Monday, October 27, 2008

Why TiasNimbas?

Everybody of course has many different answers for this question but I want to share mine.
First of all TiasNimbas is an experienced Business School which has a very good FT ranking in Europe, check it out from:  
http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings

Secondly, the full time M.A/M.Sc. lasts only one year, which is great as having a masters degree usually requires two full years. And in this one year, the schedule is really well organized and you have plenty of time for yourself, to participate in student associations, learn Dutch and explore the country :)
Another advantage of TiasNimbas is that they choose their lecturers each year from the universities in all over Europe (and they are really good as far as I experienced), so it is also challenging for the lecturers to teach in TN as they have to perform well in the eyes of the students to continue teaching the next years. 
The classes are held in a different way than usual. You don't take several courses each semester but you have the modules which are held in one week - fast & compact. Than you have the final and a group work - and it is completely over, here comes a new module!
This system has both advantages and disadvantages of course, you have plenty of time to focus on only one subject and don't have to think about anything else till it is over but it is also hard to try to get the whole book in one week.

But to be honest, the thing that effected my decision most is the staff of TiasNimbas. I have applied and had offers from many schools, but none of them really tried to get in touch with me and tried to get to know me as TN did. TiasNimbas called, e-mailed, paid attention to all my questions and problems. The thing is, they really work very hard to be sure that they have the right students in the programme and are willing to help as much as they can to students they think that are really right!