
Master Global Sustainable Business Management
Amsterdam, Netherlands
DURATION
18 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 May 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 16,034 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* deadline application students requiring a study visa: 1 May every year; deadline application students not requiring a study visa: 31 August every year
** AUAS alumni tuition fee: €12.827
Introduction
Global Sustainable Business Management. Master's, full-time
During the programme, you will work on real-life cases from businesses who wish to transform, gaining a critical perspective on management theory, business practice, and responsible leadership. Working with business analytics, you will learn to interpret sustainability metrics used to make decisions and to achieve sustainable and ethical results. You will be studying at the Business Campus in Amsterdam Southeast, a culturally diverse neighbourhood home to various multinationals and smaller companies. Experience our university and sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives located across the vibrant city of Amsterdam.
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Curriculum
Programme structure
The Master’s programme Global Sustainable Business Management is a full-time, 1.5-year programme. It will give you the knowledge and help you develop the competences to support future sustainable business practice on a global scale.
Modules
The master is built up out of several modules, such as Sustainable Strategy, Responsible Leadership, Organising for Sustainability Transition and more.
Dissertation
An individual project where you have to research a real-life, business-oriented sustainability problem. You draft the theoretical framework to address this problem, analyse the problem on the basis of this theoretical framework and draw conclusions about solutions.
Teaching methods and learning
Your tutors will use a variety of teaching methods including lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials.
Research-rich learning
As a Master’s student you’ll develop your knowledge and research skills to a new, higher level. Throughout the programme you will be an active participant in the research-rich environment and agenda that is at the heart of the AUAS.
Study load
The Master's program Global Sustainable Business Management is a full-time, 1.5 -year curriculum (90 EC credits). It consists of 6 quarters (68 weeks). The overall study load per week is 37 hours. The total amount of work over the full year consists of 2520 hours.
Program Outcome
What will you gain from this Master?
After graduating from the Master's program Global Sustainable Business Management you'll be awarded the title Master of Science (MSc). This program lends itself to those interested in careers with an international management angle and this broad subject base will position you to compete for graduate trainee roles across a range of organizations.
Job opportunities may span across the private sector in SMEs and MNCs, consultancy firms, research institutes, social enterprises, public sector bodies and civil society like NGOs. Graduates may also start up their own social enterprise.
Why study at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Why Global Sustainable Business Management at the AUAS?
- You will participate in a hands-on Master's programme where you will learn and practice how to embed sustainability into the core of the business, organisation and institution.
- The curriculum is designed in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to drive meaningful change in global business
- You will study in a diverse, multicultural environment with students from various international backgrounds.
Program Admission Requirements
Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.