Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

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Established 1970 Website www.rsm.nl Phone +31 10 408 2222 Dean Steef van de Velde		Students 7,500 Province South Holland Total enrollment 8,600 (2016)

Affiliations AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB, CEMS Address Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, Bayle Building, 3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands Undergraduate tuition and fees 1,735 USD (2012), International tuition: 8,100 USD (2012) Parent organization Erasmus University Rotterdam Notable alumni Bart Becht, Johan H Andresen - Jr, Herman Heinsbroek, Jaap Amesz, Corné Hoogendoorn Similar Erasmus University Rotterdam, Nyenrode Business University, University of Amsterdam, Rotterdam University of Applie, Tilburg University Profiles Facebook YouTube LinkedIn Twitter Google+

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (or RSM) is the international business school of the Erasmus University Rotterdam located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes taught mostly in English, including MBA, executive education, and PhD programmes.

RSM is ranked as one of the best European business schools, including 10th in the Financial Times meta-ranking and 3rd in Western Europe by Eduniversal. RSM has an acceptance rate of between 20-25% and is in the 1% of business schools worldwide which possess the distinguished Triple Crown Accreditation - AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB. In addition, RSM's programmes are accredited by the Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie (NVAO) and is part of the Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS), a consortium of Europe's leading schools and corporate partners. RSM is also a member of the Partnership in International Management (PIM) network, and hosts a diverse international student body. In 2013, RSM became part of the Alliance of European and Chinese Business Schools, which is under the patronage of the European Federation of Management Development.

Erasmus University

The roots of RSM stretch back to the founding of Erasmus University as the Dutch School of Higher Commercial Education in 1913. Originally a business-oriented institution, the Dutch School of Higher Commercial Education was a private initiative established with the support of the Rotterdam business community.

In 1966 Erasmus University (then the Netherlands Institute for Economic Science), commissioned an investigation into the feasibility of founding a Graduate School of Management dedicated to the subject of ‘business administration’. The result, inaugurated in 1969, was the ‘Interfaculteit Bedrijfskunde/Graduate School of Management’, a joint initiative of the schools of economics, law and social sciences of Erasmus University, and the schools of civil, mechanical and maritime engineering and general sciences at the Delft University of Technology.

Graduate School of Management

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University first opened its doors in 1970 in the suburb of Kralingen, Rotterdam. The first 30 students began classes in the two-year ‘post-kandidaats’ programme (equivalent to a master’s). The school became the first in the Netherlands to offer the degree “Doctorandus in de Bedrijfskunde” post-kandidaats, for students with a university qualification in a non-business discipline.

In 1972 the school moved to new premises in Delft and was once again remodelled, this time as the Interuniversities Institute for Business Administration (‘Interuniversitair Instituut Bedrijfskunde’ or IIB). It had only one division, the ‘Interuniversitaire Interfaculteit Bedrijfskunde/Graduate School of Management Delft’. In November that year the first 29 students graduated with the new academic degree ‘Doctorandus in de Bedrijfskunde’ (Drs.), and the Alumni Association VIB, the ‘Vereniging van afgestudeerden van de Interfaculteit Bedrijfskunde’ was formally established.

Internationalisation

In 1975 the curriculum was revised and, from 1977 onwards, the focus turned towards the internationalisation of the school. The first exchange programme was established in 1980 with the French Institut Supérieur des Affaires, visited by IIB-students Hans van der Laan and Rino Schreuder. The second exchange programme was established with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1986. The number of English-language modules with an international focus expanded. In 1984 the four-year ‘doctorandus’ programme was launched. The first European CEMS master’s degree was conferred in 1991, a result of RSM’s assimilation into the renowned CEMS network.

In 1986 the Graduate School of Management Delft moved back to the premises of Erasmus University, and was renamed the Faculty of Business Administration. The doctoral programme was established in the same year. In 1993 the ERASM research school was founded, bringing together researchers from the Faculty of Business Administration and the School of Economics. It is known today as the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM).

In 2003 the BSc International Business Administration programme (IBA) was established, an English-language bachelor (undergraduate) programme which aims to provide a truly international learning experience with a large proportion of students from outside the Netherlands.

Rotterdam School of Management

In 1966 a consensus on the lack of suitable training and higher educational facilities for managers in the Netherlands spurred Dutch-based multinationals including Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever and Philips to establish the Foundation for Business Administration, an institute for postgraduate management education that later became Rotterdam School of Management (RSM).

