The Zollverein School of Management and Design is the only research and educational institute of its kind in Europe. The school was founded in 2003 and tuition for its first international MBA degree course in Business Design will get underway in February 2005. The course's interdisciplinary programme seeks to teach students both management and design skills in an innovative way. All courses offered by the Zollverein School focus on the practical rather than on the theoretical. The Zollverein School of Management and Design is a Business School for the creative disciplines. It confronts, links and integrates corporate management and creativity - in teaching, research, further education and consultation. In this way, the further education institution founded in 2003 is establishing itself as a globally leading platform for creative economics.