Want to make change happen?

Global Project and Change Management (Sustainable Business and Innovations) is a BBA-programme of Windesheim Honours College in Zwolle. It prepares you for a career as an international project and change manager who can make the difference in tackling worldwide sustainability challenges. Think, for example, of climate change, human rights, global health and the circular economy. Sustainable development is the focus of this NVAO-accredited (opens in new tab) programme, but we also stimulate social and sustainable entrepreneurship. We dare, we share, we care! Do you?

What's Global Project and Change Management like?

We challenge you to create change! The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are at the heart of this programme, so you will learn to think critically, entrepreneurial and solution-oriented about global developments, sustainability and yourself. The programme is focused on doing, creating and co-creating: working with others to resolve problems that transcend borders.

Year 1 and 2: your foundation

In the first two years you will discover what the field of sustainable project and change management entails. Year one will introduce you to key areas of project management and professional skills. You will get acquainted with the industry and discover which skills you need. In year two, you continue to build your skills and deepen your knowledge. You will study modules designed to embed key knowledge in managerial and sustainable practice, while at the same time working on practical skills, such researching, communication and presenting.

Key elements of the programme

Global Project and Change Management is based on four principles:

• Business Skills
• Research
• Global Challenges
• Project and Change Management

Year 3 and 4: learning beyond the classroom

The last two years (consisting of four semesters) of your degree allow you maximum flexibility to plan your own learning journey and to further increase your employability. The focus in these years is on change management. You may plan the four semesters listed below in the order you prefer.

Career prospects

As a graduate of this programme, you will possess the skills to create sustainability solutions to the world’s most challenging problems. Your strength lies in your versatility and your ability to solve problems by combining your practical skills, theoretical business knowledge and diverse areas of expertise. There are plenty of positions in which you can develop, for example:

• Project manager at an international NGO
• Social entrepreneur
• Trainee at the European Parliament
• Development manager at a non-profit organization
• Advisor improving corporate sustainability