Nyenrode Business University


Nyenrode Business University is a Dutch business university and one of the five private universities in the Netherlands. Founded in 1946, it is located on a large estate in the town of Breukelen, between Amsterdam and Utrecht. The educational institution is named after the castle where the course is located: :nl:Kasteel Nijenrode|Nijenrode castle. Nyenrode was founded under the name of the Netherlands Training Institute for Abroad by renowned private Dutch companies, including KLM, Shell, Unilever, Philips and AkzoNobel with an objective- 'For Business, By Business'. The establishment was the result of an idea from KLM director Albert Plesman.

Academics

The full-time and part-time MBA programs include a two-week module at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management near Chicago. In addition to Kellogg, Nyenrode has close connections with the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium, the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland & S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research in Mumbai. Nyenrode was a 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, Business Game- A Case Study 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, Nyenrode was given an overall position of 35th.
In the Financial Times Ranking for executive education programs Nyenrode achieved 48th place for open programmes and 76th for custom programmes.
The Masters in Management MSc was given an overall position of 64th on the Financial Times Global Ranking for Masters in Management.

Accreditation

Nyenrode Business University is fully accredited by