Elsevier: University of Groningen Research Master and MSc in Business Administration number 1 in the Netherlands

The Research Master’s degree programme in Economics and Business and the Master’s degree programme in Business Administration of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Groningen have achieved some of the highest scores in the annual Elsevier Education Survey. The students of the Research Master have given their degree programme a score of 8.8 and the Business Administration Master’s students have given theirs an 8.2. This puts both degree programmes into first place.

For its annual research into ‘The Best Degree Programmes’, Elsevier questioned 3541 regular Master’s students and 490 Research Master’s students on matters related to teaching, job preparation, lecturers etc.

Research Master’s degree
The students of the two-year Research Master’s programme also give a very high final assessment to the lecturers, who are given an average 8.8 score for matters such as expertise, contactability and preparation. The content of the teaching programme is given an 8.5 and the design of the programme an 8.6. The students even award a 9.1 to research skills, which demonstrates the success of the principle ‘Learning by doing’ used by the degree programme.

‘We are very proud to receive such excellent ratings from our students’, says Prof. Tammo Bijmolt, director of the SOM research school, responsible for the FEB Research Master’s degree. ‘It reflects the quality of the input from all those involved, especially Dr Bart Los, who recently stepped down as coordinator of the programme. The outstanding scores again show that the Research Master’s in Economics and Business is an excellent programme. This will definitely motivate us to work hard to keep up the high standards in the future development of the programme.’

Business Administration
Elsevier reports that the final score of 8.2 for the Master’s programme in Business Administration (MScBA) is significantly above the national average (7.5). The teaching (8.4) and the lecturers (8.0) of the Master’s programme were particularly well assessed by its own students. Director Prof. Albert Boonstra of the MscBA: ‘I am very pleased with the exceptionally high scores we received from our students. They clearly appreciate the quality of our lecturers and the design of the MSc BA programmes. This is great motivation to improve even further and to consolidate our number one position.’

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Tammo Bijmolt
Albert Boonstra