Field guide
MSc Strategy & Consulting — programmes in Europe
The pre-consulting master's tradition in Europe — with tuition, rankings, and admission facts on the same page.
Programmes62on record
Universities46across 12 countries
Duration12 mo27 of 62
Tuition (non-EU)€3,000 – €61,581recorded fees, 56 of 62
How this compares
€18,900 median+1201%vs English-taught European corridor median (€1,453)
17 mo median−31%vs English-taught European corridor median (24 mo)
About MSc Strategy
European Master's in Strategy and Consulting are a small but concentrated family — designed as an on-ramp into strategy consulting, corporate strategy or business development. The best-known are at HEC (Master in Strategic Management), ESSEC, ESCP, Bocconi, Esade and Rotterdam School of Management. Typical length is one year, taught in English, with heavy case-method content and structured recruiter pipelines into MBB, Big Four Strategy and boutique consultancies. Tuition sits in the €20k–€40k range at the top programmes. Admissions are competitive and typically require a strong bachelor's, GMAT or GRE, and demonstrated analytical fluency. The FT Masters in Management ranking and QS Business Master's rankings are the useful references.
Top schools by rank
Ranked using FT / QS / THE where available; fallback to QS, THE and ARWU.
Imperial College London
London · 1 programme
QS_WORLD_2025 #2
SKEMA Business School
Lille · 1 programme
FT MiF #2
Bocconi University
Milan · 1 programme
FT MiM #13
Vlerick Business School
Ghent · 2 programmes
FT MiM #14
GEM Alpine Business School
Unknown · 1 programme
FT MiM #20
LUISS University
Roma · 1 programme
FT MiF #20
University College Dublin
Dublin · 2 programmes
FT EBS #23
NEOMA Business School
Mont-Saint-Aignan · 4 programmes
FT MiF #24
Audencia Business School
Nantes · 2 programmes
FT MiM #25
erasmus universiteit rotterdam
Rotterdam · 1 programme
FT MiF #28
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Leipzig · 1 programme
FT MiM #46
Norwegian School of Economics
Bergen · 2 programmes
FT EBS #51
School of Economics and Management at Tilburg University
Tilburg · 1 programme
FT MiF #52
universiteit van amsterdam
Amsterdam · 1 programme
QS_WORLD_2025 #55
Hanken School of Economics
Helsinki · 1 programme
FT MiM #60
Programmes by school
Up to three programmes per top school — click through for admission facts and tuition.
NEOMA Business SchoolMont-Saint-Aignan
Audencia Business SchoolNantes
University of AmsterdamAmsterdam
Where in Europe
Top countries by English-taught programme count in this field, on record.
Germany
14 programmes
Ireland
12 programmes
Netherlands
10 programmes
France
10 programmes
Greece
4 programmes
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