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Minor

Business Administration: Human Resource Management

Companies need to deal with different stakeholders: clients, suppliers, competitors, the governmental bodies and so on. One important group of stakeholders are the companies’ employees. How do you attract talented employees to work for your company or team? How do you motivate your team members? How can you manage and reduce stress at work and try to make sure that your employees are happy and engaged at work? In this minor we will focus particularly on how to understand and manage the people in a company adequately.

Unfortunately, you can no longer apply for the minor, as the application period has closed. if you have any question, please contact the Education Desk. 

This minor enables you to solve issues around human resource management ('people management'). You will be encouraged to adopt a critical approach towards the many theoretical perspectives within the professional field and then apply the knowledge that you have gained to practical situations.

Progressing to a Master's programme

Only when combined with completing the Bachelor's programme in Economics and Business Economics, this minor provides you with direct access to the Master's programme in Business Administration. With other Bachelor's degrees, you will not have access to this Master's programme.

Find out more about the Master's in Business Administration

Programme

The minor contains of 30 EC and can be completed in 1 year (2 semesters).

COURSES SEM 1 SEM 2 SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 EC
  • Human Resource Management
    6
  • Strategic Management
    6
  • Evidence-Based Management
    6
  • Organisational Behaviour
    6
  • Management and Leadership in the Digital Age
    6
Find detailed course descriptions in the Course Catalogue (updated in June)

The new course catalogue containing the final programme will be published in the beginning of June.

Entry requirements

  • When applying for the minor, it is necessary to have successfully completed your first year (60 EC).
  • Students from a University of Applied Sciences (HBO) who finished their first-year programme (60 EC) can also be admitted.
  • No prior knowledge in Economics or Mathematics is required.
  • This minor is not open to students of UvA Economics and Business Bachelor's programme in Business Administration.

Application and Admission

Important Dates and selection process

  • Unfortunately you can no longer apply for this minor, as the application period has closed. The application period for a minor for the academic year 2025-2026 will start in April 2025.

Selection for this minor is based on the first come first serve principle.

Please note that you can only be admitted to one minor at UvA Economics and Business at a time. However, you can apply for a maximum of two minors. A potential second choice will only be taken into consideration if you are not selected for the minor you applied for first.  

What do you need to apply?

Non UvA-students

  • Sign up as an elective student (bijvak student) for the Bachelor's programme in Economics and Business Economics in Studielink with a start date of 1 September 2024. Important: You need a timely enrolment and an active UvA-account, to access the application form. It is advised to arrange this before 25 April.
  • a signed and stamped transcript of your study results so far;
  • Motivation letter.

UvA students

  • Motivation letter.

After admission: register for courses

After being admitted to the minor, you need to register for the individual courses of the minor. The course registration period for the first semester will take place on the following dates:

  • 25 June until 1 July 13:00;

All information about course registration will be included in the email you receive after you are admitted to the minor. All minor students have a guaranteed spot for a course.

More info and contact

For more general information about applying for and taking a minor, visit the student website about minors at UvA Economics and Business. Or you can contact the Education Desk ((make sure to choose an UvA Economics and Business programme to see the correct information).

Facts & Figures
Mode
Full-time
Credits
30 ECTS, 9 months
Language of instruction
English
Starts in
September