Finance
Become an expert in financial management or investment analysis. Learn how to determine a firm's cost of capital, plan mergers and acquisitions, bring companies to the stock exchange, restructure corporations, make portfolio investment decisions, quantify risks, and hedge them using various derivative instruments.
National Alumni Survey (Finance, all tracks), 2018 | n=85
Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, 2018
Nationale Alumni Enquête, 2016| n=42
Program and courses
Obtain a solid foundation in the principles and practice of finance.
- Apply the latest theoretical concepts from scientific literature to real-world cases during assignments, simulation games and in-class discussions.
- The program is taught by some of the world's leading finance academics, faculty members from the Department of Finance at Tilburg University.
- Specialize in either corporate finance or investment analysis through a wide selection of electives, and by choice of your Master's thesis topic. Or specialize through one of the following tracks:
- Finance: CFA
- Finance: Pensions, Aging and Retirement - Opportunity to pursue a dual degree in collaboration with one of our foreign partner universities.
- In the first semester of the regular program, you can also apply for the QTEM network program, which adds an additional year to the program which you spend at a QTEM partner university and corporate partner.
Typical courses are:
- Investment Analysis
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- Applied Corporate Finance
Career prospects
As a Master of Science in Finance you are equipped with a broad knowledge framework in business and specialized knowledge in financial management or investment analysis - a highly attractive profile for companies, banks and consultancy agencies.
Graduates started for example as:
- Consultant at the valuation and business modelling team at EY
- Consultant at First Dutch Advisory
Alumni facts
- Average number of months until first paid job: 2,9
- Gross monthly income one year after graduation: €3,816
- Would likely recommend the program to friends, family and colleagues: 88%
Source: National Alumni Survey, 2016 | n=42
Application and admission
This Master’s program starts:
End of August
Best preparatory programs:
- Bedrijfseconomie
- Business Economics
- International Business Administration
Pre-Master’s program:
Available for both university graduates and Dutch HBO graduates.
Tuition fees and scholarships
Please check the information about the tuition fees and the scholarships available for international students.
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