{"id":135276,"date":"2022-01-27T12:18:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T11:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=135276"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:05","slug":"international-business-administration-once-again-the-most-popular-bachelor-programme-in-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/01\/27\/international-business-administration-once-again-the-most-popular-bachelor-programme-in-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"International Business Administration once again the most popular bachelor programme in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the sixth consecutive year, International Business Administration (IBA) received the most registrations of all the university programmes in the Netherlands. 4160 potential students applied.<\/p>\n

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However, that doesn\u2019t mean that over four thousand students will be starting IBA in September. Many will drop off the list, explains executive director Adri Meijdam. \u201cFirstly, these students need to register via our online registration form. From experience, we know that around twelve hundred will drop out. \u201cAnd that\u2019s not the end of the story, because the quota for this year is 650 students.<\/p>\n

The students will therefore be ranked based on their grades from secondary school (75 percent) and their international CV or motivation (25 percent). The best 650 will then be accepted. Students must have at least a 7 to have any chance of being considered for a place.<\/p>\n

Fewer Dutch students<\/h2>

In the past, besides their school grades, students were assessed on both their CV and their motivation, but this put Dutch students at a disadvantage, says Meijdam. \u201cInternational students have often lived in many different places, while the average Dutch student might not have left Capelle. We felt that these students needed an opportunity too, so they can now choose to send a motivation letter instead of a CV. That makes it fairer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the percentage of Dutch students last year was only 23 percent, well below 40 percent, which, according to Meijdam, is the perfect balance between an international group and enough room for Dutch students. \u201cHowever, we cannot select on that. We must give everyone a fair chance. We can do a bit of tweaking<\/em>, but not much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Internationals attract internationals<\/h2>

IBA partly owes its popularity to a high\u00a0business school ranking\u00a0with the Financial Times<\/em>, Meijdam thinks. Furthermore, it is the highest business school in the Netherlands and one of the highest in Europe. \u201cThat\u2019s very important to many international students.\u201d<\/p>\n

And international students then attract more international students. \u201cWhen we started in around 2000, international students wondered: will we end up on an island among Dutch students? The honest answer then was: yes. Now the situation is very different, which is best reflected in our buddy programme. If someone from France wants to know more about the programme, we can link them to a French IBA student. We always have a student like you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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