History
Founded in the aftermath of World War II, Nyenrode Business University was created by the collective ambition of industry giants such as KLM, Akzo, Philips Electronics, Royal Dutch Shell, and Unilever, with the goal of shaping responsible leaders who can contribute to a sustainable future.
Education
We offer intensive academic courses as well as short en longer-running programs in the fields of business, management, accountancy, controlling and fiscal law. These are also the fields we conduct academic research in.
Research
The Nyenrode faculty focuses on research with real life impact and education which impacts our students. This is also reflected in Nyenrode’s purpose: ‘serving society by shaping responsible leaders’.
To ‘shape responsible leaders’, we believe in training students and participants in academic thinking, and to ‘serve society’ our research should have a measurable impact on society.
Career
Career and Personal Development (CPD) is a department within Nyenrode serving all students and alumni. Our mission is to help students and alumni realize career objectives by laying down a solid foundation for their career management, personal branding skills, and by providing contact with the corporate world. The essence of the CPD experience at Nyenrode will help students and alumni discover who they are, what they are good at and what they want to achieve.
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Student services
Hospitality and dedication are the core values of Nyenrode's Facility & Services department. We offer a wide range of services for our students, participants, visitors and staff, facilitating a stimulating environment for education and research.
Housing services
For the Amsterdam location, you can stay at student accommodations called OurDomain, a new housing complex only 15 minutes by subway from the Amsterdam city center. The modern self-contained apartments are designed for bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD students. OurDomain is situated next to a train and metro station, which offers frequent and direct transport links to Amsterdam Central Station, Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, and Utrecht.
For the Breukelen location, you’ll stay in one of the five buildings on campus. The room types vary, such as studios, furnished rooms, and unfurnished rooms with and without kitchens. To ensure you feel at home on campus, we offer a number of facilities to make sure you can live, work, and relax in comfort. Among the facilities at our campus, you’ll find a living room, a student restaurant (Mensa), cubicles for project and group work, a laundromat, an outdoor kitchen for barbecues, and various sports accommodations.
Campus life
- Both at the Amsterdam and Breukelen locations, Nyenrode provides guaranteed housing for registered students.
- Nyenrode Amsterdam is located at the historical building ‘De Vijf Keizers’ in the heart of the city alongside one of the main canals (Keizersgracht). This location offers an international focus and stimulates students and businesses to connect.
- Nyenrode Breukelen is situated on a historical estate with a thirteenth-century castle at its heart. The location is only 30 minutes from Amsterdam. The campus allows you to fully focus on your student life while becoming an active member of a student association. By living and studying on campus, you will create a network of friends for life.
Sports facilities
Nyenrode has two tennis courts, a rugby and soccer pitch, a sports hall and fitness facilities (accessible with your student card), as well as scenic hiking and jogging tracks through the estate's woodlands. You can join any number of free activities on offer, such as the fitness bootcamp or spinning and boxing classes.
Student clubs
- The Jongste Compagnie van Verre – or Youngest Company from Afar – (JCV) is Nyenrode Business Universiteit Amsterdam student association. The JCV was established in 2011. Committees within the association organize a variety of activities, some of them aimed at informing JCV members, some aiming to challenge and others focusing on physical activity.
- De Nieuwe Compagnie van Verre (NCV), founded in 1947, is both a study as well as a student association with members from the BScBA and MScM program in the Breukelen location. The NCV provides its participants with the possibility to evolve themselves by participating in one or more of the 48 committees including board, event, business, and sports committees.
Accreditation
Choosing Nyenrode means joining an elite group of institutions with prestigious accreditations like EQUIS and AMBA, symbols of global excellence in business education. These accreditations ensure the highest quality in teaching, research, and industry connections.
Aiming for the Triple Crown Accreditation, Nyenrode seeks to join the exclusive circle of AACSB-accredited schools, marking it among the top 1% of business schools globally. This, along with rising in the FT rankings, solidifies Nyenrode’s status as a premier business education provider