MBA Internship

During the first semester of the MBA, you will broaden and deepen your knowledge and skills to run an organisation successfully, as a manager or entrepreneur. What are the most important ingredients for success? The second semester focuses on your development as a leader. You will explore your personal qualities, examine your motivations and hone your ability to provide direction: to yourself, to others and to the organisation. You will learn how to make a difference as a manager or entrepreneur with vision, decisiveness and confidence.

• Financial management
• Graduation skills
• Graduation project
• Marketing management
• Operations management
• Organisational behaviour
• Personal leadership
• Plan of approach
• Specialisation
• Strategic management
• Study trip

During your placement, you continue to develop on a strategic, analytical and professional level. You gain experience in an international and dynamic working environment and learn how organisations deal with growth, change and innovation. You work on assignments that match your ambitions and interests, ensuring a strong connection between your MBA and real-world practice. The placement also offers the opportunity to expand your network and increase your visibility within the professional field. 

Your work will be assessed in the same way you will encounter during your career. You will complete modules with a paper, step-by-step plan, advisory report or presentation. You will graduate with a professional product in which you develop a strategic and practical solution to a complex issue.

Earning an MBA is a rewarding and demanding challenge. You’re never on your own: as a Tio student, you’ll receive the professional and personal support you need to make your studies a success.

Your own MBA coach

Your MBA coach will be there for you throughout the study programme. You can discuss your goals and ambitions and how you want to shape your journey with them. Appropriate guidance is customised. Moving on as a bachelor’s student or returning to education after working for a while can be an adjustment. If you enjoy sparring about your development and study progress, you can plan more frequent one-to-one contacts with your coach. We expect you to be proactive, so you will schedule your appointments with your coach yourself.

Graduation coach

You and your graduation coach will discuss how you plan to carry out the assignment. This specialist lecturer is your primary point of contact throughout your research project and will provide feedback on the progress of your research report. Your graduation coach has extensive industry experience within your area of specialisation and is highly familiar with the research methods and approaches you will use during your project.

In the final phase of your MBA, you will further deepen your knowledge and expand your expertise, supported by your MBA coach and lecturers. Your graduation project is an opportunity to demonstrate to the professional world where your interests and ambitions lie, how you envision your future career, and the impact you aim to make within your industry.

From assignment to Professional Deliverable

Instead of a traditional thesis, you develop a Professional Deliverable: a concrete and professional business product that can be directly applied within an existing organisation. You analyse the challenge from different perspectives, involve relevant stakeholders and translate your insights into a solution that adds real value in practice.
With your Professional Deliverable, you demonstrate that you are able to independently analyse and solve complex business and management issues. At the same time, you show how, as a future leader, you help organisations look ahead and drive change.

Well prepared

From the first semester onwards, you build a strong foundation in the module Graduation Skills. In this preparatory phase, you develop the skills you need to approach a complex business challenge in a professional way. Workshops, masterclasses and practice-based assignments help you give direction to your graduation trajectory and further develop your research capabilities.

In the second semester, your graduation project begins. You graduate within an organisation where you work on a current Business Challenge: a complex issue with real impact on the organisation and its environment. Here, you demonstrate how you combine strategic insight with practice-oriented solutions at management level.

Your process in focus

In addition to the Professional Deliverable, you work on a reflection report in which you provide insight into your approach, choices and professional development. You describe how you applied theory, sources and practical information, and how you arrived at well-founded advice and solutions. This demonstrates your research skills and professional competence.

Personal guidance

During your graduation trajectory, you are supported by a personal graduation coach. Together, you work on the development of your Professional Deliverable and the further deepening of your expertise. Because the preparation already starts in semester 1, you begin your graduation phase well prepared.

Closing with a board meeting

You complete your MBA with a (simulated) board meeting in which you present your findings, recommendations and Professional Deliverable to a panel of experts. This board meeting simulates a real-life management environment in which you demonstrate that you can advise professionally, persuade stakeholders and operate at a strategic level. In this way, you conclude your MBA with a practice-based final presentation that is closely aligned with the professional field.