NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor in Entrepreneurship and Retail Management
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
BSc
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English, Dutch
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,975 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for non-EU/EEA students | EU/EEA students: EUR 2,601 per year
Key Summary
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Why choose the Entrepreneurship and Retail Management program at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences?
- Graduate from the highest-ranked programs of its kind according to the 2024 Dutch Higher Education Guide
- Start your own business from day one and turn your dream into reality
- Work on challenges set by industry and visit business sites
- Draw on the expertise of educational and business experts from the work field
- Gain international experience with a period of study and an internship abroad
- Specialize in your preferred field: fashion, online retail, entrepreneurship or retail management
Unique offering for the Netherlands
NHL Stenden offers first-year students a housing guarantee through its accommodation partners. Sign up on time, and you’ll easily find the right place for you. Check out our housing page for more information and the terms of our housing guarantee.
Your future
Run your own business, take on a leadership role in the retail sector, or be a manager or advisor for a global enterprise. The choice is yours!
Career opportunities
- Entrepreneur with your own business venture
- Retail Manager overseeing and leading retail operations
- Business Consultant providing expert advice on improving operations and strategies
- Marketing Manager developing and implementing campaigns for retail and entrepreneurial endeavours
- Purchase Manager procuring goods & services for resale or in-company use
- Brand Manager managing and promoting brand identity and strategy
- E-Commerce Specialist focusing on online retail, sales and digital marketing strategies
The Practical Way You Learn
During your studies, you carry out practical assignments from real companies, working in groups and coached by lecturers and professionals with relevant professional experience. It’s a way of learning, an educational concept, we call Design-Based Education. You learn to draw on feedback to adapt your ideas and become more flexible, while also developing your teamwork and leadership skills.
There’s a World to Explore
Our international community brings together over 80 nationalities on our campuses. It’s an open environment that will help you broaden your horizons in many respects. And we offer more options to get you ready for an intercultural work environment. For instance, you could do one of the programs offered by RUN-EU or, depending on your degree, do your internship abroad or follow a minor subject in a different country through our Grand Tour or Exchange programs. You get to put together the right combination of courses and internships for you and develop both your professional and personal skills.
- Year 1 - Explore the world of retail and entrepreneurship. This lays the foundations for the rest of your studies. You also work on your personal development start developing your leadership skills, and possibly start up your own company
- Year 2 - Professionalise your entrepreneurial skills and examine HR and operational management. Develop insights and skills in terms of leadership, learning to act independently, making choices taking responsibility, and developing your social competence and your network
- Year 3 - Learn the different aspects of a global strategy and focus on your leadership skills through supply chain, change, and performance management. You then specialize in a minor subject, going abroad either through an exchange or at one of the Grand Tour locations
- Year 4 - Enter the work field by doing an internship for an internationally orientated company and working on a graduation project researching the health of a company’s change management and strategy. If your interest lies in retail, then your research may be for a business-to-consumer company. If you’ve already started up for yourself, you could handle a research question within your own company.
If you are thinking about applying to NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, you may be eligible for a scholarship. NHL Stenden offers 2 different scholarships for Non-EU/EEA bachelor students.
NL Scholarship
The NL Scholarship is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and Dutch research universities and universities of applied sciences. These scholarships award selected international undergraduate students from outside the EU/EEA with a one-time financial contribution of € 5000.
NHL Stenden Excellency Scholarship
The NHL Stenden Excellency Scholarship is a performance-based scholarship for 1st and 2nd year non-EU/EEA students at NHL Stenden.
All degrees offered by NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences are accredited by the NVAO in the Netherlands (The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders).
NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences challenges its students, staff and partners to explore beyond existing solutions and possibilities, to discover and develop their talents so as to contribute to social progress.
- Learn using a practical approach, working in groups on assignments set by industry partners and developing usable solutions
- Get more international opportunities and spend part of your degree studying or doing your internship in a different country, drawing on our global network
- Get the most out of your studies with relatively low tuition rates, well-priced housing (and a housing guarantee) and homely and affordable student cities