Master of Business Administration

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The business community is crying out for highly skilled professionals like yourself. This broad-based degree programme will help you develop the right skills within one academic year: you will strengthen your analytical thinking while, at the same time, putting in-depth academic knowledge into practice.

Focus on the professional field
Tio’s Master of Business Administration has a strong focus on real-world practice. Through case studies from the professional field, assignments and company visits, you will gain awareness of current developments and continuously strive to link theory and practice. You will also take part in inspiring masterclasses from renowned speakers and be taught by top lecturers from the field. Because they know exactly what is going on in the industry today, these lecturers can give you excellent guidance.

Master of Business Administration
Tio offers a full-time practice-oriented Master of Business Administration. The degree programme lasts twelve months and can be completed in a small-scale environment at any of our Tio campuses. You will benefit from the advantages of Tio’s personal and excellent education and give your career a boost with a valuable diploma.

Why do students choose the Master of Business Administration?

• You will have your master degree in only one year. The MBA programme is a twelve-month master's programme that is available at all Tio campuses.
• The MBA programme hones your critical thinking and analysis skills. You can translate your analyses into concrete recommendations, plans and innovative tools at the strategic level. In doing so, you take various perspectives and developments within the organisation into account.
• This master's programme leads to more job opportunities and a higher starting level and starting wage. In other words, a master's programme is an investment in your career.
• With this MBA, Tio gives you the opportunity to enrol in a master's programme in a small-scale environment. You can enjoy the many benefits of Tio's personal and top-quality education while giving your career a boost with a valuable degree.
• As an ambitious student, you are able to choose your own curriculum and the structure of your MBA programme. You can choose one of three specialisations (international management, hospitality or commercial management) and pick your own graduation theme.

Master's degree in only 1 year

All MBA students complete the core curriculum:

• Financial Management
• Human Resource Management
• Operations Management
• Strategic Management

During your Master of Business Administration, you will also choose one of three specialisations: international management, hospitality management or commercial management.

International management
Specialise in business intelligence and learn how to take better and faster decisions based on data (and Big Data). Want a high-flying career as an entrepreneur, either in the Netherlands or internationally? At Tio, you will use case studies, research, company visits, workshops, lectures and guest lectures to develop your entrepreneurial mindset, knowledge and skills. You will also work to build personal leadership.

• Business intelligence
• Personal leadership
• International business and innovation

Hospitality management
Learn sustainable business practices for the hospitality industry, as well as how to identify and make the most of opportunities for innovation. Dive into the world of strategic facility management and learn how to draw up facility-related policies. In doing so, you will naturally consider current developments such as robotisation and digitisation. You will also take a more in-depth look at personal leadership.

• Sustainable business and innovation
• Personal leadership
• Strategic facility management

Commercial management
Develop your commercial qualities and learn how to use marketing and communication tools strategically to increase turnover and form long-term relationships with customers. You will expand your knowledge with regard to information management and technology and learn how to organise business processes in a way that maximises profit. You will also work on yourself and your leadership qualities.

• Information Management
• Personal leadership
• Strategic marketing management

Development programme
This is your chance to develop yourself personally and professionally: learn what your interests are and write an essay about them. You will also acquire all the skills you need to conduct solid research at a master’s level

Graduation
A problem statement, literature research, surveys, variables: all the ingredients you need for your thesis research are covered here. While working on your graduation thesis, you will provide a recommendation to the industry in which you are conducting your research.

This Master of Business Administration (ISAT-code 70024) has been accredited by the NVAO and educate students in one year for the internationally recognized title of Master of Business Administration (MBA)4). This Master of Business Administration (MBA) is made available in collaboration with our business partner NTI.

Is this MBA right for you?

Tio’s Master of Business Administration (a Master of Applied Science) educates you to become an all-round professional within large companies or multinationals. Do you recognise yourself in the following description? Are you:

Ambitious?

You are ambitious and ready to take on the next step in your career. With your Bachelor's degree, finding a job after graduation often goes rather quickly. However, with a Master’s degree, you have (even) more opportunities in the labour market. Think about better chances at a management position, better career opportunities and in general a higher salary.

Driven?

You are motivated and eager to gain in-depth business knowledge. You are not prepared (yet) to fully leave the student life behind. For you, the MBA is the perfect challenge at the perfect time in your career.

Business-oriented?

Would you like to develop your business administration skills? Choose for Tio’s Master of Business Administration! As a Business Administrator, you determine the strategy of organisations. You develop the best skills while analyzing organisations and their market environments. You are able to use insights from other disciplines, like business economics, economics, psychology and sociology.

Entrepreneurial?

Do you look for opportunities wherever you go? Good chance you have an entrepreneurial attitude. When something needs to happen, you are not the one to sit around and wait. You are proactive and always ready to take action. You have an adventurous and decisive nature and are not afraid to take on any responsibility. Entrepreneurial people like you see what requires improvement, or notice what others need.

A true strategist?

Would you like to work in a strategic position? This MBA helps you evolve into one. Courses such as Strategic Management and International Entrepreneurship & Innovation will make you a suitable expert to determine a company’s strategy, while taking the future into account.

Analytical?

During this Master of Business Administration, you will develop your analytical skills even more. You know exactly how to systematically tackle the most complex business problems. You learn to approach a problem from multiple perspectives and draw fact-based conclusions.

Groundbreaking?

Do you feel like you want to broaden your horizons? In that case, the Tio Master programme is the perfect fit for you! During the MBA you will participate in the core study programme, after that you specialise in International Management, Hospitality, or Commercial Management. The choice is yours!

Fancying a title behind your name?

Do you like the sound of a master title? Then you are in the right place, the MBA is an excellent title and distinguishes you from other professionals. It makes you a true business expert and proves that you are ambitious, driven, and in possession of in-depth knowledge.

Do you recognise yourself in these descriptions? Take a look at the curriculum for more information about this MBA programme or attend an open day to experience the atmosphere and meet students and lecturers.

A glimpse of your future

There are many roads open to you when you earn your degree in Master of Business Administration. What about working as a senior vice president at a financial advisory service in London, director at Meltwater, or Head of Sustainability at TUI. Do you want to know more about your many options? Take a look at the career opportunities and read interviews with alumni.

Starting salary

The gross monthly starting salary for recent graduates of an economy or business administration master's program, e.g. the MBA program, is circa €3,108 (Master Guide 2019).

More job opportunities

Businesses love working together with professionals who possess both the practical skills from a bachelor's program and the analytical insights acquired during a master's program. Furthermore, a master's degree can help you get a job that you would not get with just a bachelor's degree. This means you have more job opportunities and are more likely to find the job of your dreams.

What can you do and where can you work?

What can you do once you complete the Master of Business Administration at Tio University of Applied Sciences?

You are widely employable and the business world likes to work with professionals who have practical experience, but who also have well-developed analytical skills. Plenty of job opportunities!

Think of professions such as:

• Managing director
• Marketing manager
• Consultant
• Sales director
• Area director
• Entrepreneur
• Researcher
• Account manager
• Financial manager
• Policy officer

Where can you work? Examples include:

• Multinationals
• Banks
• Insurance companies
• Government institutions
• Educational institutions
• Advertising and communication agencies
• Retail organizations
• Research and consultancy companies
• SME
• Healthcare institutions
• Your own business