netherlands MiM career outcomes piece.
Reputation
A private, EQUIS-accredited business university with a track-based MSc in Management and a strong career-progress record makes Nyenrode a distinctive Dutch option — particularly for applicants who want a specialised, career-focused programme and are weighing it against the larger Dutch public schools. For the wider context, see whether a MiM is worth it in 2026, browse the MiM in the Netherlands hub and the best MiM in the Netherlands shortlist, weigh the Netherlands against the UK, and compare programmes across the full rankings.
Frequently asked questions
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Sources
- Nyenrode Business University — Master of Science in Management (full-time) nyenrode.nl ↗ — Nyenrode Business University (retrieved Jun 2026)
- Nyenrode Business University — Master of Science in Management (full-time), admission section re-read at source. ENGLISH EVIDENCE CHECKED 2026-09-06 (P33c, Dutch leg) and it CORRECTED this profile. The page's 'Adequate knowledge of English' block reads, verbatim: 'TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language – Internet-Based Test) Minimum overall score: 4.5'; 'IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System – Academic Module) Minimum overall band score: 6.0'; 'Cambridge English Qualifications (C1 Advanced / C2 Proficiency) Minimum overall score: 176'; 'LanguageCert International ESOL Academic Minimum overall score: 65'; 'Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic Minimum overall score: 61'; 'TOEIC (Listening & Reading + Speaking & Writing) Minimum score: 865 (Listening & Reading) + 335 (Speaking & Writing)'. This profile previously stated 'TOEFL iBT 90 or IELTS Academic 6.5 (or equivalent) for non-native speakers' — the IELTS figure was half a band too high, and the 'non-native speakers' qualifier is ours, not Nyenrode's. NEGATIVE RECORDED, and it is the finding: the word 'exempt' appears once on this page and it governs the PRE-MASTER ('Pre-Master exemption... For students with a Bachelor's degree from a Research University certain exemptions are available'), never the English test. No country list, no medium-of-instruction clause, no native-speaker carve-out — Nyenrode is the only Dutch school in this catalogue that publishes no English exemption route whatsoever, the same shape as Strathclyde in the UK leg. Other entry rules read the same day: 'At least a Bachelor's degree from Research or Applied Sciences University', 'Minimum GPA 6.5/10 or 2.6/4', 'Maximum of 3 years of full-time working experience', 'Affinity with mathematics and statistics', an LTP personality test taken at home and a personal interview with a programme manager. Cycle dates: 'Application deadline: May 1st, 2027', 'Start of the pre-master program: August 2027', 'Start of the master program: January 2028'. Also published, and relevant to Indian applicants: a 'Special admission route: SPJIMR' — 'If you follow the SPJIMR Global Management Program in Mumbai, India, you can complete the Full-time Master of Science in Management in 12 months. You follow the SPJIMR program for six months and then join Nyenrode's Full-time Master of Science in Management' nyenrode.nl ↗ — Nyenrode Business University (retrieved Sept 2026)