History of Wittenborg

Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1987  by Dutch entrepreneur Williem H Nijkamp. The school quickly grew into an expertise centre for Banking and Insurance and Real Estate Management, providing these industries in the Netherlands with hundreds of graduates.

In 2002 Wittenborg University partnered with BTC, an international consultancy specialised in corporate training programmes (part of Birdsalls Limited). The business school started developing its international English language business programmes, gaining state accreditation for the IBA  from the world wide recognised Netherlands and Flemish Accreditation Organisation (NVAO) in 2006.

Since 2006, Wittenborg has emerged as a business school focussed on entrepreneurship and SME management, within an international context. Its business administration programmes are offered fully in English. Some elements of the programme are also offered in Dutch and specialised programmes for students in the Netherlands are also offered in Dutch.

Since 2008, the Wittenborg is managed by the Netherlands based partners of Birdsalls Limited, and its directors are Maggie Feng (MSc) and Peter Birdsall (MA Ed.)

Birdsalls is a family organisation with its roots in Switzerland, United Kingdom and China and manages its projects from its bases in Austria (Vienna) and the Netherlands (Apeldoorn).