Master's Qualifying Programme
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Preparatory Program
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2026
TUITION FEES
GBP 26,970 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* all programmes are subject to a €450 registration fee
Key Summary
About: Study a pathway programme with OnCampus Amsterdam that prepares you for postgraduate study in the Netherlands. The one-year (2-semester) programme runs at a Centre in the heart of the university campus and offers guaranteed progression* to a range of postgraduate degrees at the University of Amsterdam, subject to meeting specified entry criteria.
Career Outcomes: Completing this qualifying programme supports entry to postgraduate degrees. Typical career opportunities include researcher, policy analyst, education professional, consultant, and international-organisation staff. You can progress to Masters study or a PhD that leads to academic or industry roles in business, public policy, education, or research.
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression* to a range of postgraduate degrees at the University of Amsterdam.
You will study your Qualifying programme at our Centre located at the heart of the university campus.
*Guaranteed progression is subject to meeting the specified entry criteria.
- Course length: 2 semesters
- Hours per week: up to 25
This programme includes English and up to seven academic subject modules.
English will be integrated into the teaching of academic subjects, as well as being taught separately for those who need additional support to develop their English language ability.
The modules within your chosen pathway of the MQP at OnCampus Amsterdam are shown below:
Business
- English
- Management Research Methods 1 & 2 for Business Administration
- Digital Technologies and Marketing
- Strategy and Change
- International Management
- Management and Leadership in the Digital Age
- Academic Skills Development
Accountancy and Control
- English
- Management Research Methods 1
- Management Research Methods 2
- Introduction to Quantitative Methods
- Academic Project
- Internal Control
- Financial Accounting
- Academic Skills Development
Data Science and Business Analytics
- English
- Mathematics 3
- Machine Learning
- Optimisation
- Econometrics 1
- Finance for AE
- Probability Theory and Statistics 2
- Time Series Analysis
- Academic Skills Development
Economics
- English
- Statistics 2 for Economics
- Econometrics
- Mathematics 2 for Economics
- Statistical Learning
- Econometrics 1 and 2
- Mathematical Economics 1
- Time Series Analysis
- Academic Skills Development
Econometrics
- English
- Mathematics 3
- Probability Theory and Statistics 3
- Mathematics 4
- Statistical Learning
- Econometrics 1 and 2
- Mathematical Economics 1
- Time Series Analysis
- Academic Skills Development
This programme is designed to prepare international graduates for entry to Master's level studies at the University of Amsterdam.
This programme lasts one academic year (nine months). You will undertake up to 25 hours of classroom-based study per week. Students will be expected to timetable self-study hours in addition to the classroom-based hours.
Each module will have an assessment schedule, which will be completed by the end of the appropriate term and will include formative and summative assignments and other assessment tasks. Assessments will be designed to demonstrate learning across the individual modules of the programme and to allow you to experience a wide range of the assessment methods used in Dutch postgraduate programmes.
Assessments will normally include coursework, essays, reports and other structured assignments, oral examination, and unseen written examinations.