Bachelor's programmes in Business and Economics | 2009

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Academic excellence
Maastricht University’s Faculty of Economics and Business
Administration is well known for the quality of its academic
education and research, both within the Netherlands and
internationally. All except one bachelor’s programme, Fiscal
Economics, are taught in English, allowing you to study not
just at an internationally reputed university, but also in an
international language.
Internationally accredited and
highly ranked
The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
has been recognised by several external, independent
organisations for the quality of its teaching staff, worldrenowned
learning methodology, academic excellence,
research and facilities. A bachelor’s degree from the faculty
is a passport to your future: reputed and recognised
internationally, our rankings and accreditations are proof
that you’re receiving the best possible quality of education.
The top reputation of your degree will enhance your career
opportunities around the world.
A top-ranked school of economics and business
“The Triple Crown accreditation from EQUIS, AACSB
and AMBA confirms once more that the educational
programmes and related services at the Faculty of
Economics and Business Administration are truly
world class.”
Zijun Jiang, China
Alumnus, Lecturer in General Economics at Maastricht
University, the Netherlands
Accreditation Organisation
of the Netherlands and
Flanders (NVAO)
All bachelor’s and master’s programmes at the faculty
have been accredited by the NVAO, the Flemish-Dutch
accreditation agency for academic education. Maastricht
University has also been accredited by the NVAO for
its research master’s programmes in both economics
and business science. This independent organisation
acknowledges the content of the programmes and the
research quality of the teachers.
www.nvao.net
Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of
Business (AASCB)
We are one of approximately 40 European institutions to
have been internationally accredited by this prestigious US
association, which is considered the hallmark of excellence
in management education.
www.aacsb.edu
Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
We are proud to have a chapter of the Beta Gamma Sigma
(BGS) Honor Society at the faculty. This is a prestigious
international business society to which only AACSBaccredited
universities are invited to provide members.
Membership is open to the very best in business, which
means those who graduate with a grade point average of
8.5. Achieving this honour not only signifies recognition
of outstanding academic achievement; it also provides
networking and career opportunities.
www.betagammasigma.org
European Quality
Improvement System (EQUIS)
The European Foundation for Management Development
awarded the faculty the EQUIS quality stamp, a leading
international system of quality assessment, improvement
and accreditation of higher education institutions in
management and business administration.
www.efmd.org
Association of MBAs (AMBA)
AMBA accreditation of the MBA degrees at the faculty
means that we have been internationally recognised for
best practice in our MBA programmes.
www.mbaworld.com
Choice Guide for Higher Education
(Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs)
This authoritative national evaluation guide ranked
the International Business programme first in 2008, a
top spot that the programme has held for several years
now. The Economics, Econometrics and Fiscal Economics
programmes have also been ranked first based on last
year’s assessment.
www.keuzegids.org
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Elsevier
The leading Dutch business magazine Elsevier has awarded
the faculty’s Economics and International Business
programmes the number one spot for several years
running.
www.elsevier.com
Financial Times
The Financial Times ranked the International Business
programme 28th in the top 40 such programmes offered
at European institutions. The faculty climbed as high as the
third place in the category ‘value for money’.
rankings.ft.com/masters-in-management
Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE)
The faculty’s Economics programme ranked top in 12 out
of 13 criteria measuring student satisfaction using this
German interactive ranking system. The International
Business programme also ranked highly.
ranking.zeit.de