TiasNimbas, the business school of Tilburg University and Eindhoven University of Technology, offers individuals, companies and organisations an unusually broad portfolio of internationally recognised management programmes, to address specific educational needs.
This resulted in a ranking in
The Economist’s world's top 100 full-time MBA programmes of 2007, a Top 30 ranking in Europe and a no. 1 ranking in The Netherlands and Germany.
As a university-based business school, TiasNimbas is in a position to carry on continuous, intensive knowledge exchange with researchers at Tilburg University and the Eindhoven University of Technology. TiasNimbas can call upon the services of eminent professors at Tilburg and Eindhoven to teach in its programmes.
Tilburg: Europe's Number One in Research
In 2003 the
European Economic Review ranked the Tilburg faculty of Economics as the best research institution in Europe. The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Tilburg University has also achieved accreditation by AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). Only thirteen European faculties/institutions received this accreditation.
Eindhoven: Driven by Research and Focused on Design
The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) provides engineering, postgraduate design, teacher-training programmes, and post-academic courses. Education is based on the universities own research activities with a focus on design. Lecturers and students make use of modern information and communication means.
The TU/e leads prominent Dutch research schools and institutes, and holds a strong position in international networks. The TU/e is an excellent partner for companies strongly oriented towards technology. The campus serves as a foundation for new enterprises. Also TiasNimbas has strong connections with the University of Bradford Management School (UK) and Purdue University (US) and Central European University in (Hungary).
International Focus
We owe our reputation to the scope of our international teaching: we bring the world to you. Through our faculty, through our teaching locations all over the world, and through our partnership with leading international business schools, we constantly expose our students to the widest range of cultures and perspectives, contributing to a truly international management learning experience. In addition, the interaction with colleagues and alumni enables our students to build a worldwide network of contacts that will continue to be of benefit long after they have left TiasNimbas.
Diverse Choice of International Degree Offerings
At TiasNimbas you can earn a European, American or British MBA degree. Continue from your MBA and earn a professional Doctor degree. Or you can choose to deepen your understanding and expertise in a specific discipline by earning your Masters or Executive Masters degree or take a short, non-degree programme to learn what is new and how to apply this new learning to practice. The diversity of our curriculum is endless.
Also, TiasNimbas recognises that people have different needs and commitments. That is why we offer the MBA, MA and MSc programmes on both a full-time and part-time basis. For the MBA programmes, TiasNimbas offers a one-year full-time programme as well as a two-year part-time programme in Tilburg and Utrecht, The Netherlands.
TiasNimbas also offers a two-year, part-time modular programme in Bonn. Our flexible approach also recognises that peoples’ job commitments might change during the course of their studies. As such, we always endeavour to help students move from full-time to part-time, or vice versa, or from location, when and where circumstances make this possible.
Our Motto: ‘Never Stop Asking’
Curiosity and inquisitiveness have always been impulses to see beyond the end of one's nose. TiasNimbas expects clients to be demanding, just like the courses of TiasNimbas are demanding. To pursue a continuous learning dialogue is considered to be a core competence of our students, faculty and management. Everything to make them ‘do better’. This is the foundation of what a research-based institution is about, and is what separates us from schools that fail to integrate research with executive education.
Our Belief: Lifelong Learning
These developments make knowledge depreciate faster and mean that every experience loses its relevance more quickly. An increasing number of organisations have embraced permanent on-going education as an integral part of management development. Not as a luxury, but as a necessity. Only organisations which adapt quickly to new circumstances and market developments can remain competitive.
This investment, however, can bring rapid rewards: newly gained insights and knowledge can be applied in the organisation immediately. Therefore TiasNimbas offers students possibilities for lifelong learning: with a Master’s and a couple of years working experience via an MBA, another couple of years working experience and in-company courses, to a DBA, and so on. This way our participants are of great value for the organisations they work for and continue their own self-improvement.
Quality of Faculty
Our faculty are hand-picked based on their experience and success in management education for professionals, and their ability to translate and communicate new knowledge and practice in the classroom. For companies and organisations, we have a core group of experienced faculty who have a passion for management education and have proven to be outstanding in their own field. Our extended network, allows us to recruit top experts and faculty from around the world to teach in our company specific programmes.
Quality of Participants
Each year we attract over 2500 participants from 60 countries around the world. We select only high calibre participants who are looking for a new intellectual challenge and a greater international understanding of business management. Our selection at the gate insures we remain a business school that focuses on participant quality: potential participants are selected through tests, interviews, references and diplomas.
A good DBA, MBA, MA or MSc programme is highly interactive - an important part of the learning experience is the preparation, co-operation in business cases, reports and presentations and the evaluation with the peer group. The quality of a programme, therefore, is only as good as the quality of its students.
Strong Alumni Network
At TiasNimbas we are proud of our alumni, who figure prominently in well known and respected organisations throughout the world. Including Fortune 500 companies and first tier consulting firms. Many of our alumni are also proud of their association with TiasNimbas and are keen to remain part of the ‘team’. In order to keep in touch, we organise alumni events and reunions.
Via our website, alumni can search for old contacts. Since we are committed to lifelong learning, alumni can always top up their knowledge by following an elective or by joining a fast-track Master’s programme. They are also welcome to attend skills update workshops or seminars, or simply to come to TiasNimbas for guidance.