Applied Business Administration (HBO)

Do you like to be in charge? Do you like to solve problems? Do you keep up with your responsibilities? Do you like to do your employees and clients a service? Would you like to be (co-) responsible for the optimal performance of a company department or a company branch office?

Then the Applied Business Administration programme is just right for you.

Location
The programme Applied Business Administration is offered at Stenden hogeschool, location Leeuwarden.

Leeuwarden – Student City of the year
With over 23,000 Dutch and international students at several universities, Leeuwarden is truly a student town. Students dominate many aspects of social, cultural and economic life in the city. Not surprisingly, Leeuwarden has been voted the “Best Student City” of the Netherlands at several times in recent years.

Career options
Employment opportunities are available as:

	Project manager
	Head Internal Organisation
	Head Service Centre
	General Assistant
	Assistant to the manager

Duration and Intakes
The programme takes four year to complete. However, based on prior learning and / or work experiences, a certain amount of study time can be skipped or left out.

The study programme Applied Business Administration starts in September and in February.

Curriculum

Foundation phase
In the foundation phase you will become acquainted with the ins and outs of a company. You will receive more insight in company processes, various management styles, the management of financial means and materials and you will gain a better understanding of the clients of the organisation. During the first year, you will focus on the core activities of Business Administration.

The subjects that you will be exposed to are the following:
• Communication and communication skills
• The Company and its surroundings
• Information and communication technology (ICT)
• Economics
• Research methods
• Law

Main phase
In the main phase, you will develop from department head to manager. You will start at the middle management level. In this phase you will translate the knowledge of the foundation phase to management duties, problems and theories.

The objective is to receive a better understanding of organizational management. The aspects that will be dealt with are, among other things, personnel, marketing, sales, management skills, information management and quality control. You will supervise the first year's International Office Management students within the programme's practical department.

In the last part of the main phase the management tasks within a strategic level are dealt with. In this phase the focus will be on your managerial capacities and your management vision. You will deal with things such as financial management, human resource management, and customer relations management. During the practical modules you will be the manager of a department within the practical department.

Graduation phase
In the graduation phase of your studies you will be exposed to the various aspects of a management position. You may decide according to your own preferences how the phase is structured. You may develop your speciality or practise your theoretical knowledge.

There are many optional modules to choose from. Or you may decide to be an exchange student and go abroad, or gain employment experience. You will also have to complete a traineeship, write a final paper, and conduct research.

Tuition fees
For further information on tuition fees, please click here.

Contact
For general information, please contact International Support Office:

Postal address:
Stenden university
P.O. Box 1298
8900 CG Leeuwarden
The Netherlands

Visiting address:
Stenden university
Rengerslaan 8
8917 DD Leeuwarden
The Netherlands

Tel.: +31 (0)591 853 100
Fax: +31 (0)591 853 101
Email: info@stenden.com
Web: www.stenden.com

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