TIAS School for Business and Society is a
business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, school of business administration, o ...
which is affiliated with
Tilburg University
Tilburg University is a public university, public research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands.
Tilb ...
and
Eindhoven University of Technology
The Eindhoven University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), abbr. TU/e, is a public technical university in the Netherlands, located in the city of Eindhoven. In 2020–21, around 14,000 students were enrolled in its BSc a ...
. TIAS focuses on post-experience management education. The business school has many campuses, most important are in
Tilburg
Tilburg () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. With a population of 222,601 (1 July 2021), it is the second-largest city or municipality in North Brabant after Eindhoven and the seventh-larg ...
and
Utrecht
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.
History
The history of TIAS goes back to 1982 and covers over three decades
*1982 - Professor
Harry Peeters founds the “Tilburgs Instituut voor Academische Studies”.
*1986 - Tias changes its acronym to denote Tilburg Institute for Advanced Studies and makes management education its core business.
*1986 - The first two master programs were created: ‘Banking and Finance’ and 'Managerial Information Science’ (which still exist today as ‘Master in Finance’ and ‘Master in Information Management’ respectively).
*1986 - 1995 - On average one new Master program is launched every year.
*1996 - Tias focuses on post-experience management education only, and adds contract research and company specific programs and executive education are added to the portfolio of activities.
*1999 - Tias starts a dual-degree Executive MBA with
Purdue University
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in the United States,
Central European University
Central European University (CEU) is a private research university accredited in Austria, Hungary, and the United States, with campuses in Vienna and Budapest. The university is known for its highly intensive programs in the social sciences and ...
in Budapest, Hungary, and
GISMA in Hanover, Germany.
*2001 - Tias becomes a private company, with Tilburg University as its sole shareholder.
*2004 - Eindhoven University of Technology acquires 20% of Tias shares.
*2004 - Tias integrates the management education activities of Eindhoven University of Technology.
*2006 - Tias merges with Universiteit Nimbas in Utrecht by acquiring 100% of its shares and becoming TiasNimbas.
*2006 - TiasNimbas Fellowship Program expands faculty base to 11.
*2009 - Prof. dr. ir.
Ramon O’Callaghan takes over from
as Dean of TiasNimbas Business School.
*2009 - Formal cooperation between TiasNimbas and the School of Economics and Management of Tilburg University to jointly design a new full-time MBA and a suite of Executive Programs.
*2010 - TiasNimbas ranks in all categories of the Financial Times Ranking for the first time.
*2010 - Launch new full-time MBA
*2012 - Prof.dr.
Kees Koedijk takes over from Ramon O’Callaghan as Dean of TiasNimbas Business School.
*2014 - TIAS School for Business and Society is the new name of TiasNimbas Business School
TIAS Organization
Programmes
The business school offers
MBA
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, Executive
PhD, Masters (MSc), Executive Masters and shorter executive programs, in a number of locations and in various formats. In addition, TIAS designs and delivers tailor-made company specific programs for national and international organizations.
Rankings
Executive education: TIAS is the only Dutch business school in the Financial Times Top 50 Executive Education. Worldwide TiasNimbas is ranked #46.
Company Specific Programs: #1 in the Netherlands, #21 in Europe and #47 worldwide
Open programs: #2 in the Netherlands, #25 in Europe and #57worldwide
Full-Time MBA: Financial Times ranks TIAS #64 worldwide, #18 in Europe and #2 in the Benelux. The MBA scores especially on the criteria value-for-money (#10) and international mobility (#7).
Global MBA Rankings of the Financial Times
- TiasNimbas Business School
Accreditations
TIAS has accreditations of Association of MBAs
The Association of MBAs (AMBA) is a global organisation founded in 1967 which focuses primarily on international business school accreditation and membership.
Roles
Based in London, AMBA is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in ...
(AMBA) and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
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(AACSB). These are both accreditations of the triple crown
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* Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
* Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
** Triple Crown Trophy
** Triple Crown Productions
* Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
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. In addition, TIAS programmes are accredited by the Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders ( nl, Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie; NVAO) is the independent educational accreditation organisation for higher education institutions in the Netherlands and Flanders. It w ...
(NVAO).
References
External links
TIAS
website
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Tilburg University
Eindhoven University of Technology
Business schools in the Netherlands
1986 establishments in the Netherlands
Educational institutions established in 1986
Buildings and structures in Tilburg