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Rotterdam School of Management: Erasmus University

RSM offers a distinctive intellectual culture. They believe that leadership can be taught through a combination of intellectual and practical challenge. They believe that the difficulties encountered working in diverse teams fosters creative new approaches in business. They enjoy a reciprocal, supportive relationship with multinational companies. And they encourage a flexible, broad and sometimes iconoclastic mindset in matters of business practice and research.
This distinct approach has helped RSM to establish a portfolio of top-ranked programmes, as well as one of the world’s largest and most prolific management faculties.
At RSM, diversity is not only valued, it is encouraged and developed. In a uniquely open and cooperative environment, you will find the space to explore new ways of thinking, the inspiration to challenge ideas, and ultimately, the scope to develop your own potential as a future leader in business.
Programs Offered:
1) BSc International Business Administration
2) MBA Programs
3) Masters Programs
4) Doctoral Program
5) Executive Education
BSc International Business Administration:
The three-year Bachelor of Science in International Business Administration programme will prepare you for international business like no other programme. One of an elite group of truly international bachelor programmes, RSM’s IBA brings you the opportunity to enter and experience a unique, global learning environment – one that is charged with differing world views and the energy of motivated students who are interested in changing the way we do business.
http://www.rsm.nl/home/bachelor/bsciba
MBA Programs:
Full Time MBA:
RSM’s International Full-time MBA offers a global group of experienced participants a collaborative learning environment designed to transform early business experience and ambition into management knowledge, skills and leadership abilities.
At RSM, they continuously hear from students that it is the collaborative way in which students, professors, and industry professionals work together during the programme coupled with the school’s cooperative, open and English-speaking environment, that makes the RSM MBA stand apart from other top MBAs.
http://www.rsm.nl/home/mba/ft_mba
Executive MBA:
Designed for experienced and globally-oriented professionals, RSM’s Executive MBA will prepare you for senior management challenges and responsibilities via an intense and international professional development experience.
The same depth of knowledge and global network of teaching faculty is offered as in RSM's acclaimed International Full-time MBA programme, but packaged in a 24-month format that will allow you to maintain your career momentum, while bringing real benefits to a sponsoring company.
http://www.rsm.nl/home/mba/emba
Global Executive OneMBA:
The Global Executive OneMBA is the only Executive MBA programme designed with equal input from five premier business schools located in Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
Designed for senior executives and professionals, this prestigious 21-month programme offers you the opportunity to experience business through the lens of the world’s most important economic regions, making it unparalleled in its development of knowledge, leadership abilities, global networks, and experience of international business where it happens, as it happens.
http://www.rsm.nl/home/mba/global_executive_onemba
Masters Programs:
MSc in Business Administration (MScBA)
11 one-year specialised masters programmes in the business and management areas most in demand today.
MSc International Management CEMS
Two masters degrees offered in one prestigious 18-month international management programme.
MSc General Management
A two-year masters programme designed for bachelor graduates of non-business disciplines.
Master of Philosophy in Business Research
A research-oriented masters programme for academically talented and motivated students.
Executive & Specialised Masters
Post-experience specialised masters designed to broaden management competencies.
Pre-master in Business Administration
Two tailor-made pre-masters programmes designed to prepare you for a post-graduate education.
Doctoral Program:
ERIM provides a five year doctoral programme that is focused on developing academic talent. The main goal of the programme is to enable promising students with the ambition to become a researcher acquire a pole position on the academic career market; in particular, to achieve a competitive profile, become part of the next generation of faculty at the top business schools in the world and develop into a "thought leader".
PhD in Management
Master of Philosophy in Business Research
Executive Education:
With more than 35 years experience in business and management education, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University is one of Europe’s top business schools and the number one provider of Executive Education in the Netherlands.
Their programmes focus on real-world challenges. Both young talent and senior managers find their thinking challenged and stimulated, gaining new perspectives and capabilities, cutting-edge business acumen, and academic insights to drive their organisation towards better performance and results.
• Custom-made Programmes
• Open Enrolment Programmes
Fees and Expenses:
MBA Programme:
• The cost of tuition for the full-time International MBA Programme starting in 2008 is €36,000
• An estimate of the monthly living costs for a single student living in Rotterdam on a full-time basis has been estimated at €1,240 and includes:
Books € 100
Housing € 500
Living Costs € 600
Health Insurance € 40
You will require a laptop. You will receive guidelines regarding minimum and recommended laptop requirements.
MSc Programme:
The tuition fee for the MSc Programme is €1,565 per year for students who are nationals of one of the countries belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) and who are under the age of thirty.
For non-EEA students the tuition fee is €13,850 per year. Apart from tuition fees, you will need a minimum budget of around €7,000 a year to cover all other living expenses during your stay in Rotterdam.
Living Costs
To have a reasonable living standard in the Netherlands, you should have an income of approximately €740.00 per month or € 8,880 per year (excluding the tuition fee).Here is an example of possible expenditures per month:
Furnished Accommodation, including gas and electricity € 425
Medical insurance € 36
Telephone costs € 22
Food € 136
Books, going out, clothing,
public transport, etc. € 121
Total costs per month € 740
Executive MBA:
The cost of tuition for the EMBA programme starting in 2009 is €42,000. For many, this fee is tax deductible, and payments are carefully spread across three calendar years. For the 2008 programme, this means you will be billed in three instalments as follows:
Date Payment Amount
10 December 2008 1st instalment €14,000*
1 April 2009 2nd instalment €14,000*
6 January 2010 3rd instalment €14,000*
*An initial non-refundable deposit of €5,000 is required directly upon acceptance and forms part of the first instalment payment.
The programme fees cover tuition, course materials and essential EMBA textbooks.
