University of Amsterdam was established in 1632 by Amsterdam city council. It is a modern university with rich history, and is a world-class institution for research and education. Among its departments, Faculty of Economics and Econometics was founded in 1922, providing high standard business courses and excellent academic researches. The school has an exceptional academic reputation in Netherlands and rest of the world. Amsterdam can be considered as the origin of international commerce since every world's-first public stock exchange or world’s-first multinational corporation is established here, therefore, the school’s curriculum reflects the city’s internationalization, entrepreneurial spirit, academic ambiance, social responsibilities, and other traditions. In addition, the university enriches its research achievements and promotes independent research projects by closely collaborating with top academic institutions such as SEO Economic Research Center and Tinbergen School of Economics.

Referred to as the "gateway to Europe," Rotterdam is the largest industrial city in the Netherlands, and is known as the world’s largest port. Many leading corporations and various country’s trade centers all setup branches here. University Rotterdam, founded in 1913, is a practice-oriented comprehensive university. Since its founding, the school has trained over 1.5 million graduates from all over the world, whom many of them have become business executives and high-level officers in governments. Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) is one of the university’s 8 colleges, and is the pride of higher education in Netherlands. In the world’s top 100 prestigious business school ranking published by UK’s Financial Times, RSM has always been ranked among the world’s top 30 and Europe’s top 5.

Tilburg University was founded in 1927, formerly an economic school with six areas of expertise. The university is highly recognized in the academic arena for its field in economics and law. In addition, the school also draws much attention due to its studies in humanities and social sciences. The school possesses many well-organized research and graduate institutions. Its excellent reputation has drawn students from more than 97 countries to study here. The school also partners with 197 universities worldwide, and sends out around 350 exchange students to study abroad each year.

Founded in 1975, Universiteit Maastricht is one of Netherlands’ youngest universities. Emerging amongst other universities, the school is characterized by its unique teaching method, high-quality research work, and broad visions, with outstanding performance in the assessment of its in and out of campus teaching and research. Over half of the graduate students are not local students, and one out every seven students holds a foreign passport, demonstrating a diverse student body. The internationalization is also reflected in its curriculum designing, in which a majority of its graduate courses are instructed in English. The university has 7 colleges and 44 specializations to choose from. In addition, the university also proactively seeks for partnerships with world renowned universities. Every year, the school offers over a hundred students opportunities to go on an exchange, enabling them to travel around the world and obtain practical experiences.

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Continent: Europe Country : Switzerland City: St. Gallen Exchange Level: Bacheloar, Master, Ph.D. Exchange Quota: 4 Language Special : None Website: http://www.unisg.ch/ Introduction: University of St. Gallen was established in 1898, with legal, economic, management and international relations as its main fields of studies. Although it is unheard of in Asia, the school is in fact quite famous in Europe, especially among German-speaking countries, where the university is often referred to as “Europe’s Harvard.” St. Gallen is a small-scale university, however, it possesses Switzerland’s best faculty resources in the field of economic science. The school has acquired both high-standard EQUIS and AACSB accreditations. And in addition, it is also an active member of two main higher education alliances namely, CEMS ((M.Sc. in International Management) and APSIA (Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs).

The IE Business School is located in Madrid, Spain. Although the school has been in operation for only three decades, IE has already earned the three top global achievements for business schools namely:

AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS accreditations. As of November 2011, only 55 schools have obtained all three accreditations. Differing from the conventional focus of most MBA programs on finance and management consultancy, the IE Business School is dedicated to cultivating students' individual entrepreneurship. In the 2011 Financial Times rankings, the IE Business School ranked 4th in European business schools and 8th in Global MBA rankings. Also in 2011, IE Business School's MBA program was ranked 3rd by Forbes.

Sources:
http://www.ie.edu/business/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IE_Business_School
http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/european-business-school-rankings-2011

ESADE was established by a group of Society of Jesus members and Spanish businessmen. The school is located in Europe’s most international city and Spain’s second largest city, Barcelona. ESADE is focused on students’ team spirit, analytical and problem-solving skills, communication and interpersonal skills, international knowledge and experience. The school has already been educating students about social responsibilities even before universities around the world began establishing MBA programs. ESADE believes that it should take on economic and social responsibilities. Promoting the pursuit for greater social justice and freedom is the schools education and founding philosophy, therefore the campus fosters a humanistic atmosphere. ESADE stands atop in various evaluations. In 2006, the school ranked top in the Master of Business Administration worldwide ranking, and in the same year, the school again stood atop in the business school ranking conducted jointly by The Wall Street Journal and the Harris Interactive International. In 2008, the school was placed at No. 28 in Financial Times’ Global MBA rankings (http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings-2008).

EADA Business School, founded in 1987, is Spain's first institution to provide professional administrative training. In the last five decades, there have been more than 120,000 requests from 40 different countries, commissioning EADA to provide relevant training courses, demonstrating EADA’s status as the most recognized business school in Spain. Its exceptional achievement in business education has earned itself AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS accreditations, which is one of the few schools in the world to attain all three leading accreditations. Moreover, in the 2008 Global MBA ranking published by UK’s Financial Times’, the EADA ranked among the top 100. (http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings-2008).

University of Navarra is one of the best private universities in Spain. Located in the Navarra province, it is the first university in Spain to implement bilingual education. It has a young team of faculty members, a total of 700 instructors with an average of 38 years of age. The school has established a Language Learning Center, combining live instruction and distance learning, providing a great environment for Spanish, English, French, German, and other languages. There is also a specialized office to service overseas students, providing all kinds of aids and assistance. The School of Economics and Business Administration offers over 300 graduate courses.

Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics was founded in Lisbon in 1967, and its history is traceable to the 16th century. It is famous for its various academic disciplines. Currently, there are 18 departments and 45 diploma programs at the school. The academic performance of the college of management is ranked top 10th in Europe. The university has cultivated countless prominent instructors, managers, lawyers, governmental officials and businessmen. The University’s reputation has been highly praised nationally as well as internationally. It was also ranked 47th in European Business School Rankings in 2008, topping all other Portuguese schools.