Students must meet the following admission requirements : 1. Academic requirements Your previous education needs to be deemed equivalent to at least a Dutch academic Bachelor’s degree ( wetenschappelijk onderwijs, WO ) obtained at a research university (nominal duration 3 years). Please find more information about your admissibility with a non-Dutch degree here . Professional certificates in finance (CFA, FRM or CF1) are not accepted as a substitute for a qualifying academic degree. In combination with a qualifying academic degree in another field, those certificates may be accepted for meeting some of the programme specific requirements below. 2. Programme specific requirements The Honours Programme in Corporate Finance is aiming at highly ambitious students, who have a special interest in financial decision making and for financial markets. It is an 84 credit honours programme , which makes it quite challenging We expect you to have successfully completed courses based on the following literature, or equivalent: Financial Management - Berk, J. and P. DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, Pearson, recent edition or Brealey, R.A. & Myers, S.C. and F. Allen, Principles of Corporate Finance, Mcgraw-Hill, recent edition Financial Markets and Institutions - Mishkin, F.S. and S.G. Eakins, Financial Markets and Institutions, Pearson, recent edition Business Statistics - Berenson, M.L., Levine, D. M. & Krehbiel, T. C., Basic Business Statistics, Pearson, recent edition Accounting Knowledge - Bhimani, Horngren, Datar and Rajan, Management and Cost Accounting, recent edition or Aerts, W. and Walton, P., Global Financial Accounting & Reporting: Principles and analysis, Cengage, recent edition Furthermore: Outstanding performance in the completed preceding Bachelor's programme. Strong motivation and commitment to the high study load of 84 ECTS in one year. How to demonstrate that you meet the above requirements You are required to indicate in the course description section of the Application Form how you meet the programme specific admission requirements. Whether you meet the admission requirements, is determined by the Admission Board based on your complete application. 3. English-language proficiency requirements You will have to demonstrate sufficient English language proficiency. You can find an overview of relevant information to demonstrate your English language proficiency on the language requirement page .
To apply you are required to provide the following documents: Scan of your passport or national ID card (ID for EEA students only) valid at the start date of the programme Master Application File please download the correct file from this page . In this file you can see which documents are required to apply for your programme. Proof of English language proficiency (if already obtained): upload your proof of English language proficiency or English language test results. Please find the English language requirements here . After having prepared the required documents, please follow the online application procedure . Do you want to check your admissibility for more than one specialization? Please apply for Finance and complete your application for one specialization in your personal VU dashboard. For the other specialization(s) you want to apply for please get in touch with us per specialization including Application Form via the online form .
All students seeking admission to an international Master’s programme with an international degree are required to pay a non-refundable €100 application fee. Only after you have paid this fee will we be able to start the evaluation of your application file. If you are applying for more than one programme, you will only need to pay the application fee once. Your application fee payment is valid for two years. Information on how to apply with an international university degree and deadlines can be found here .
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