Finance & Control (international)  fulltime programme

Foundation year

In the foundation year, you acquire the basic knowledge needed for your subsequent studies. The first year consists of 4 10-week blocks. In addition to the group project you work on, you attend classes. Courses are centred around finance, accounting, management accounting, corporate culture and international business. You take English classes and practise your digital skills. Every year you can obtain 60 ECTS credits. In the first year you must obtain 52 ECTS to be able to continue to year 2.

Examples of courses in year 1:

• Financial Accounting Accounting Information Systems
• Finance
• Management Accounting Business Communication
• Intercultural Management

In year 2 you will study at Avans physically during the first semester. You study the topics of risk management and master budget. You work on three projects together with your fellow students. In the second semester of year 2 you will do a 5-month work placement in an international organisation. This can be in the Netherlands or abroad, that is up to you.

Examples of courses in year 2:

- Financial accounting

- Management accounting

- Process (re)Design Statistics

- Business Communication

During the first semester of year 3 you will attend classes at Avans. Together with the year 4 students you run a project on International Merger and Acquisition and Strategic Risk Management. You study courses like operational auditing and strategic finance and control. In the second semester of year 3 you will study at a partner university for 5 months, your exchange. You can do this at Avans, another university in the Netherlands or abroad.

Examples of courses in year 3:

- Strategic Control

- Strategic Finance

- Operational Auditing

- Financial Risk Management

- Business Communication

In this year, you attend classes as Avans during the first semester. Together with the year 3 students, you work on three different projects and you follow classes in the field of Integrated Reporting, Data Management and Process Mining. At the end of year 4, you will individually carry out a graduation project in an international organisation, working on advice or improvement ideas. You are free to decide where you want to do your graduation project.

Examples of courses in year 4:

- Financial Accounting

- External Reporting

- Data analytics

- Business Research Methods

- Business Communication