Nyenrode Talent Award

A top education for a top student

Are you a highly motivated and talented student? Get the chance to get the full tuition fee at Nyenrode Business Universiteit for the BSc in Business Administration program. 

Nyenrode's Bachelor of Science in Business Administration is a three year academic degree focused at young and ambitious students that want to take part in the business world. The program is based on six main topics: organization, strategy, research & academic services, finance, marketing, and personal development.

How does it work?

This is your chance to study at Nyenrode! By submitting your profielwerkstuk (PWS) connected to any Business & Economics related topic you can compete for a full tuition fee!

Step 1 – Reserve your spot

Send us an email to talent-award@nyenrode.nl to reserve your spot, as there are limited available spots. Add the following details in your email:

• Full name
• Phone number
• Idea of your PWS (doesn't need to be definite - you can change it at any point in time)
• Small motivation on why you wish to follow Nyenrode's BScBA program (no more than 600 characters)

Step 2 – Start your research

Depending on your school's schedule, you need to start planning your research topic. In order to participate in this award competition, you must do it based on any of the Nyenrode core values: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and/or Stewardship.

Step 3 – Submit your PWS (Deadline: March 1st)

By March 1st, you must send your finished PWS to talent-award@nyenrode.nl.

After the deadline, a Nyenrode jury will carefully evaluate all submissions. Based on the quality and originality of your work, a few students will be selected to continue to the next round: the Business Game. You will be notified in the first week of March. 

Step 4 – Compete in the Business Game (April 3rd)

On April 3rd, the finalists will be challenged with a real-life business case provided by an external company. You’ll work in teams, develop solutions, and pitch your ideas to a panel of judges.

At the end of the day, two winning students will be awarded the full tuition fee to study at Nyenrode.

Terms & Conditions

• Your PWS (thesis) must be connected to any Business & Economics topic.

• The talent award covers your entire tuition fee, minus the statutory tuition fee for 2026–2027. This means that as a student you only need to pay the statutory tuition fee.

• To be considered, you must submit your PWS before the March 1st deadline. Only on-time submissions will be reviewed. Submissions received after the deadline will not be eligible for the scholarship.

• Participation requires that you are able to attend the Business Game (April 3rd) in person.

• If you happen to be the winner and decide to not take the scholarship on the year 2026-2027, the prize will go to second best pitch.