Business Analytics: Financial Risk Management
Use data and algorithms to achieve business success
Are you keen to harness the power of data science, statistics and machine learning to optimise results and achieve strategic objectives? Ready to combine insights from mathematics, computer science and economics with highly developed communication skills? The Master’s programme in Business Analytics will deepen your knowledge - making you key to the success of any organisation.
The programme has four tracks, giving you the opportunity to specialise in your own area of interest:
You’ll finish with a six-month internship at a company, which is often the first step to a thriving career.
More information on this programme? Visit the website!
How should share options be priced? Which home owners are most likely to default on their mortgage payments? If any sector uses numbers, it’s finance. The availability of large amounts of data opens up numerous possibilities to apply quantitative techniques. And this track will give you the tools to crunch the numbers.
You’ll learn to price derivatives, such as share options, and strategies for risk management. And you’ll learn how to determine which customers are most at risk of defaulting on their monthly payments. You’ll gain both practical skills and theoretical knowledge, making you a valuable asset for any financial institution or fintech.
If you choose this track, you’ll take compulsory courses that combine mathematics with financial applications, including stochastic processes for finance, applied analysis using financial mathematics, and investments.
More information on this programme? Visit the website!
As a graduate from the Business Analytics Master’s programme, you’ll be familiar with all the steps from data to solution, including the skills required to communicate to stakeholders and convince them of your advice.
You’ll be well-prepared either to focus on a single step in the process – becoming a specialist – or to take a broad view, sitting at the centre of the web in data science projects. In both cases, Business Analytics alumni are extremely valuable to all sorts of organisations.
Both the private and public sectors are constantly looking for ways to increase efficiency and effectiveness. Your skills as a business analyst are in such high demand that you may receive job offers before you graduate or at the company where you completed your internship.
And there’s more: even during your studies you could easily find yourself taking on a part-time job as a junior data analyst or programmer. While your fellow students are waiting tables or stocking shelves, you could well be generating extra income while picking up highly relevant work experience.
More information on this programme? Visit the website!
The Business Analytics programme is open to both Dutch and international students. The Faculty’s Admission Board will decide upon your admission after having evaluated your complete online application.
In order to gain admission to the Business Analytics Master’s programme, you will need to have at least a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited research university including at least three full years of academic study amounting to a minimum of 180 ECTS or equivalent. We do not require a GRE or GMAT test score.
Specific requirements for the Business Analytics Master’s programme
For admission to the Business Analytics programme, a Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics or a closely related Bachelor is required. In general, we expect the following subjects to be part of your Bachelor's programme:
General English language proficiency requirements
VU Amsterdam requires all applicants to take an English test. You can, however, begin your application without having the test results. Exceptions are made for students who have completed a Bachelor's or Master's in Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand or Australia,
or who have obtained an international Baccalaureate or European Baccalaureate diploma.
The minimum English language proficiency requirements for admission to this Master's programme are:
The Business Analytics programme is open to both Dutch and international students with a Bachelor’s degree in the same or an equivalent field and who are in possession of sufficient mathematical and computer skills. Those who have a Bachelor’s degree in Business Mathematics, Mathematics or Econometrics from a university or an institute of higher education will be admitted if approval of the Admission Board is obtained. The Faculty’s Admission Board will decide upon your admission after having evaluated your complete online application.
In order to gain admission to the Business Analytics Master’s programme, you will need to have at least a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited research university including at least three full years of academic study amounting to a minimum of 180 ECTS or equivalent. We do not require a GRE or GMAT test score.
Specific requirements for the Business Analytics master’s programme
For admission to the Business Analytics programme, a Bachelor degree in Business Analytics or a closely related Bachelor is required. In general, we expect the following subjects to be part of your Bachelor's programme:
More information on this programme? Visit the website!
More information on this programme? Visit the website!
T | +31 20 59 89898 | |
E | international@vu.nl |
Amsterdam
Information Technology & Telecommunications
Master of Science in Business Analytics
English
winter semester - September
Full-time
Duration of study: 2 years
Tuition fees EU: 2168 EUR / year
Tuition fees Non EU: 15320 EUR / year
Amsterdam
Information Technology & Telecommunications
Master of Science in Business Analytics
English
winter semester - September
Full-time
Duration of study: 2 years
Tuition fees EU: 2168 EUR / year
Tuition fees Non EU: 15320 EUR / year
Masters portal for Germany: www.master-and-more.de
Masters portal for Austria: www.master-and-more.at