Nyenrode Business Universiteit (abbreviated as ''NBU''; nl, Nyenrode Business Universiteit) is a Dutch business university and one of the five private universities in

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. Founded in 1946, it is located on a large estate in the town of

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, between

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and

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. The educational institution is named after the castle where the course is located: . Nyenrode was founded under the name of the ''Netherlands Training Institute for Abroad'' (NOIB in Dutch) 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

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's Kellogg School of Management near Chicago. In addition to Kellogg, Nyenrode has close connections with the

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in South Africa, the

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in Belgium, the

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in Switzerland &

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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

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, Business Game- A Case Study and a selection interview. Since every year there are a few international students, most teaching is in English.

Rankings

In the

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Ranking for European Business Schools (2020), Nyenrode was given an overall position of 41st. In the Financial Times Ranking for executive education programs (2020) Nyenrode achieved 27th place for open programmes and 76th for custom programmes (2014). The Masters in Management MSc was given an overall position of 64th on the Financial Times Global Ranking for Masters in Management (2013). Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Rankings: The BSc in Business Administration was ranked by as the best program in the International Business category in the Netherlands, from 2017 till 2020.

Accreditation

Nyenrode Business University is fully accredited by *

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*EQUIS / EFMD * EFMD *

Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders ( nl, Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie; NVAO) is the independent educational accreditation organisation for higher education institutions in the Netherlands and Flanders. It w ...

*Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (NVAO accreditation) *Accountancy Training Attainment Committee (CEA)

Alumni

Wim Kok Willem "Wim" Kok (; 29 September 1938 – 20 October 2018) was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002.Prime Minister of The Netherlands The prime minister of the Netherlands ( nl, Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands. Although the monarch is the ''de jure'' head of government, the prime minister ''de facto'' ...

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, former chairman of

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Peter Burggraaff Peter Burggraaff (born 16 March 1971, in 's-Hertogenbosch) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Burgraaff as crew in the Dutch Soling with Roy Heiner Roy Heiner (born 22 Novemb ...

, Director at

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, former chairman of

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member *

Jeroen Hoencamp Jeroen Hoencamp (born 27 August 1966) is a Dutch businessman who currently serves as chief executive officer (CEO) of VodafoneZiggo since 1 January 2017. Early life He is from the Netherlands. He gained a bachelor's degree in Business from Nyenr ...

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Jan Kees de Jager Jan Cornelis "Jan Kees" de Jager (born 10 February 1969) is a former Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. He was State Secretary for Finance between 2007 and 2010 and later Minister for Finance betw ...

, former Minister of Finance of the Netherlands *

Dinesh Gunawardena Dinesh Chandra Rupasinghe Gunawardena ( si, දිනේෂ් චන්ද්‍ර රූපසිංහ ගුණවර්ධන, ta, தினேஷ் சந்திர ரூபசிங்க குணவர்தன; born 2 March 1949) ...

, Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development, Sri Lanka * Albert Heijn, executive in Albert Heijn supermarket chain * Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen, member of the House of Representatives *

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, journalist * Oleksiy Pavlenko,

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n Minister of Agrarian Policy and FoodAgricultural ministry headed by a graduate of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Pavlenko

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(2 December 2014) * Janwillem van de Wetering, author *

Princess Viktória de Bourbon de Parme Princess Viktória of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Bardi (née Cservenyák; born 25 May 1982) is a Hungarian-Dutch lawyer, philanthropist, and corporate strategic manager. Through her marriage to Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma, the son of Princes ...

, businesswoman, lawyer, and member of the

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