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Master Business Research
No specialisation 2023-2024

Please note: It is no longer possible to enrol for this programme via Studielink because this programme will no longer be offered by Maastricht University as of September 2024.
Current students and students starting in September 2023 will still be able to follow and finish this programme in full.
Courses of the Business Research master’s programme will continue to be offered until and including academic year 2025-2026 with exam opportunities running until and including 2026-2027.
Year 1 Master Business Research - No specialisation 2023-2024
YearS1P1EBC4183 Empirical Analysis IElective 1EBS4031 World of Research 2
P2EBC4134 Empirical Analysis IIElective 1
P3EBS4001 Data Analysis Skills 
S2P4EBC4135 Data Analytics in PracticeElective 1
P5EBC4125 Research StrategyElective 1
P6 

1 All year 1 electives should belong to the same group. There are only twelve viable combinations:
4 x Accounting and Business Information Technology
4 x Accounting and Control
4 x Entrepreneurship and Business Development
4 x Information Management and Business Intelligence
4 x Managerial Decision-Making and Control
4 x Marketing-Finance
4 x Organisation: Management, Change and Consultancy
4 x Strategic Corporate Finance
4 x Strategic Marketing
4 x Strategy and Innovation
4 x Supply Chain Management
4 x Sustainable Finance

2 This version of World of Research has four additional disciplinary assignments.

Year 2 Master Business Research - No specialisation 2024-2025
YearS1P1Adv Disc Course: Information Management and Accounting
or Adv Disc Course: Marketing
or Adv Disc Course: Organisation and Strategy 3
Methodology Elective
or Free Elective 4
P2Adv Disc Course: Information Management and Accounting
or Adv Disc Course: Marketing
or Adv Disc Course: Organisation and Strategy 3
Methodology Elective
or Free Elective 4
P3EBS4021 Research Communication Skills 
S2P4EMTH0001 Master's Thesis
or Thesis Internship Programme
 
P5 
P6EBS4024 Writing a Referee Report 5

3 Both advanced disciplinary courses should belong to the same group. There are only three viable combinations:
2 x Advanced Disciplinary Course(s): Information Management and Accounting
2 x Advanced Disciplinary Course(s): Marketing
2 x Advanced Disciplinary Course(s): Organisation and Strategy

4 The number of courses from each elective group is restricted. There are only two viable combinations:
2 x Methodology Elective
1 x Methodology Elective, 1 x Free Elective

5 EBS4024 is only available to Research Master students who are missing 2 ECTS or less in their study plan in order to graduate.
Small ECTS deficits may arise if students have taken courses outside UM with different ECTS per course.

Master's Thesis will be registered by the Education and Exams Office once you have completed the skill EBS4021.

For the full text, see Chapter XIV SBE Master’s study programmes from the Master Education and Examination Regulations for academic year 2023-2024.

The Master of Science exam for the study programme in Business Research, no specialisation, is composed of four semesters. The first two semesters of the programme comprise four (4) compulsory courses of 6.5 ECTS credits per course, four (4) compulsory business disciplinary courses of 6.5 ECTS credits per course, and two (2) compulsory skills trainings of 4.0 ECTS credits per skills training. The third and fourth semester consist of one (1) compulsory skills training of 4.0 ECTS credits, two (2) elective courses of 6.5 ECTS credits per course to be chosen out of the list of disciplinary courses, one (1) elective course of 6.5 ECTS credits, one (1) methodology elective course of 6.5 ECTS credits, and the Master’s thesis of 30.0 ECTS credits. In order to meet the exam requirements within the available space for elective courses in the Master of Science in the BR programme, no specialisation , students are required to choose: four (4) business disciplinary courses related to a specialisation of the International Business master’s study programme, as provided in the Study Outline, and two (2) elective courses from the list of specialisation courses, as provided in the Study Outline of the Business Research programme, one (1) course from the list of methodology courses, and one (1) elective course, from the electives list as provided in the Study Outline. Taking courses not offered by the SBE requires approval by GSBE and the Board of Examiners. In the fourth semester, an extra skills training of 4.0 ECTS credits is available for students who are missing 2.0 ECTS credits or less to graduate because of the combination of elective courses with different ECTS credits per course.