The hustle and bustle of Brussels!

Every year our International Full-time MBA students take part in a TRIP. This stands for Themed Research International Project. As a Programme Manager for our Full-time Masters in Financial Management Programme I was asked to join the students on this outing to Brussels. As a native Dutchie (that is what we call locals in English) I [...]

Asia MBA Road Trip – June/July 2011

One thing that is quite obvious about the Rotterdam School of Management International Full-time MBA Programme is its diversity. As I have been travelling around Asia, it is clear where part of this diversity comes from as each country that I have visited has its own particular form of diversity, be it their cultural, political [...]

Work, Exams, Holiday. Not Work, Exams, Work.

My mind is still spinning from another day of writing, presenting and debating at the RSM full-time MBA. We are in the last few days of Living Management, an intense training exercise which we carry out in small groups. Over the course of 6 days, our small group of six people, receives, analyses, solves and [...]

MBA Admissions – recruitment events Spain & Portugal

Working as an MBA Admissions Advisor for the Rotterdam School of Management has given me the opportunity to visit many places in the world, and with that to meet prospective candidates and discuss in person their MBA aspirations. It is always so refreshing to hear their stories and getting to know each person individually, and [...]

Getting stuck-in now!

We are now getting into the thick of the RSM MBA course; deadlines are starting to pile up and more assignments are coming out of the woodwork every day. But I want to take a breath and reflect on the progress we’ve made this first month. First, thanks to RSM for the opportunity to blog [...]

RSM MBA 11 Final Blog

I guess this is final now. It is official. MBA 11 is officially over… Handed in my last assignment last night and back in motherland for some energy refill and family time… While boarding the plane, my heart was filled with mixed emotions – joy of going back and seeing all my friends and my [...]

MBA Real Life Final parts

I am guessing this will be one of my last posts. My 4th elective finished last week and I have just another half of my 5th elective left and we are done! this sounds crazy, unreal and just … well strange There is a lot of uncertainty in our lives these days, people are worried/excited/unsure [...]

My first impression of RSM.

Hello from Japan. My name is Katsukiyo Nishi. I am joining the class of 2012 from next January. Let me share my experience from my first visit of RSM. I visited RSM for my admissions interview at the beginning of April. My schedule of the day was 1. Joining a class 2. Having lunch with [...]

European MBA Private Equity Case Competition III

On Friday the 21st of October RSM hosted the 1st European MBA Private Equity Case Competition with teams from London Business School, INSEAD, ESADE, IESE, HKUST (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Manchester Business School, HEC Paris and RSM attending. The Finance Club wrote an LBO case which was sent to the participating teams [...]

European MBA Private Equity Case Competition II

It is the eve before the very first European MBA Private Equity Case Competition and the excitement in the camp is at an all time high.  Most teams are busy with finalizing their presentations and some are probably still trying to put a last minute deal together. Be it as it may, all teams have to submit [...]