As a Dutch public university, Radboud charges regulated tuition rather than a private-school fee, and the amount depends on your nationality. For 2026/27, EU/EEA students pay the statutory fee — €2,694 for the full one-year, 60-EC programme — which is among the lowest of any serious MiM destination in Europe. Non-EU/EEA students pay the institutional fee instead: €18,873 for the year. So an EU/EEA applicant pays a nominal amount for a one-year AACSB-accredited master, while a non-EU applicant pays a mid-market institutional rate that still undercuts most elite private grande écoles. See where that lands in how much a MiM in Europe costs and the low-cost & tuition-free MiM guide, and compare it with the other Dutch options in the best MiM in the Netherlands. The real budget line for most students is living in Nijmegen; a non-EU student must also show proof of sufficient means for the residence permit, and can look at the Radboud Scholarship Programme and other Dutch scholarships. These are the university's published 2026/27 rates — confirm the exact figure for your nationality on Radboud's own tuition pages, as they change each cycle.
Tuition for the Radboud University Master in Management is €2,694/year statutory (EU/EEA) · €18,873/year institutional (non-EU/EEA) — 2026/27, the latest published for the 1 year full-time (60 EC) / September intake program.
| Total tuition | €2,694/year statutory (EU/EEA) · €18,873/year institutional (non-EU/EEA) — 2026/27, the latest published |
|---|---|
| Tuition (numeric) | €2,694 |
| Program length | 1 year full-time (60 EC) / September intake |
| Median tuition (80 euro-priced MiMs we track) | €23,157 |
On tuition, the Radboud University MiM ranks #13 of 80 euro-priced MiMs we track — at or below the €23,157 median. See how it stacks up on our cheapest MiMs in Europe and best-value shortlists.
Tuition figures are the published rate for the 2026–27 cycle and exclude living costs, travel, and optional exchange fees. Scholarships and need-based aid can materially reduce the net cost — see the FAQs below.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Radboud University's MSc in Business Administration cost?
As a Dutch public university, Radboud charges regulated tuition, and the amount depends on your nationality. For 2026/27 the statutory fee for EU/EEA students is €2,694 for the full one-year, 60-EC programme — among the lowest of any serious MiM destination in Europe — while non-EU/EEA students pay the institutional fee of €18,873 for the year. So an EU/EEA applicant pays only a nominal amount for a one-year AACSB-accredited master, and even the non-EU fee undercuts most elite private grande écoles. These are Radboud's published 2026/27 rates — always confirm the exact figure for your nationality and specialisation on Radboud's own tuition pages, since fees change each cycle. Budget separately for living costs in Nijmegen, and note that non-EU students must show proof of sufficient means to obtain a student residence permit.
Is Radboud University accredited, and how is it ranked?
Radboud's Nijmegen School of Management holds the AACSB accreditation for its business programmes — one of the two leading international business-school accreditations. On the university as a whole, Radboud placed 154th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 and 279th in the QS World University Rankings 2026, so it sits in the leading group of research universities worldwide. On the programme itself we are deliberately careful: the MSc in Business Administration is not listed with its own position in the Financial Times Masters in Management table, and we could not verify a specific QS Business Masters: Management rank for it, so — as we do elsewhere — we do not quote a programme rank we cannot source. Judge it on the university's standing, the school's AACSB accreditation, its cost and fit rather than a single league-table number.
