Overview

Gain practically relevant knowledge, boost your entrepreneurial skills and attitude and get ready for your career as employee or entrepreneur.

Learn to put your knowledge into practice

Get challenged by using your knowledge in a practically relevant way: validate your own business ideas, solve real-life challenges, and do an internship.

Increase your network

Benefit from an international student body and the networks of two universities within the vibrant Amsterdam start-up ecosystem and corporate world.

Learn from interesting guest speakers

We bring the outside world into the classroom by inviting interesting guest speakers from both start-ups/scale-ups as well as corporates.

Online education complimenting offline

You will enjoy mastering knowledge at the highest level through our blended learning teaching method.

Becoming more entrepreneurial

Studying our Master Entrepreneurship does not per definition make you an entrepreneur. But it does help you to think like one. This will greatly benefit your career as either an employee of a start-up, scale-up or corporate organisation, or as entrepreneur.

Career prospects

The Entrepreneurship programme of the University of Amsterdam will train you for a career in which you will assess and bring to life innovative, viable, high-quality business ideas in a number of contexts.

Our alumni have started careers either as entrepreneur, or as employee at a start-up, scale-up, or existing (large) organisation, and in a diversity of industries. The joint degree Master of Science in Entrepreneurship is recognised internationally.

This programme is suitable for all students who think they may (one day) want to be:

founder of their own venture;

manager aiming to create an entrepreneurial culture;

manager aiming to boost innovation;

policymaker aiming to create conditions to stimulate entrepreneurship;

project leader in innovation projects.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The Entrepreneurial Individual

The Entrepreneurial Venture

Entrepreneurial Finance

Venture Challenge

Creative Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship in Science & Technology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-06-01 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-06-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU

Language

English

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Required

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Completed academic BSc, BA or LLB degree (or higher) from a research university

An academic working standard, including experience in academic writing. Course requirements: at least 5 ECTS

Sound knowledge of research methodology, including sufficient analytical and statistical skills. Course requirements: at least 12 ECTS in research skills (qualitative and quantitative) at 3rd year Bachelor's level

Experience with entrepreneurship, demonstrated with completed courses in Entrepreneurship (at least 6 ECTS on 3rd year Bachelor’s level) and/or entrepreneurial experience as (co-)founder or (co-)owner (at least 6 months, in the past 3 year)

In your application, you need to upload a writing sample in English, your official course list, if available your Bachelor’s diploma and course descriptions of all the required courses

English language proficiency

Motivation letter

A sample of academic writing

GPA scores

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

24050 EUR / year

≈ 24050 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

2695 EUR / year

≈ 2695 EUR / year

Living costs

Amsterdam

Netherlands

1000 - 1500 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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