Nyenrode Business University

Nyenrode Business University

Motto	A reward for life
Type	Private Business School
Established	1946
Rector	prof. dr. Misa Džoljić
Dean	Leen Paape
Location	Breukelen, Netherlands 52°09′40″N 5°00′22″E / 52.161°N 5.006°ECoordinates: 52°09′40″N 5°00′22″E / 52.161°N 5.006°E
Website	www.nyenrode.nl

Nyenrode Business Universiteit, formerly spelled as Nijenrode, is a Dutch business school and the only private university in the Netherlands. Founded in 1946, it is located on a large estate in the town of Breukelen, between Amsterdam and Utrecht.

Academic program

• The following programs are offered at Nyenrode.
• Bachelor of Business Administration;
• Bachelor of Science in Accountancy;
• Master Fiscaal Recht;
• MSc in Accountancy & post Master RA;
• Managerial Controlling;
• MSc in Controlling;
• Executive Master of Finance & Control (RC);
• Schakeltraject Accountancy & Controlling;
• MSc in Management (full-time);
• MSc in Management (part-time);
• Executive MBA;
• International MBA;
• International Executive Modules;
• Modular Executive MBA.
• Executive Education programs:

Academics

The full-time and part-time MBA programs include a two-week module at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management near Chicago.^[1] In addition to Kellogg, Nyenrode has close connections with the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa,^[2] the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Nyenrode was cofounder of the China Europe International Business School. Nyenrode's international MBA program attracts students from all around the world. Nyenrode has a selection process that involves taking a Graduate Management Admissions Test test and a selection interview. The students attending Nyenrode are of diverse nationalities, therefore most teaching is in English.

Rankings

In the Financial Times Ranking for European Business Schools (2013), Nyenrode was given an overall position of 35th.^[3] In the Financial Times Ranking for executive education programs (2014) Nyenrode achieved 48th place for open programmes^[4] and 76th for custom programmes.^[5] The Masters in Management MSc was given an overall position of 64th on the Financial Times Global Ranking for Masters in Management (2013).

Accreditation

Nyenrode Business University is fully accredited by

• Association of AMBAs^[6]
• EFMD^[7]
• Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie^[8]

Alumni

• Antony Burgmans, former chairman of Unilever
• Fred Gehring, former CEO of Tommy Hilfiger
• Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development, Sri Lanka
• Albert Heijn, executive in Albert Heijn supermarket chain
• Jan Kees de Jager, former Minister of Finance of the Netherlands
• Wim Kok, former Prime Minister of The Netherlands
• Willem Oltmans, journalist
• Oleksiy Pavlenko, Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food^[9]
• Robert Polet, former chairman of Gucci
• Sander van der Laan, Chief Operating Officer Ahold Europe
• Janwillem van de Wetering, author
• Hein Verbruggen, IOC member

See also

• List of business schools in Europe

References

1. "Kellogg School of Management - Nyenrode Business Universiteit". Nijenrode.nl. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
2. "University of Stellenbosch - Nyenrode Business Universiteit". Nijenrode.nl. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
3. "Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com". Rankings.ft.com. 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
4. "Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com". Rankings.ft.com. 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
5. "Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com". Rankings.ft.com. 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
6. Association of MBAs (AMBA)
7. Archived 12 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
8. "Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatie Organisatie". Nvao.net. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
9. (Ukrainian) Agricultural ministry headed by a graduate of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Pavlenko, Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn (2 December 2014)

External links

• Official website
• Nyenrode Sports Inc.
• Nieuwe Compagnie van Verre (Student Association)
• Voortgezette Compagnie van Verre (Alumni Association)