Sources
- Radboud University — Master's in Business Administration (programme overview: a one-year, English-taught Master of Science in Business Administration at the Nijmegen School of Management, with seven specialisations — Digital Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, International Business, Marketing, Organisation Design and Change Management, Strategic Human Resources Leadership and Strategic Management — and a pre-master's route for applicants whose educational background does not grant direct admission) ↗ — Radboud University
- Radboud University — Business Administration: Strategic Management (specialisation fact box: duration 1 year / 60 EC, language English, start September; admission requirements) ↗ — Radboud University
- Radboud University — Business Administration admission and application (direct admission for a research-university bachelor in Bedrijfskunde/Business Administration or the Radboud Law and Management degree, or a comparable related bachelor; a pre-master's for HBO or off-field degrees; based on academic background Radboud may require a GMAT Focus Edition ≥565, GMAT ≥600 or GRE 315/Q158; English proficiency IELTS Academic 6.5 or TOEFL iBT 90; September intake; deadlines ~1 April non-EEA, ~1 May EU/EEA with non-Dutch education, ~1 July Dutch diploma, ~31 January for scholarship) ↗ — Radboud University
- Radboud University — Tuition fee amounts and specialisation tuition page (2025/26 statutory fee €2,601 and 2026/27 statutory fee €2,694 for a full-time programme for EU/EEA students; 2026/27 institutional fee €18,873 for non-EU/EEA students for the Business Administration master). INTAKE LABEL CHECKED, re-read at source 2026-09-03: the page publishes exactly two academic years, 2025-2026 and 2026-2027, and NO 2027-2028 schedule — so 2026/27 is the latest Radboud publishes, and it prices the year before the September 2027 intake this profile's deadlines admit to. The figures are unchanged from the 2026-07-04 reading; what changed is that the profile now says which intake they price ↗ — Radboud University
- Radboud University — Application and enrolment deadlines for Master's programmes (central deadlines page, read verbatim: non-EU/EEA 1 April for September, or 31 January with a scholarship application; EU/EEA 1 May with housing assistance and 1 July without; Dutch students 1 July; enrolment deadlines 1 June non-EU/EEA and 15 August EU/EEA. Published as standing annual rules with no cycle year attached) ↗ — Radboud University
- AACSB — Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen accreditation (the Nijmegen School of Management is AACSB-accredited in business) ↗ — AACSB International
- Radboud University — International rankings (Radboud placed 154th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 and 279th in the QS World University Rankings 2026) ↗ — Radboud University
- Radboud University — Radboud Scholarship Programme. STACKING CHECKED 2026-09-04, and Radboud is the rare European award that answers in writing: "The Radboud Scholarship can be combined with the NL Scholarship." The award "will reduce your tuition fee to €2,694.-" (the statutory rate; the page's own worked example is "€2,694.- instead of €18,000 (depending on your programme)") and "also covers costs for visa, residence permit, health insurance and liability insurance for your stay in the Netherlands (Aon Student Insurance)", while "the costs of living and studying in the Netherlands are not covered". Rationed and separately decided: "For 2026/2027, a maximum of 33 Radboud Scholarships are available", allocated by faculty with Nijmegen School of Management receiving 6, and "the selection for the scholarship and the admission to the Master's programme are two separate processes: admission to the Master's programme does not imply selection for the scholarship". Open to "all non-EU/non-EEA countries"; the 2026-2027 deadline (31 January 2026 23:59 CET) has passed; on a two-year master's, "to qualify for the grant again for the second year, you need to have passed all courses in the first year" ↗ — Radboud University
- Radboud University — Language requirements for English-taught programmes. ENGLISH EVIDENCE CHECKED 2026-09-06 (P33c, Dutch leg). At master's level Radboud does not run a test-waiver country list in the usual sense — it lists diplomas that themselves demonstrate proficiency. Verbatim, 'For all programmes (excluding the Faculty of Law): A Bachelor's diploma from a Dutch research university (WO). A Bachelor's diploma from a research university in Australia, Canada (excluding Québec), Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, or the United States of America.' Then, and this is the clause that matters for this programme: 'Additional diploma accepted by the Nijmegen School of Management: An English-taught Bachelor's diploma from an institution from an EU/EEA country.' So NSM widens the rule to the whole EU/EEA on a language-of-instruction test — and to nowhere else. India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Bangladesh reach no route. A second NSM-specific rule cuts the other way and is easy to miss: 'C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency results are valid for five years, with the exception of study programmes at the Nijmegen School of Management. All test results for Nijmegen School of Management programmes are valid for two years.' Also stated: an applicant without one of the listed diplomas or a certificate may still apply, and the certificate is then required 'before the enrolment deadline' if English is named in the admission email. TOEFL Home Edition, IELTS (Academic) Online, PTE Academic Online and LanguageCert Online 'cannot be accepted'; IELTS One Skill Retake and TOEFL My Best Scores 'are not taken into consideration'. RECORDED AS A CAVEAT, not a claim about the rule: the page's own stamp reads 'Modified on: 18 November 2024, 17:00' and 'Valid: 01 September 2024 - 31 August 2025', so the policy Radboud publishes today declares itself out of validity. Confirm in the application ↗ — Radboud University