Nyenrode Business University

Nyenrode Business University
Motto	The Spirit of Enterprise
Established	1946
Type	Private Business School
President	Piero Overmars
Rector	Maurits van Rooijen
Location	Breukelen, Netherlands
Website	nyenrode.nl

Nyenrode Business Universiteit, also 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.

History

Nyenrode was founded in 1946 by top executives of Dutch multinational companies, such as Akzo, KLM, Philips, Shell and Unilever. This Nederlands Opleidings Instituut voor het Buitenland (NOIB) was soon named after the thirteenth century Castle of Nyenrode. In 1982 it was recognized as a university by the Dutch government (Universiteit Nyenrode). In 1992 Nyenrode decided to become independent of Dutch government subsidies, because subsidised universities in the Netherlands were not allowed to have a selection process of students. Today Nyenrode consists of two schools; the business school and the Nyenrode School of Accountancy and Controlling.^[1] A castle is located at the north-east corner of Nyenrode's grounds. Nyenrode has a strong international reputation in the field of business and management research and education. It maintains close ties with the national and international business communities, a fact that is reflected by its multinational student body. In addition to its educational programs for managers, business leaders and entrepreneurs, Nyenrode also offers a wide range of training programs, tailor made programs and incompany modules for managers in the corporate sector. The Nyenrode Research & Innovation Institute offers a PhD School and facilitates independent academic research and publications of Nyenrode Faculty.

Academics

Nyenrode's main focus is on its graduate MBA and MSc in Management programs. The fulltime and parttime MBA programs include a two week module at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management near Chicago. Kellogg's dean Dipak Jain is a visiting professor at Nyenrode. In addition to Kellogg, Nyenrode has close connections with the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, Harvard Business School in the United States of America, 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. Unlike other universities in the Netherlands, Nyenrode has an intensive 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 (2010), Nyenrode was given an overall position of 49th.[1] In the Financial Times Ranking for executive education programs (2010) Nyenrode achieved 23rd place for open programmes and 29th for custom programmes. The Masters in Management MSc was given an overall position of 48th on the Financial Times Global Ranking for Masters in Management (2010). In September 2009, this Masters in Management Program also was rated as the Netherlands' top academic master's program.^{[citation needed]}

Accreditation

Nyenrode Business University is fully accredited by

• EFMD ^[2]
• Association of AMBAs ^[3]
• Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatie Organisatie ^[4]

Alumni

• Antony Burgmans, chairman of Unilever
• Annelies Damen, shareholder Damen Shipyard Group
• Fred Gehring, CEO of Tommy Hilfiger
• Aad Goudriaan, CEO of DAF The Netherlands
• Hon Dinesh Gunawardena MP, Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development, Sri Lanka
• Dr.h.c. Albert Heijn, executive in Albert Heijn supermarket chain
• Ariane Inden, Ariane Inden Cosmetics
• Jan Kees de Jager, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands
• Wim Kok, former Prime Minister of The Netherlands
• Kathy McLane Gersch, President of KMG International
• Willem Oltmans, journalist
• Robert Polet, chairman of Gucci
• Hein Verbruggen, IOC member
• Ronald van der Vis CEO of Esprit
• Janwillem van de Wetering, author
• Frank Van Wezel, Founder and Chairman of Hi-Tec Shoes
• Dennis Ziengs, CEO of Fortis Asia

See also

• List of business schools in Europe

References

1. ^ Nyenrode School of Accountancy and Controlling
2. ^ EQUIS
3. ^ Association of MBAs (AMBA)
4. ^ Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatie Organisatie

External links

• Homepage Nyenrode Business Universiteit
• Nieuwe Compagnie van Verre (Student Association)
• Voortgezette Compagnie van Verre (Alumni Association)