I recently read this press info by Nimbas, which may of interest for you.

Sorry, but it's written in German!

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Financial Times Ranking: TiasNimbas bietet den besten Executive-MBA in Deutschland an

International ist TiasNimbas auf den 12. Platz vorgerückt


(Bonn, Oktober 2006) Die TiasNimbas Business School konnte sich im aktuellen Financial Times Ranking der Executive MBA Anbieter um 4 Plazierungen auf Platz 12 verbessern.


Die kürzlich aus dem Merger von Tias und Nimbas entstandene Business School verfügt über Partnerschaften mit erstklassigen Instituten wie der Purdue University oder der University of Bradford. Besonders gut schnitt TiasNimbas in Bereich Vielseitig­keit ab: Platz 4 in der Kategorie ?Internationalität der Studenten? und 2. Platz hinsichtlich ?Inter­na­tio­naler Kursge­stal­tung?. Dazu TiasNimbas-Dean Philippe Naert: ?Unser interna­tio­nals Netzwerk gibt uns ein starkes Allein­stellungsmerkmal. Dies erlaubt es uns, Studenten die weltweit besten Studienbe­din­gun­gen, eine internationale Fa­kul­tät sowie verschiedene Kulturen anzu­bieten.?

Director of MBA Programmes Bie De Graeve sagt dazu: ?Globalisierung berührt das Leben von Milliarden Menschen und bestimmt die Basis für geschäftlichen Erfolg. Globalisierung stellt eine Herausforderung für Business Schools dar, nach­hal­ti­ge Antworten und Strategien zu entwickeln. TiasNimbas ist stolz darauf, in Europa, den Vereinigten Staaten sowie Asien aktiv zu sein und dabei eine einzigartige Infrastruktur für globalisiertes Wis­sen aufzubauen und zu teilen. Dies bietet unseren Teil­nehmern eine breite Lernerfahrung für Ihr weiteres Berufs­leben. Die hohe Platzierung im Financial Times Ranking, besonders in der Kategorie Vielseitigkeit unterstreicht dies. Wir hoffen, im nächsten Jahr unter die Top-10 zu gelangen.?

Weitere Informationen über TiasNimbas finden Sie unter: www.tiasnimbas.edu

Über TiasNimbas
Business School

Bei TiasNimbas handelt es sich um die ambitionierte Kombi­na­tion der beiden führenden niederländischen Business Schools die ihre Kräfte gebündelt haben, um eine führende Position unter den europäischen Business Schools einzunehmen.

TiasNimbas ist unter der dynamischen Führung von Prof. dr. ir. Philippe Naert in den letzten 10 Jahren substanziell ge­wach­sen.

Innerhalb des Zeitraums stieg der Umsatz von 2,5 Mio. Euro auf 20 Mio. Euro. Der frühere Dean von Insead, Naert, hat ver­schie­dene bekannte Business Schools geleitet. Unter seiner Füh­­rung hat TiasNimbas nun starke, weltweit hoch in den Ran­kings platzierte MBA-Programme sowie fir­men­spezifische Pro­gramme entwickelt, mit führenden nationalen und inter­natio­na­len Unternehmen und Organisationen sowohl in der privaten Wirt­schaft wie der öffentlichen Hand.

I found the link to the English version of the press release:

http://www.tias.edu/upload/18554_press%20TiasNimbas%20Economist%20Ranking%20Oct2006.pdf

Hey Uxl,
Thank you for all your effort and this interesting info! Especially that you added the link with the English version of the text, because my German is not good enough right now to understand the whole meaning (I hope after having finished my MBA this situation will be substantially different!!).
Irena

So what about this TiasNimbas MBA? There is not much going on at http://www.tiasnimbas.edu. In could not find any specific info at http://www.nimbas.com and http://www.tias.edu either. Anyone has more on this?

Xberg,

TiasNimbas have launched their new website yesterday at http://www.tiasnimbas.edu/

Regards, Maarten

Maarten, thanks for informing me. I will check the website right away.

If somebody still needs more information on NIMBAS MBAs, I have just finished mine with Nimbas and could provide you with information if required.
Cheers,
Vince

Hello Vince!
I'm preparing my application for the part time MBA at Nimbas at the moment. Whatever you can tell me about that part time MBA and TiasNimbas would be of great interest for me!
What did change since Tias and Nimbas have joined their efforts?
Thanks, Irena

Tilburg University is very good in research. While US MBAs have a more research-oriented faculty, most European programs have a more practioner-based faculty. Both types of programs can be of high quality, but I think you need to be aware of these differences. Personally I think that faculty with a good research orientation provide more interesting insights, but of course you can't always generalize.

