Company Profile

Maastricht School of Management

For more than a half century the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) has focused on international cooperation. As a key player in the global education field, MSM is one of the few management schools that systematically combines education, technical assistance and research in its professional services. Offering high-quality management degree programs (MBA, DBA and PhD), MSM also implements management development research and international projects. With more than 2000 students annually graduating in more than 25 countries, MSM is the largest international business school of the Netherlands. Joining Maastricht School of Management – the globally networked management school - is a unique cross-cultural experience.

MSM has worked for years at the interface of the public and private sectors management of transition processes in culturally diverse environment. MSM’s guiding principle is the enhancement of performance of the private and public sectors to support balanced economic development. MSM provides technical assistance and specific training to government agencies, semi-government agencies, NGOs, post-secondary education institutions and the private sector, including Small and Medium Enterprises.

You can participate in MSM programs in Bangladesh, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, the Netherlands, Peru, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. (28)

Programs
Maastricht School of Management offers the following programs:

Full-time MBA:

• Accounting and Finance
• Corporate Strategy and Economic Policy
• E-Business and Information Technology
• International Business
• Investment
• Management of Government

NEW PROGRAM!!
Master of Management in International Business
The program is designed for young adults seeking careers in international business and who wish to be trained as successful managers in the global marketplace. Mastering the challenges of emerging markets in a globalized economy requires creative management thinking and the skills to operate in culturally diverse organizations. MSM’s Master of Management prepares students to meet these challenges.

Summer School – European Business Integration
The program is especially designed for young managers as well as talented university graduates who are anxious to pursue a career in a European business environment.
The program includes lectures and guest lectures from Europe’s policy makers and captains of industry.

The content of the program is bases on 6 courses: EU History, Economics, HR management, European Strategy, European Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
Group discussions, social events and visits to companies and the European Parliament in Brussels are important items of the course.

Venue, campus and facilities
Maastricht is the capital of The Netherlands’ southernmost province of Limburg and is often called “The Paris of The Netherlands”. One of the oldest towns in the Netherlands, built upon pre-Roman foundations, it is now rapidly preparing itself for the future, as a national and international service center for the European Union. It is also the site of more than 80 international institutions, such as the European Institute of Public Administration, the European Center for Development Policy Management, a branch of the United Nations University, the Center for European Studies, the University of Maastricht, and of course, the Maastricht School of Management. Maastricht attracts many tourists from all over the world and was declared the “Best City of the Netherlands” in 2004.

The teaching building has a state-of-the-art architectural design with modern, tastefully furnished lecture and discussion rooms, plenty of computer workstations with broadband Internet access spread over several rooms, accessible to students also in the evenings and during
the weekends. A large information center has online full-text access to virtually all publications in the area of management and a large collection of books. The information center is networked with other university libraries, so practically all books can be borrowed. Participants enjoy accommodation in a comfortable student residence, conveniently located next to the school building.