In this intensive one-year programme you will be a part of a diverse and international group of students. You will gain the knowledge needed to bridge the practical, core skills you learned in your Bachelor’s programme to more extensive skills and theoretical knowledge useful in tackling contemporary challenges.
You choose to specialise in Corporate Finance or Accounting and Management Control. These disciplines sit at the crossroads of business strategy, operational processes, and information management, all of which are vital for ensuring that decisions align with corporate and strategic goals. The Corporate Finance specialisation provides you the opportunity to improve your abilities to value and assess the creditworthiness of companies, analyse mergers and acquisitions and other corporate restructurings, and design financial strategies. The Accounting and Management Control specialisation gives you the knowledge needed to evaluate business, financial, and sustainability performance, understand business models, and assess strategic opportunities and risks.
An undergraduate degree (BA/BSc) with at least 90 credits in business administration, which must include a course in corporate finance/financial management and a course in financial accounting. English course 6/English level 2 (advanced proficiency). Specialisation in Corporate Finance In addition to the programme-specific admission requirements, the specialisation in Corporate Finance requires 15 credits in corporate finance/finance/financial management and a course in econometrics or statistics. The specialisation in Corporate Finance expects participants to hold previous knowledge in corporate finance equivalent to the advanced undergraduate level. You should, for example, be familiar with basic concepts such as net present value (NPV), discounted cash flow (DCF), and weighted average cost of capital (WACC), but also with basic theories such as trade-off theory, information asymmetry, and agency theory. Participants are also expected to hold basic knowledge of statistics, including central statistical concepts such as mean, standard deviation, variance, covariance, correlation, and ordinary least squares. In addition, participants are expected to be able to read and understand financial statements, including the consolidated statements of financial position, profit or loss, changes in equity, and cash flows, and to calculate and interpret profitability, profit margin, asset turnover, and growth. Specialisation in Accounting and Management Control In addition to the programme-specific admission requirements, the specialisation in Accounting and Management Control requires 15 credits in financial accounting or management accounting. The specialisation in Accounting and Management Control expects participants to be able to read and understand financial statements, inclu