For some info on this, you can check the following business research ranking made at the UTexas Dallas:

http://citm.utdallas.edu/utdrankings/RankingWorldwide_static.aspx

There are only five European schools among the top 100 schools in business-related research: INSEAD, LBS, Tilburg, Erasmus, and Oxford.

Hello Jaitego, what are the advantages of a research-oriented MBA? Isn't first goal of an MBA to prepare you for practice, at the difference of most other, more scientific university degrees?

I think I didn't express myself clearly. All MBAs are of course oriented towards practice. The difference is in the faculty. In some MBA programs, faculty members, besides teaching, do high-level research; whereas in other MBA programs they do less or no research. For example, in the best US MBAs (Kellogg, Wharton, Harvard, Stanford, Chicago) faculty members are promoted only if they are able to publish in top academic journals. That doesn't mean that their MBA teaching is oriented towards research. MBA teaching always aims at giving you practical knowledge and those programs are actually among the best in the world.

It happens that in Europe, unlike the US, the main b-schools were born outside of the universities and relied quite heavily on practitioners --people who worked for a company and would go to the school just to teach some sessions. That's why if you look at research rankings European schools lag well behing US schools. That is changing a little bit but there's still a big difference.

Teaching styles and approaches tend to be different for those reasons. Practitioners can give you lots of specific examples of their own area/field/company, but what one sees in his own company can't always be generalized to other companies or industries. The danger is that lectures end up being a series of stories which are fun but not so useful 5-10 years afterwards. Academic professors can give you more general evidence and advice, and will generally be more useful in terms of pushing you to really think about why things happen in that particular way, how else things could be organized, etc. In other words, those people tend to be more creative. The danger here is that the lectures may have less relevant / realistic examples, particularly if the faculty member is junior.

Hi Jaitego,
Thank you for this long answer, I really appreciate (+ I'm sorry to be so ignorant to ask these kind of questions..).
So this research orientation it is a considerable sign of quality for Tilburg, compared to other European schools, adding to the practice orientated teaching a more scientific, analysis based approach of business.
Thanx again.
Irena

Hello,
it's ma again...
Vince, which MBA did you do? Did you do or do you know more about the part time MBA?
Irena

Nimbas? Nyenrode ?

Hello Irena and everyone, my name is Fan. by chance i find this board. i plan to pursue a degree on FinanceManagement (parttime) and ive been looking for business schools in NoordBrandt. There is this Nimbas and another one with capitial-N too, both in Utrecht.

Clearly they are 2 different schools but are they somewhat related? or is Nimbas the same as "business school of Tilburg". it's indeed "international" enough. and too much. i am bit doubting its "quality". can someone pls give some comment on this?

Thank you.

Fan

I know its really difficult when two names begin with the same letter, but with some research and a little cunning it is possible to distinguish between them.

Maybe this would be a good place to start:

http://www.find-mba.com/netherlands

<blockquote>I know its really difficult when two names begin with the same letter, but with some research and a little cunning it is possible to distinguish between them.
Maybe this would be a good place to start:
http://www.find-mba.com/netherlands</blockquote>

... well...thanks @_^ they're different. i was wondering if they might be 'related'.... anyway, i work in Eindhoven, in my neighborhodd there's not much choice for Business schools.. and most famous ones donot provide 'parttimes'... ... ... ... .... ...... pick one and get started ...

Hi there,
What are the b-schools around Eindhoven, is not any school in NL "close" to it since NL is so small? ;-)

About the Dutch b-schools, I had already looked into that question last year, so here a little input from there:
TiasNimbas Business School is a sort of merging of b-schools, therefore it has several campusses, some in GER some in NL: Utrecht Campus, Tilburg Campus (also to answer your question above, TIlburg is related in fact, its part of TiasNimbas), Bonn Campus.

But don`t worry, Neyenrode and TiasNimbas both offer a part time MBAs, where did you get the info that famous schools don`t? Only RSM does not, if you meant that.

Regarding their reputation, Nyenrode and TIasNimbas both appear in the relevant international rankings, both are a good choice, RSM is the best, the order is always: RSM, TIasNimbas, Nyenrode.

If you have other questions, just ask, I am pleased to share the info!

i think i know enough.
(the part of "they donot offer parttimes" i meant regular Masters. Not MBA... i kind of feel here is not quite my place of asking info on masters. ^ ^ )
i will definitely go for the MSc in January 2009 in Tias. Thanks Irena and everyone!

Fan

Oops, I am sorry if I overread this about Master, and didn't refer to your special needs - but in fact this is more a forum for MBA questions, maybe we are not so well informed about Master studies.
bye, Irena