*Accommodation costs for the two international immersions are included in your programme fees; however, each participant is responsible for travel arrangements to and from the destination
Global Executive MBA:
The information given below is the cost for the programme starting in September 2008.
The cost of tuition for the Global Executive OneMBA Programme is €49.500. This will be billed to you in three installments as follows:
Date Payment Amount
31 August 2008 1st instalment €16,500
11 January 2009 2nd instalment €16,500
9 January 2010 3rd instalment €16,500
The programme fees also include lodging and organised meals for the global residencies as well as any travel requirements within each of the global residencies. However, travel expenses to and from the global residency locations in Europe, Asia and the Americas are the responsibility of the individual executive
The programme fee does NOT cover the cost of lodging during the modules conducted at RSM Erasmus University. They have made special arrangement at a local hotel which is adjacent to their campus and details on rates and reservations will be available once you have been accepted onto the programme
Participants are strongly advised to own a laptop or personal computer. The cost of this and/or other devices is not included in the programme fees
M.Phil in Business research:
The tuition fee as per September 2007 for students from the European Economic Area (EU-countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) is € 1.565 per year (€ 2.130 for applicants aged 30 or older). For non-EEA students the tuition fee is € 11.380 per year.
The estimated costs of living in the Netherlands for students are € 8000 per year. Applicants from outside the European Economic Area may apply for a scholarship. More information on scholarships is available at the ERIM Doctoral Office.
PhD in Management:
In the Netherlands PhD candidates are considered employees of the university and therefore no tuition fee is charged. This also means that PhD candidates receive a monthly salary according to the collective agreement of Dutch universities. Is currently ranges from €2000 in the first year up to €2558 in the fourth year (gross amounts per 01 January 2008).
Faculty:
RSM and the Erasmus School of Economics bring together their best researchers in the management domain within the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). Within ERIM, 350 senior researchers and PhD students contribute to the creation of new knowledge in five core research streams, making it one of the largest and most prolific management research faculties in the world. Research is designed to not only improve business performance, but produce results that can be sustained for the long term.
RSM professors regularly receive international recognition for their work and are widely-published in the world’s top academic journals. More than scholarly recognition, their ideas directly solve business and management issues. Faculty members regularly consult for multinational firms, stand on international committees, and teach at other management schools worldwide.
http://www.rsm.nl/home/faculty/academic_departments
Campus:

Housing:
Stadswonen is a social housing corporation that provides attractive accommodation for international students, staff and guests of EUR. Most locations are situated in or nearby the centre of Rotterdam or the educational institutes.
Note that mediation is strictly subject to the terms and conditions of Stadswonen. Accommodation will only be arranged for a period of (up to) one year.
University Library:
The University Library is one of the finest of its kind in the Netherlands, and provides access to a wide range of information including Economics and Management, Medicine and Health Care, Law, Culture and Society. As well as an extensive collection of documentary information, the library offers students, lecturers and researchers several information literacy study facilities and courses.
In addition, RSM Erasmus University has its own institute library where students can find a huge collection of monographs with the emphasis on management, organisational science, management science and marketing. It also holds research reports from European business schools, staff publications, company documentation, reference books and periodicals. Students also have access to a number of databases.
Information Technology:
The T-Building, in which the RSM Erasmus University is accommodated, offers a wireless network in many areas, so students with lap tops can work easily. In addition, the University’s computer rooms offer a total of 300 workstations. Each student receives an email account and login data, and these facilities can be accessed from home using the ERNA (Erasmus Remote Network Access) account. This can also be used as a provider to access the Internet.
Sports:
The University’s Sports Centre offers two sports halls, five squash courts, a fitness gym and six open-air tennis courts. Students can choose from a wide range of activities, including boxing, fitness, volleyball and football, and also take courses in tennis or squash. In addition, they can to learn to dive and play golf at a reduced price. To make use of the sports facilities and participate in the courses, students buy a card that costs approximately €34 for one term. However, during September, the facilities are free.
Rankings:
Grey Pinstripes Report ranks RSM 15 out of 100 globally and third in Europe (2007).
Financial Times MBA Ranking:
2006 #24
2007 #30
2008 #34
Placement and Recruiters:
Placement Statistics 2006:
In March 2006, 108 students graduated from RSM’s full-time MBA Programme. Most already had received job offers and accepted their post-MBA position.
For the first time in years, the economic conditions when these students started their studies had improved significantly by graduation. Most companies exercised cautious but steady growth, offering more opportunities to RSM MBA students than in 2005.
The average salary of RSM Erasmus University's MBA Class of 2006 is US$ 104,426: a 9% increase from salaries reported by the Class of 2005.
Class of 2006 in terms of function:
10 % General Management
32 % Consulting
25 % Sales & Marketing
22 % Finance
4 % Information Systems
1 % Human Resources Management
5 % Production, Logistics and Operations
1 % Other
The following companies recruited the largest number of RSM MBA graduates in 2007.
• A.T. Kearney
• ABN AMRO
• Accenture
• Amgen
• Bain & Company
• Citigroup
• Deutsche Post WorldNet
• DSM
• Duff & Phelps
• Exxon Mobil
• Fortis Bank
• General Electric
• Hilti
• ING Bank
• Intel
• Irdeto Access
• ITpreneur
• Johnson & Johnson
http://www.rsm.nl/portal/pls/portal/xopus_public.download_document?p_guid=4CA3F949D610C6E2E04018AC8A064826
http://www.rsm.nl/home/students/masters/career_services/jobs
Alumni:
With more than 16,000 members in 80 countries across the world, the Alumni Network of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University is a thriving, growing, and lively community whose diverse members reflect the history and evolution of RSM’s business management programmes and alumni community.
http://www.rsm.nl/home/alumni
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