The founders of RSM each donated two million guilders and included:

Royal Dutch Shell

Algemene Kunstzijde Unie

Koninklijke Zout/Ketjen (Akzo Nobel)

Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank

Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN AMRO)

Unilever

Philips Gloeilampen fabriek

Koninklijke Hoogovens en Staalfabrieken (Tata Steel Europe)

In 1985 Rotterdam School of Management launched its International Full-time MBA programme, initially offered in both Dutch and English. In 1986 the ‘post-kandidaats’ IMSEC exchange programme was absorbed into the MBA, and a new IMScEC ‘doctorandus’ programme was launched.

In 2003 RSM joined four schools located in three continents to create the "Global Executive OneMBA".

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

In 2004 Rotterdam School of Management merged with Erasmus University's Faculty of Business Administration and the Erasmus Research Institute of Management to become Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).

In 2006 the MSc General Management programme was established, a new master's degree for non-business graduates, now called the MScBA Master in Management.

In 2011 the school appointed Professor Steef van de Velde as dean, who has been re-appointed for a second term in 2015.

Rankings

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University is ranked as follows:

Globally RSM has been ranked as follows:

Within Europe RSM has been ranked as follows:

In 2016, the school's MBA program was ranked #7 worldwide for social and environmental impact by Corporate Knights magazine. Also in 2016 RSM was ranked among the top 30 business schools around the world in the QS world university rankings by subject "Business and management". RSM's rank was 21, higher than many other reputed universities some of which include Columbia University, Cornell University, University of Toronto (Rotman), Essec Business School & Northwestern University (Kellog) among many others.

Accreditations

RSM holds a prestigious triple accreditation from the international accrediting bodies of management education; AMBA, EQUIS, and AACSB. Only the top 1% of business schools in the world have acquired a triple accreditation.

Bachelor and Master programmes

BSc in Business Administration / Bedrijfskunde (in Dutch)

BSc in International Business Administration (IBA)

MSc in International Management / CEMS

MScBA in Accounting & Control

MScBA in General Management

MSc in Management Consulting

MSc in Business Information Management

MSc in Entrepreneurship & New Business Venturing

MSc in Finance & Investments

MSc in Global Business and Sustainability (prev. Global Business and Stakeholder Management)

MSc in Human Resource Management

MSc in Management of Innovation

MSc in Marketing Management

MSc in Organisational Change & Consulting

MSc in Strategic Management

MSc in Supply Chain Management

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Business Research

Pre-master Business Administration (Dutch- and English-language programmes)

MBA programmes

International Full-time MBA

Executive MBA

Global Executive OneMBA

Cologne-Rotterdam Executive MBA (in cooperation with University of Cologne)

Research programmes

ERIM Master of Philosophy in Business Research

PhD in Management

Executive Master programmes

MSc in Corporate Communication

MBA / Master in Financial Management Dual Degree

MSc in Management Consultancy

MSc in Maritime Economics & Logistics

Executive Master in Business Services

Part-time Master Bedrijfskunde / Doctorandus Bedrijfskunde (in Dutch)

Customised programmes

Through RSM’s customised programmes, employees can access the latest in business and management thinking while engaging with some of the world’s most influential thought leaders. These programmes are designed for each client by a team of expert consultants, and can be delivered in-house.

Open programmes

Led by internationally recognised academic and business experts, RSM's current portfolio of open programmes includes:

General Management

Leadership & People Development

Finance & Accounting

Strategy

Marketing and Sales

Management of Technology, Innovation and Sustainability

Corporate Communication

International partner schools

RSM students can take part in study exchanges with other leading business schools around the world.

Partner schools include :

In the USA: Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, New York University, Ross School of Business, Northwestern University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, Duke University, Emory University, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Marshall School of Business, McCombs School of Business.

In Canada: HEC Montréal, McGill University, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, Schulich School of Business, Queen's School of Business.

In Asia: National University of Singapore, University of Hong Kong, Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Korea University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Management Development Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Keio University, Singapore Management University, National Taiwan University, Universitas Gadjah Mada.

In Europe: HEC Paris, London School of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, SDA Bocconi School of Management, ESADE, Universität St. Gallen, WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, University of Warwick, Manchester Business School, BI Norwegian Business School, University College Dublin, IE Business School, Grenoble École de Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Stockholm School of Economics, IESE Business School, University of Economics, Prague, University of Cologne, Sciences Po Paris.

In Latin America: Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores Monterrey.

In Oceania: The University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, University of Otago