The University of Groningen runs two intakes — September and February. On the school's application page, applications for the February, May and September 2027 starts close on 15 October 2026, with the next February 2028 start closing 15 October 2027. EU/EEA applicants should confirm their cycle's exact date on the programme page, as Dutch universities often set a later EU/EEA deadline than the non-EU/EEA one.
University of Groningen – Faculty of Economics and Business runs 2 application rounds . Earlier rounds generally carry higher acceptance odds and earlier scholarship visibility.
| Round | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Feb 2027 intake (deadline) | 15 October 2026 |
| Sep 2027 intake (deadline) | 15 October 2026 |
Dates are confirmed against the school's official admissions page.
What we checked, and when. Two intakes a year (February & September). The 15 October 2026 deadline applies to the Feb/May/Sep 2027 starts on the school's application page; EU/EEA applicants should confirm their cycle's date.
Frequently asked questions
When are the University of Groningen MSc Business Administration deadlines?
Sources
- University of Groningen — MSc Business Administration (re-confirmed: 15 Oct 2026 deadline for BOTH the Feb-2027 and Sep-2027 intakes, same date for EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA) ↗ — University of Groningen
- University of Groningen — MSc BA (Strategic Innovation Management): tuition fees ↗ — University of Groningen
- University of Groningen — MSc BA: entry requirements ↗ — University of Groningen
- University of Groningen — MSc BA: application procedure & deadlines ↗ — University of Groningen
- University of Groningen — FEB EQUIS accreditation ↗ — University of Groningen
- University of Groningen — Master's language requirements and exemptions (the university's central page; its own 'Last modified' read 04 August 2026). ENGLISH EVIDENCE CHECKED 2026-09-06 (P33c, Dutch leg), and this is the narrowest rule the leg found. The university-wide exemptions are, verbatim: 'you are a native speaker and have completed a full secondary education in the USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Canada (only when taught fully in English)'; 'you will obtain/ have obtained a full-time Bachelor's degree (at least 3 years) in the USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Canada (only when taught fully in English)'; 'you have obtained a VWO diploma including English as a subject'; 'you have obtained an EB diploma including English as a medium of instruction (only if L1 and L2)'. There is no medium-of-instruction route: an English-taught degree from outside those six countries exempts nobody. The page then lists faculty-specific additions, and the split matters here — the ONE extra route the Faculty of Economics and Business publishes, which is the faculty that runs this programme, is 'you completed and passed the English-language Pre-MSc programme from the Faculty of Economics and Business', while the Faculty of Law at the same university adds a twenty-entry country list (USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada 'English-speaking regions only', Australia, Antigua, Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Liberia, Malta, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Trinidad, Tobago). India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Bangladesh reach no route on either list. FEB thresholds read from the same page: IELTS Academic overall 6.5 (min. 6.0 Speaking, 6.5 Writing), TOEFL iBT 90 (min. 20 Speaking, 24 Writing) or 4 on the post-January-2026 scale (min. 4 Speaking, 5 Writing), Cambridge C1/C2 176, LanguageCert Academic 70, Pearson PTE Academic 66; IELTS, LanguageCert, PTE and TOEFL certificates 'are only valid for 2 years' while Cambridge certificates 'do not have limited validity'. IELTS Online, IELTS One Skill Retake and TOEFL MyBest Scores are not accepted ↗ — University of Groningen