The Amsterdam MBA: Class of 2006-2007 is almost complete

The second class of The Amsterdam MBA is almost complete. We are very glad to announce that after a successful first year the second year looks even better. In a very competitive market we have succeeded to realize growth in all respects. This brings us again closer to our final goal: not to become the biggest, but the best! On 8 September we expect around 30 students to come to the Amsterdam Business School for the official start of The Amsterdam MBA. This is an increase of approximately 40% compared to our first intake. The number of applications has shown similar growth, meaning that we have been able to remain very selective. Our recruitment efforts are all the more remarkable if compared with the global trends that show a decline in applications for most types of MBAs in the past 3 years (GMAC®, 2005). Where numbers are important to create a critical mass in class, variety of students in terms of age, nationality, professional experience and educational background is maybe even more important in order for students to reap optimal benefits from interaction during the course of their MBA. An MBA taught in cosmopolitan Amsterdam should in our view be very international and at the moment of writing it looks as if we will have 17 different nationalities represented in class from all over the globe. About 30% from the students will come from Asia, 30% from Europe, 20% from North and South America and 20% from Africa. Not only the student body will be very international, our faculty is as well. Our students can expect to be taught by professors from the Netherlands, Mexico, the United States of America, India, Britain, France, Australia, Belgium (a.o.) Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news