EUR master’s in International Management among sixteen ‘excellent’ masters in the Netherlands

The master’s in International Management at Erasmus University is among the absolute top of Dutch master’s education, according to the Keuzegids. The internationally oriented programme at the Rotterdam School of Management receives very high ratings from students and is therefore included in the list of sixteen ‘excellent’ master’s programmes in the Netherlands.

Each year, the Keuzegids lists all master’s programmes in the Netherlands, both at universities of applied sciences and at research universities. The scores are based on the opinions of students in the National Student Survey. This year, a total of seven master’s programmes at universities of applied sciences and nine university master’s programmes received the label ‘excellent’.

Although the number of master’s programmes has grown this year, fewer have been assessed as ‘excellent’. In particular at research universities, students are more critical; last year fifteen master’s programmes received this judgement, this year only nine. At universities of applied sciences, there is instead a small increase; seven programmes stand out, compared with six last year.

These sixteen programmes score the highest on all themes: content, lecturers, assessment, career preparation and atmosphere.

Economics & business

At research universities, the best master’s programmes are still mainly found within the field of economics & business. This also includes the master’s in International Management at EUR. Two programmes in the sector law & governance are also assessed as outstanding.

Opera

Students at universities of applied sciences are particularly satisfied with master’s programmes in culture & arts and in education & upbringing. For example, there are two master’s programmes in ‘opera’ that have received an excellent rating, one in Amsterdam and the other in The Hague.

Under certain conditions, bachelor’s graduates from universities of applied sciences can sometimes also follow a master’s programme at a research university. However, because of a quirk in the law, they do not receive a basic grant in that case, whereas they do receive one if they choose a master’s programme at a university of applied sciences. Research university students always receive a basic grant for their master’s programme, regardless of whether they take it at a university of applied sciences or a research university.

Politicians consider this unfair and want to change it; a motion by the CDA on this issue received broad support in the House of Representatives this week.