Corporate Finance and Control at Radboud University

The scientific Master's specialisation in Corporate Finance and Control aims at providing students with the necessary knowledge and skill set to become professional and successful financial managers in multinational corporations. The masters program provides students with ‘state of the art' scientific and practical knowledge in corporate finance and financial accounting, focusing on all important aspects that deal with the financial management of a multinational firm. The topics include international financial accounting and reporting; firm valuation and financing (for example, in cross-border mergers and acquisitions); or the management of risk in an international environment.
 

You will be confronted with practical business cases as well as the latest developments in the scientific discipline. The program also integrates institutional and behavioral aspects of Finance, which is, together with its focus on multinational topics, special to this master program in Nijmegen.

What will you learn?
 

• Get a thorough understanding of state-of-the-art corporate finance along with modern institutional and behavioural insights
• Gain theoretical knowledge in topics such as international accounting and reporting methods, corporate finance and governance and risk management
• Get valuable experience designing, conducting and presenting your own research

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Course Content

This programme consists of seven courses and the final thesis project:
 

• International Financial Markets 6 EC
• Methods of Empirical Analysis 6 EC
• Pluralisms in Economics 6 EC
• Accounting and Governance 6 EC
• Mergers and Acquisitions 6 EC
• Financial Risk Management 6 EC
• Advanced Corporate Finance and Control 6 EC
• Master’s Thesis in Corporate Finance and Control 18 EC

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Career

Graduates from this programme are well equipped for a variety of careers:
 

• Corporate financial managers
• Financial controllers
• Consultants in financial accounting and corporate finance
• Financial analysts
• Investment managers
• General managers with a background in corporate finance and financial accounting

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Admission

Applicants should have a completed Bachelor's degree in Economics or a closely-related discipline from a research university with completed courses in:
 

• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Econometrics and/or Methods in Empirical Analysis
• Corporate Finance
• Management Accounting and Control
• Investment Management
• Financial Accounting and Reporting
• Multinational Finance

A proficiency in English
In order to take part in this programme, you need to have fluency in both written and spoken English. This requirement has been satisfied when the student meets one of the following conditions:
 

• Has successfully completed a three-year Bachelor's programme at a Dutch university.
• Is a citizen of Australia, Canada (with exception of Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, or the United States of America.
• Has successfully completed a Bachelor's programme that was taught completely in the English language in one of the following countries: EU/EEA-countries, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States of America.
• Has successfully completed a Master's programme from a Dutch university of applied sciences (HBO).

All other students need one of the following certificates (TOEFL and IELTS certificates may not be older than two years).
 

• A TOEFL score of ≥90, with subscores not lower than 18
• A IELTS score of ≥6.5, with subscores not lower than 6.0
• Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) or Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) with a mark of C or higher

A letter of motivation
In this letter of motivation (max 2 pages) you should explain why you want to attend this programme and why you think you are suited for this programme.

Application deadlines:
1 May (EU/EEA applicants)
1 April (Non-EU/EEA applicants)

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Corporate Finance and Control - Impressions of your Masters study

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Overview of Masters programmes - Radboud University

		Artificial Intelligence
		Behavioural Science (Research)
		Biology
		Biomedical sciences
		Business Administration
		Cognitive Neuroscience
		Computing Science
		Corporate Finance and Control
		Data Science
		Economics
		Environment and Society Studies
		Human Geography
		International and European Law
		Niederlande-Deutschland-Studien
		Political Science
		Work, Organisation and Health
		Anthropology and Development Studies
		Arts and Culture
		Business Law
		Communication and Information Studies
		Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies
		History
		Information Science
		International Business Communication
		Linguistics
		Linguistics and Communication Sciences
		Mathematics
		Medical Biology
		Molecular Mechanisms of Diseases (Research Master)
		Molecular Sciences
		North American studies
		Pedagogical Sciences
		Philosophy
		Philosophy (Research)
		Physics and Astronomy
		Psychology
		Social and Cultural Science (Research Master)
		Spatial Planning
		Theology
		Theology and Religious Studies
		Transnational Ecosystem-based Water Management

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Open Days

Bachelor’s Open Day: Friday and Saturday 3.-4. November 2023

Master’s Open Day: Thursday 23. November 2023

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