Facts and figures
- the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE) is the youngest economics and business faculty in The Netherlands (founded 1983)
- education programmes for Bachelor, Master, PhD and post graduate (executive) students
- all programmes (Fiscal Economics excluded) are taught entirely in English and include a compulsory study abroad (one semester)
- the programmes of SBE are ranked as number one or two among the Dutch educational programmes
- virtually every course, from first-year bachelor to last-year master courses, has a strong research component. This is reflected in the learning materials that are used, the literature that is discussed, and the assignments and case studies, which need to be completed
- research in the main fields of business and economics
- the overall quality for each SBE program is 4 or 5 (on a scale of 1 to 5), research assessment 2002
- the school is one of the few Dutch institutions that gained international accreditation by AACSB International for its business programmes
- over 300 staff of which 1/3 foreign nationality
- 3,750 students in Bachelor and Master programmes
- 40% of the total student population at SBE has an international background, 48% of our student enrolment in the bachelor programmes has an international background
- SBE has an international network of about 135 exchange partners in Europe and overseas, exchanging approximately 400 students each year
- SBE's market share in The Netherlands for the programmes in Economics is over the last five years, stable around 12.5%. Our market share for business programmes shows on average a percentage of 13% over the past five years
