Amsterdam Business School

The business school of the University of Amsterdam.One of Europe's major comprehensive universities.Truly international in research, curriculum, staff and students.3000 students, 130 faculty of which 46% non-Dutch with 28 different nationalities.Rooted in the financial and business capital of the Netherlands.Promoting excellence and leadership in all business areas.Research fully integrated into the study programmes.Small-scale interactive seminars, linking theory to practice
Taught by renowned academics and practitioners.community to study business and management, where both staff and students can develop their capacities to optimum effect.

We aim to foster independent minds with an impact on international business and society at large by conducting high-quality academic research on innovative and socially relevant themes, and by offering research-based teaching that meets the highest international standards. We are committed to advancing the understanding of business and its role in society, and to leveraging synergies between our School and its institutional and corporate environment.

In line with this mission, the key stakeholders of ABS are:

• Students, in offering inspiring learning opportunities to develop their talents
• Academic staff, in offering inspiring conditions for their professional development
• The university, in contributing to its mission, positioning, and objectives
• The international scientific community, in contributing to the advancement of theory in the various business and management related disciplines
• The business world, in offering excellent graduates in a range of fields, in training employees and executives, and in underta
  king (joint) applied research and disseminating research findings
• Society at large, in contributing to the understanding of societal problems and their possible solutions, and in preparing students to become internationally oriented professionals and responsible world citizens.

Our vision of the future is to build ABS into a business school with a reputation that matches the reputation of its parent institution, the University of Amsterdam.This means that our long-term objective is to become a leading European business school known for critical thinking and social responsibility. We envision ABS as an institution that produces outstanding research that has a direct impact on our educational activities and our engagement with the business world.

More specifically, we want to build ABS into an institution that:

• Attracts highly-qualified faculty who develop innovative knowledge that is highly relevant to the business world and society at large, and who disseminate this knowledge through publications in top-tier scientific and professional journals and through corporate engagement
• Attracts highly-talented students and provides them with an intercultural learning environment that offers research-based expertise in the various degree programmes and executive education, and helps them develop their professional skills by cooperating closely with corporate partners.