Dear new student to the master's in Business Administration and the pre-master's in Business Administration.
Welcome to the UT and the programme!
To get started quickly, please find some important information below:
- BMS Faculty Kick-In - Further details and information on how to register as a participant can be found here.
- Electronic systems and applications - A list and short explanation can be found here, and associated manuals can be found here.
- Master's BA student - All students should know the study programme they want to follow at the beginning of their studies. This means that you should know which track you will study, and what electives you want to choose for the first quartile. The study programme for the MSc BA can be found here. Course information can be found in the Osiris course catalogue. Don't forget to complete your Individual Learning Agreement (ILA) which can be found here.
- Pre-Master's BA student - All students should know the study programme they want to study at the beginning of their studies. This means that you should know the programme that is stated in the admission letter you received via e-mail from the Admissions Committee. Course information can be found in the Osiris course catalogue.
- Books - For required literature, please check the course information via the Osiris course catalogue and also the website of the study association Stress here.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1) Where can I find my scheduled lectures? You can find all scheduled lectures via: http://rooster.utwente.nl. Please login with your student account and select the courses you want to see in the timetable.
2) In the schedule I see locations of the lectures, where can I find these lecture locations? 3) There are so many (ICT) systems at the UT, is there a manual? 4) I will shortly start studying at the UT, how can I know what books to buy? Information relating to books and other study materials is available on the Osiris course catalogue. Information regarding additional materials will be supplied by the teacher via the Canvas learning platform. Stress, the study association, has an agreement with Studystore, and Stress members are able to receive a discount on books.
5) Can I work alongside my studies (pre-master or) MSc BA? If you are able to work or are otherwise active alongside your studies really depends on the work and your ability to plan; it’s at your own responsibility and risk to plan your work alongside your lectures, group work, and exams. Please keep in mind that we do not facilitate a part time study programme:
- lectures will be scheduled on every work day;
- not all lectures are equally planned every week;
- exams are planned by the Programme and cannot be rescheduled;
- the study load to successfully complete the courses is approximately 42 hours a week.
6) Can I plan my holiday whenever I like? The academic calendar of the UT shows which weeks during the year educational activities are (potentially) scheduled. If you plan your holiday during these weeks, this is at your own risk and responsibility, no educational activities will be re-scheduled because of your holiday. There are plenty of weeks available during the year that are allocated for holidays, feel free to book your holiday in those weeks.
7) I am not so sure if my English language skills are good enough, what can I do? All students need to meet certain English language requirements before being admitted to the Programme, so the Programme administration is confident all students should be able to study all materials. However, you may experience a struggle with English skills, in which case you can contact the UT Language Centre to see what support is available to improve your English language skills.
8) After my studies I have the ambition to start a successful career, how can I get a head start? During your studies you can already do a lot to prepare your future career, alongside studying. Of course, content-wise you can choose the specialisation track of your interest, elective course(s) and the topic of your thesis in such a way that you are connected to the most up-to-date knowledge as required by employers. Furthermore, your set of skills can be trained and developed to best suit your preferred employer and/or type of job. At UT a lot of connections with future employers can be made, we advise you to check at an early stage the opportunities via Stress, Bekader, alumni via LinkedIn, Student Union, Bedrijvendagen, etc. Also please check www.utwente.nl/careerservices. Please join our IBA/BA Alumni LinkedIn group here.
9) Is there a difference between a MSc in Business Administration programme and a MBA programme? The principal distinction between the two programmes is that the MSc in BA programme is an academic, research-oriented programme and an MBA programme is more practically-oriented towards a specific type of job/ profession. The MSc BA programme builds upon the knowledge and academic base of business administration topical fields, whereas an MBA programme will be based on work experiences as well. A candidate with for example a bachelor's degree in Physics and managerial experience can opt for an MBA degree to gain business administration knowledge and skills to learn to become a better manager, whereas the same candidate will not be likely to be admitted to an MSc BA programme. MSc BA students will acquire analytical, theoretical, reflection and critical thinking skills and attitudes and are trained more to become researchers (more in attitude than as a profession), MBA students are trained more to become managers. It is advisable to know what type of programme suits you best before enrolling in an educational programme.
