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Opleiding: The Amsterdam MBA
Leerdoel
The University of Amsterdam Business School offers a one year full-time and two year part-time Master of Business Administration programme. An MBA is the education and training programme for ambitious business managers. For the best candidates scholarships are available.
Doelgroep
The Amsterdam MBA is designed for for ambitious professionals who wish to pursue a career in the international business world. The Amsterdam MBA has a strong international focus and students some from many different cultural and professional backgrounds.. The part-time students continue to work during their studies, while full-time students are only focusing on the MBA for one year. Both groups meet each other in class. Students are expected to go on to senior management levels.
The planned intake of the MBA starting in September is around sixty students. A strict selection procedure is applied, in order to ensure that only high quality students are admitted to the program. The Amsterdam MBA aims to have highly international classes, with students originating from different countries all over the globe. All share the same though: the ambition and capability to pursue a challenging business degree.
Class profile of 2010-2011With 14 nationalities represented in the 2011 incoming class, the Amsterdam MBA has a very diverse student population. The full-time programme attracts over 90% non-Dutch students and for the part-time programm this is close tot 50%.
The average age is 31, and women make up nearly 40% of our classes. Stdents in these classes already have work experience in a wide range of professions including consultancy, financial services, IT-and Telecom, Hospitality serivces and manufacturing.
Programma
The curriculum comprises 12 compulsory courses plus two options spread over four blocks. In these course students aquire knowledge on the interface between teaching, academic research and professional practice within the business field. The first semester is completed before Christmas.
In the first semester, all students take the core courses of Corporate Finance, Valuation, Corporate Strategy, Quantitative Methods, Financial Accounting and International Business. The objective is to bring all students to similar (high) level with respect to the core areas of finance and business.
In the second semester students take the core courses of Operations & Process Management, Marketing Strategy, Information Systems, HRM and the Executive Process.
Electives
Students van design their MBA to suit their own needs by choosing a specific set of electives. These electives, like Branding, Strategic Negotiations, Business & Sustainability and Entrepeneurship, will be offered according to student demand.
International Study trip
In January, students take part in the 'Doing Business in China'module in Bejing, China. The Guanghua School of Management, one of China's best business school, designed this module for the Amsterdam Business School as part of our ongoing collaboration. The module includes lecturers by renowned professors adressing topics like 'Strategic Marketing in China', and Doing Business, or 'Managing People in China'.
Amsterdam Leadership programma
Leadership compentencies are an essential element of personal professional development. To meet this need we have initiated the Amsterdam Leadership programme, a series of workshops designed to enable our student's development into effective leaders. In our leadership programme we work with three concepts: Values, Purposes and Competencies. Students learn to observe and define these concepts at both the company and personal level.
Internship (optional) and thesis
At the final stage of their MBA programma students can choose to do an in-company internship. Some choose this option to gain work experience in The Netherlands, others use the internship to gather data for their thesis. All students conclude the MBA programme with an individual thesis, under the supervision of MBA faculty.
Full-time programme
The course-load of the full-time programme is approximately 40 hours per week. In each study period, students take 4 parallel classes. Classes are scheduled Monday to Thursday. Classes will take up 15 hours while class preparation, casework and assignments will require a further 25 hours per week.
Part-time programme
The part-time programme is an evening programme designed to allow students to work full-time while completing their Amsterdam MBA. Classes are held two nights a week, taking up between 6-8 hours. Class preparation, casework and assignments count for another 10-12 hours a week.
Toelatingseisen
Applicants are expected to hold a good first degree. A minimum of three years of business experience is essential. To ensure that students are well suited to the course, and to maintain the reputation of the programme, we will requie evidence of English language proficiency (TOEFL of IELTS) and general management aptitude (GMAT). The GMAT is also useful independent guide for the Admissions Committee. Part-time students van opt to take our in-house SHL-test as a subtitute for the GMAT or GRE.
Students with a Bachelor degree issued by a University of Applied Sciences (HBO).
candidates hldoing a Bachelor degree from a Research University are directly eligible for admissions to our programme. However, students wit a bachelor degree issued by a 'University of Applied Sciences' (HBO) is seeking admission, either full-time or part-time, will require addional Pre-Master coursework in order to attain eligibility.
Such pre-Master courswork should be aimed at boosting the cadidate's knowledge in the following areas:
- Stategic Management and marketing
- Marketing Management
- Strategy and Organization
- Quantitative Methods
- Management Research Methods
- Academic Project
- Finance or HRM (one of these electives)
The University of Amsterdam offers a Pre-master programme that covers these courses.
Beroepsperspectief en arbeidsmarkt
The Amsterdam MBA alumni took advantae of the Amsterdam MBA experience and accelerated their careers. Amsterdam MBA alumni found emplyment within finance, consulting, business analysis, marketing and business development. recent research among our alumni shows that 69% of the respondents found employment by the time they finisehd the programme or within 3 months after graduation, 19% found employment within 5 months and 12% took longer than 5 months. The Ducth government has relaxed work permit regulations for graduates from the Amsterdam MBA full-time programme.
Careers Office
The Amsterdam MBA gives students the opportunity to prepare themselves for their next career step. The ABS Careers Office is dedicated to foster the personal and professional development of our students and support them to attain career goals in the short and long term.
Through one-on-one coaching we support students in converting their educational, professional and personal experiences into identifying long-term and short-term career objectives. Several self-assessment tools also help them gain clear insight into their motivations, skills and competencies.
Workshops and group training sessions are designed to support students in developing those skills needed to maximize employability and be succesful in reaching career goals.
The ABS Careers Office also establishes corporate partnerships which will give our students the opportunity to learn about and present themselves to the industry.
Opleiding kerngegevens
“I think a good MBA programme has to
contain three elements: attention to soft
skills in the curriculum, a diversity of
cultures and backgrounds of students,
and reliability and relevance of the
programme content. The Amsterdam
Leadership Programme comprised training
in leadership, coaching, negotiations,
group dynamics, time/stress management
and more. During the courses I had the
opportunity to network with about
30 other students from 20 different
nationalities and a diverse range of
backgrounds and industries. Last but not
least, the Amsterdam MBA is backed by
the University of Amsterdam, which was
the only Dutch university ranked within
the top 50 in the world in 2007. This
proves the reliability and relevance of
faculty contributions to the MBA content.
Upon graduation I received job offers
from 4 top-tier technology consultancy
companies in the Netherlands. Return
on my investment came sooner than
expected!”