RSM Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management (2024)

Applicants:

Acceptance Rate:

Years Work Experience:7

Average Age:30

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

School Type

AACSB-approved

Full-Time

Part-Time

Evening

Executive

Online

88

Full-time

16

Female

12

Part-time

Future international business moguls choose Rotterdam School of Mangement, Erasmus University (RSM) for two simple reasons: The school provides “the most international MBA” experience in the world, and Rotterdam is in the heart of the EEC, with “easy access” to Germany and the “EU labor market.” RSM provides a “very challenging, positive learning environment,” but its intensive twelve-month MBA program is not for the faint of heart. The “workload is heavy,” and the curriculum is front-loaded (students take eleven general management courses in the first two semesters). During this period, the day “starts at 9:00 A.m . with classes and ends at 7:00 P .m . with some group work or . .. [an] assignment.” Overworked students take comfort in the fact that their professors are “excellent! They clearly enjoy teaching their subject matters, and because they are from all over the world, we get different perspectives in class.” Students also point out that “the small class size means we have more opportunities to form close relationships with the program staff.” During the third semester, students choose an advanced course from one of four areas of specialization (finance, marketing, or strategy). The final semester is an elective curriculum. All academic work in residency at RSM is conducted in English.

With one eye trained on the executive job market and the other on skill development and business knowledge, Rotterdam is what “b-school should be”; that is, “practical and academic at the same time.” The Personal Leadership Development program, a mandatory twelve-month experiential course, adds additional value. One student sums it up: “In hindsight I would not have gone to any other business school. RSM offers the right balance of soft and hard skills.” “The school [also] has a strong sense of social responsibility.” “I am now equipped to be a stronger and more sensitive businessperson,” writes one satisfied student.

Sustainability

Diversity

Personal Leadership Development

Leadership retreats - Bergplaas, SA and Cataluna, ES

Women Empowerment @ RSM

International study tours

Living Management Consultancy Project

Courses in Sustainability

Yes

Sustainability course is

Required

Description

“Business, Society and Sustainable Development” is an introductory course on the relationship between businesses and its goals, and the broader local and global society in which firms operate. The framework of sustainable development will be presented as the orienting mechanism. The course will address conceptual issues, as well as specific thematic areas of priority global interest. The goal of the course is to introduce future managers and entrepreneurs to a number of critical issues they will face in aligning their companies’ goals with those of their society. Particular emphasis will be placed on so-called “north-south” issues, and the role of companies in addressing pressing environmental and social needs.http://www.unprme.org/reports/RSMPRMEREPORT2012.pdfhttp://www.rsm.nl/sustainability/teaching

Research Opportunities in Sustainability

Yes

Description

http://www.rsm.nl/research/business-society-management/research/

School's environmental commitment 1:

Carbon offset of all flights from members of the RSM - an initiative based on our Sustainable RSM programme http://www.sustainable.rsm.nl

School's environmental commitment 2:

RSM has a Net Impact Club and Charity Foundation, which sponsor multiple projects.

School's environmental commitment 3:

Since 2011 Sustainable RSM have several substantial achievements:- Greening RSM became action-oriented in 2011. - Inaugural Green Thesis Award - winner announced- Earth Day 2011 Art Project: repurposed neck ties of intentions at the GreenEUR shack.- Sustainability Day - apple distribution to students and employees with photo intentions- Eureka Week Stand - awareness and recruitment activity- Creation of a Greening RSM Student Committee- Implementation of the Carbon-offsetting scheme for all RSM employee flights- Green Minute Video Production- Implementation of recycled paper and double-sided printing pre-sets at all printers. Only high-quality recycled paper is available for shared printers and photocopiers- MBA Sustainability Challenge implemented and a winner announced.- From5to4 Game - round two- Creation of a Sounding Board Group: business leaders in the region- New Project Manager hired- The Sustainability Strategic Plan was written and presented to the Steering Group- Assessment of RSM's environmental Footprint via Milieubarometer- All student computers are now shut down outside opening hours-Energy consumption reminders are posted twice a yearsee http://greeningrsm.ning.com

Source Of Full-Time Job Acceptances

Meiny Prins

Saskia Stuiveling

Feike Sijbesma

Kartiko Wirjoatmodjo

Peter Molengraaf

Average Aid Package

Average Scholarship / Grant Aid Package

New Students Receiving Some Form Of Aid

New Students Receiving Scholarships / Grants

New Students Receiving Loans

RSM “students form a strong and very connected group,” students say. “Everyone is automatically a member of every club. It’s your responsibility to contribute as much or as little to the events. For example, though you may not be in any entrepreneurial courses, you are automatically invited to [hear] every entrepreneurial speaker on campus. And once you arrive, you are welcome in the room.” The collegial atmosphere is “perfect and wonderful,” says one MBA candidate. “I’d like to go back to the first semester and to start again.” Even so, students are “extremely driven.” “Almost half want to be entre- preneurs or have owned businesses.” RSM’s “inspiring and challenging” students don’t shrink from competition or from giving “positive and constructive criticism.”

Diversity is no afterthought here—it’s the reason MBA candidates choose RSM. Students say that the “international perspective was a big draw. Several other [schools] claimed to be international, but mostly had over 50 percent from one or two backgrounds.” RSM, on the other hand, “has fifty nationalities and only small clusters from the same back- grounds.” This means that students learn “a lot from classmates,” and “there is no ruling racial group in our class.” “It is just great!” enthuses one student. “A mix of cultures brings so many good things out of each student that it is almost like magic. The amount of kindness that I’ve experienced is just overwhelming.” Demographically speaking, a preponderance of the students are European and Asian, with large Indian and Taiwanese communities; the average student is in his or her late twenties, with an undergraduate background in business or economics and more than five years of pre-MBA work expe- rience. A quarter of MBA candidates are women. Partners and spouses “have banded together” to form “a supportive network,” “and routinely have nights out on the town.”