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MSc Strategic Entrepreneurship

Are you passionate about developing new ideas and starting new ventures? Are you ambitious enough to transform organisations and scale them up? If so, Strategic Entrepreneurship (MScSE) is the master programme for you.  

This one-year full-time programme is open to you if you’re a bachelor student in Business Administration, Engineering, Economics, Finance and Science.

In an inspiring, collaborative, safe and open setting, you experientially learn all aspects of strategic entrepreneurship. You discover and create relevant entrepreneurial opportunities with positive impact, pivoting them into validated business solutions. Subsequently, you master how to achieve those discoveries in a startup, a scaleup and a corporation, with explicit attention to the complex volatility of bringing positive impact. 

  • 111 students in the cohort 
  • 33% international students in the programme 
  • 65% of graduates employed within 6 months after graduation 
  • Examples of industries where graduates work: new ventures, financial services, information technology and consulting 
  • Examples of graduates’ job titles: CEO, co-founder, business developer, business consultant, head of sales 

This programme is offered by Erasmus University Rotterdam. For more information about the legal structure of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, visit this page.

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Join the upcoming webinar hosted by current students to gain valuable insights into the application process, the program structure, student life and Rotterdam.

Programme highlights

  • Great group cohesion

    In September we get to know each other and are introduced to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Rotterdam and to all its entrepreneurial opportunities.  

  • Experiential learning

    You develop entrepreneurial knowledge, skills and attitudes by creating and growing your entrepreneurial ventures through the application of AI and by testing in the real world.

  • Personal development

    The programme is about you. Your core values, purpose and behaviour are central. The learning journey revolves around fully developing your entrepreneurial competencies. 

  • Top ranked

    RSM’s MSc Strategic Entrepreneurship is arguably the best graduate programme in entrepreneurship in Europe – ranked number 1 in Edurank and Princeton Review in 2023.

More about the programme

Hear from our current students

Just like the city of Rotterdam, the university is very modern and international which makes the study atmosphere professional and enjoyable. My master is practical: it teaches you a hands-on mentality. Every time you learn new theoretical aspects, you’re pushed to apply them to a real-life case or your own business. We also get essential insights into the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and we learn directly from founders in guest lectures and network events.

Paul Hartwig, German (MSc Strategic Entrepreneurship, 2025)

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