International Financial Management Asia @ Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of Applied Sciences

YOUR FUTURE STARTS AT

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Today’s topics

1. Introduction

2. The International Business School

3. Your profile

4. Why study International Financial Management?

5. Your future career

6. Structure of the programme

7. Study programme

8. Going abroad

9. Admission requirements

10. Financial matters

11. Your questions

What common feature do these people share?

Success!!

But you’re not successful by chance!

Create your own success with these 5 ingredients:

• A dynamic positive attitude• Long term drive• The nerve to take risks• Flexibility• Focus on action

International Business SchoolHogeschool van Amsterdam - University of Applied Sciences

HvA

School of Design and

Communication

School of Economics and Management

School of Education

School of Health Professions

School of Technology

School of Sports and Nutrition

Dutch Programmes

International Business School

School of Social Work and Law

International Business and Languages

International Business and Management

Trade Management Asia

International Management

International Financial Management

Your profile

You....• are good at numbers• are interested in how processes work within companies• are prepared to go abroad for your exchange and placement• are fluent in English (recommended level; havo final exam at least 8, vwo final exam

at least 7)• don’t mind having many contact hours, approx. 20 per week

Why study IFM at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam?

• A study with many opportunities• Good job prospects

• International study environment• English communication lessons and one extra foreign language• Extensive network with partner universities abroad• You start the programme by running your own company

And of course we are located in Amsterdam!

Fraijlemaborg

(near Amsterdam ArenA)

Your future career

Contents:• Controlling financial flows• Preparing a financial plan• Advising on a financial plan• Advising on the use of ICT in Business processes

A job as....• Controller• Financial Manager, Treasurer• Accounting Manager• Credit or Investment Consultant

Structure of the IFM programme

• Change your programme without losing too much time• Total programme 240 ECTS, 30 ECTS per semester• Placement: 30 ECTS• Minor abroad: 30 ECTS

Major IFM: final courses and thesis

Placement

Major IFM: final courses and thesis 4th year

Minor: exchange abroad3rd year

Major IFMMajor IFM2nd year

Major (core programme)General foundation courses Major IFM

1st year

semester 2semester 1

Structure of the programme

• Per year• 2 semesters

• Per semester• 7 weeks lessons + 1 week of exams + 7 weeks lessons + 2 weeks of exams + 2

weeks of re-sits

• Per week• 5 days, 20-22 hours of lessons, projects and sports• 15 hours of homework

• Sports are compulsory in the first and second year

You can have a job besides your study,

but at a maximum of 10 hours

per week.

T1 T2 Break H1 T3 T4 H2

Octob

er

December

Janu

ary

March

May

June/July

Timetable First year

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8.30 –9.15 Dutch, Spanish or German*

Young Enterprise

9.15 – 10.00 Dutch, Spanish or German*

Young Enterprise

10.30 – 11.15 Spanish or German* Communication Skills English

Young Enterprise

11.15 -12.00 Communication Skills English

Young Enterprise Financial Accounting

12.00 – 12.45 Cross Cultural Analysis

Young Enterprise Financial Accounting Management & Organisation

12.45 – 13.30 Cross Cultural Analysis

Management & Organisation

13.30 – 14.15 Management Information Systems

Management Accouting

14.15 – 15.00 Marketing Management

Management Information Systems

Management Accounting

15.00- 15.45 Marketing Management

Sports [ extra lessons Quantitative Methods & Techniques)]

French (level 1)*

16.00 – 16.45 Sports [ extra lessons Quantitative Methods & Techniques)]

French (level 1)* French (level 0)*

16.45- 17.30 French (level1 ) or Dutch*

French (level 0)*

17.30 – 18.15 Dutch* French (level 0)** You choose one of these languages

The programme First year

Project Young Enterprise:starting up a real company with 10 – 15 students

• Brainstorming about ideas• Choosing product / service• Setting up structure of company• Writing business plan• Finding shareholders• Shareholders’ meeting• Starting with business operations• Presenting annual report• Liquidation

• Most subjects (financial & management accounting, marketing, management & organisation, etc.) are linked to the project.

The programme First year

• Young Enterprise Project

• Financial & Management Accounting

• Communication Skills in English

• Marketing Management

• Management Information Systems

• Quantitative Methods & Techniques

• Macro Economics

• Cross Cultural Analysis

• Personal Development

• Sports

• Second language: French, German or Spanish

The programme Second year

• Corporate Finance

• Management Accounting

• Communication Skills in English

• Project Innobus and Project SAP

• Micro and Macro Economics

• Organisation and Management

• Quantitative Methods and Techniques

• Management Information Systems & Tools

• Organisational and Administrative Procedures

• Business Law

• 2nd language

• Personal Development & Sports

The programmeThird and Fourth year

Third year:

• Company placement, preferably abroad

• Exchange

Fourth year:

• Final subjects:

• Financial Accounting and Management Accounting

• Controlling and Accounting Project

• Business Information Systems

• Multinational Business Investment & Financing,

• Multinational Foreign Exchange Management

• Project Treasury Management

• Thesis

Going abroad, exchange programmeOur partner institutes

Going abroad is compulsory!

EuropeAustria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK

AmericaCanada, USA

Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru

Far EastAustralia, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand

South Africa

Admission RequirementsDutch education

Profiles

Level 4

E&M C&MN&T N&G

ec or m&o

ec or m&o

(ec or m&o) + (wia or wib) HAVO

VWO

MBO

ec or m&o

Good command of English, recommended level:Havo final exam grade at least 8Vwo final exam grade at least 7

Admission RequirementsForeign education

• Abitur, Lycée or another diploma• GCSE’s with 2 or more A-levels • International Baccalaureate

(all diplomas will be screened)

English Language test score (for non-native speakers):• IELTS: 6.0 at academic level • TOEFL: 550 paper-based, 213 computer-based and 80 internet-based• The test must be taken in the last 2 years

Admission and costs

• Admission

• check www.international.hva.nl

• You can start in February and September

• The IFM programme is officially registered as ‘Bedrijfseconomie’ at the ‘DUO IB

Groep’.

• Registration

• Dutch students: register at Studielink

• International students: register at the HvA directly. Once you are admitted to the programme you also need to register at Studielink

• Study costs

• Tuition fee 2011-2012

• for students who are nationals of an EEA member state or of Swiss or Surinamese nationality: € 1.713,-

• for non-EEA students: € 7.200,-

• Costs for books, hand-outs and other school materials: € 700,-

• Costs of the exchange

Your questions

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Do you want to know more? • Visit our stand on the first floor• Contact our students• Check www.hva.nl/ifm-int or the pages on Degree Programmes at

www.international.hva.nl