Maastricht School of Management
Master in Management
Maastricht, Netherlands
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
03 Jul 2026*
EARLIEST START DATE
21 Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 20,500 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Rolling deadlines. EU-deadline: 25 August 2026
** total fee, early bird discount: €1,500 (deadline by 16 January 2026)
Key Summary
The MSM Master in Management (MM) program is a one-year full-time master’s programme for recent graduates and young professionals (< 3 years of working experience) with the ambition to manage people and processes with success in any organization, country or context.
Our MM provides you with a first necessary step to fast-forward your career to higher levels by providing you with a solid foundation in the practice and theory of management in a fast-changing global world. During this course you will be provided with the opportunity to understand how to steer your organization to high performance in a diverse and multicultural international business context. You will learn from experienced faculty, international companies and fellow participants from different cultural, business and study backgrounds.
The MSM Master in Management will ultimately challenge you to develop your own unique approach to management that inspires.
Accreditation
Maastricht School of Management (MSM) is part of the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE).
SBE has been awarded three prestigious accreditations, AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA, resulting in what is known as the Triple Crown accreditation. Only 1% of business schools worldwide can boast this honor.
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The curriculum of the Master in Management consists of 13 courses, one group company project, a supply chain management project, a personal development portfolio of workshops, and an integrative final project resulting in a total of 60 ECTS and an equivalent study load of 1680 hours.
Course
- Managing Cultural Diversity 3 ECTS
- Data Analytics 3 ECTS
- Economics for Managers 3 ECTS
- Accounting for Managers 3 ECTS
- Human Resource Management 3 ECTS
- Finance 3 ECTS
- Organizational Behavior 3 ECTS
- Marketing Management 3 ECTS
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation 3 ECTS
- Strategy and Planning 3 ECTS
- Digital Transformation of Business 3 ECTS
Application subjects
- Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) – throughout the year: workshops on personal and interpersonal skills 3 ECTS
- Group company project (team competition): Sustainable Business or Digital Economy 3 ECTS
- Supply Chain Management Project 3 ECTS
Final assessment
- Research Methods 3 ECTS
- Academic Research paper
- with a focus on theoretical management or
- with a focus on a real-life problem for a company
OR
Global Social and Economic Impact Project*
Academic Research Paper 15 ECTS
Group Company Project
During the Master in Management programme, you will conduct one group project for a company. You will work in a team with fellow students on solving an actual problem of a specific company in the region. With your team, you will compete with other teams consisting of fellow students working on the same case for the same company. The first project will be related to the topic of Sustainable Development or to the Digital Economy.
Personal Development Portfolio
Throughout the year you will participate in various workshops to help you develop your personal and interpersonal skills, a vital asset for every manager.
Final project
The Master in Management programme concludes with programme integration, an individual project that will require you to prove your ability to integrate the individual core subjects of the MSM MM programme to solve an organizational challenge. The final project takes the form of an academic research paper focusing on theoretical management, or a business consultancy project with a focus on on a real-life issue for a company. You can also choose the Global Social and Economic Impact Project in the form of an Academic Research Paper.
- The academic research paper with a theoretical management focus involves researching practical problems that organizations are confronted with and formulating recommendations drawn from the research. The project focuses on a management or business problem encountered by a larger number of organizations (N>1).
- The academic research paper with a focus on a real-life issue of a company involves how to advise a real life organization in solving a specific problem it is facing. Part of this project will consist of doing business research to further analyze the problem.
- Within the Global Social and Economic Impact Project the focus of your final paper should be on one of the following global challenges:
- Food and nutrition security
- Water management
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Security and rule of law
In case you would like to apply for an Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) scholarship, make sure to align the focus of your Global Social and Economic Impact Project with one of the priority themes of your country.
Why should you follow the MSM Master in Management?
Learn and network through diversity
You will develop your management skills in a truly international and multicultural classroom with fellow participants from all over the world. Not only will they represent various cultural backgrounds, but they will also come from different business sectors, study backgrounds, and different personal networks. In the global context, your personal networks and multicultural leadership skills are vital ingredients for career success.
On successful completion of this program graduates will receive a Master's degree.
Available MSM Scholarships for private sponsorship candidates
The full tuition fee of the Master in Management programme starting in September 2026 is € 20,500*.
Scholarship opportunities can be combined to a maximum of 35% discount on the full tuition fee, excluding the AES, WAS, and EVS scholarships. Should you get awarded the AES, WAS, or the EVS scholarship, the total discount for this scholarship will replace the other awarded scholarships.
More information on the specific scholarships and their requirements can be found on the MSM website.
We have created a special optional Career and Personal Development Track (CPDT) to help you achieve your goals. The CPDT aims to provide you with the tools necessary to help you find a job upon completion of your Master's in Management degree at MSM. Throughout the year, you will train your soft skills and prepare yourself for a successful career. Personal development training is also integrated into some of the courses of the curriculum. What to expect in the CPDT:
- Networking events
- HR managers coming to talk to you
- Collaboration with regional corporate partners that are looking for international students
- CV book published by MSM for our corporate partners to facilitate the recruitment of our students
- Business challenges, company visits, guest speakers
- Workshops on CV and motivational letter writing, presentation skills, LinkedIn and video resume, elevator pitch
- Individual self-awareness and self-development coaching
- Holistic life balance training
Demonstrate your commitment and readiness to succeed in business school by taking the GMAT exam – the most widely used exam for admissions that measures your critical thinking and reasoning skills.
Download the GMAT mini quiz to get a flavour of the questions you’ll find in the exam.