YOUR FUTURE STARTS AT

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES

Today’s topics

1. The International Business School

2. Why study IBMS at the HvA?

3. Your profile

4. Pratical information

5. Structure of the programme

6. Study programme

7. Going abroad

8. Excellence programme

9. Your future career

10. Admission requirements

11. Financial matters

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

Why study IBMS at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam?

International outlook:• Awarded special feature ‘Internationalisation’ NVAO 2010 • 4 year programme entirely in English• Approx. 1,100 students, 15 - 20% international students• International staff• Compulsory exchange abroad

Broad programme:• IBMS is a generic study that covers the main disciplines of business and

management (Finance, Marketing, HR, Law, Economics, Management and Organisation, Cross Cultural awareness ....)

• Possibility to continue studying for a Master’s programme at the University of Amsterdam in the field of business

Hands-on experience• Compulsory placement, abroad or at international companies in the Netherlands

Your profile

• Open minded• Interest in other cultures• Hands-on• A long term drive• Flexibel

In other words.........

Practical information

• Full-time (Fraijlemaborg)

• Part-time (Leeuwenburg)• two nights a week• students normally > 25 years• students work

• Both programmes start in September and January

Structure of the programme

• Per year• 2 semesters

• Per semester• 6 weeks lessons + 1 week of exams + 6 weeks lessons + 2 weeks of exams + 2

weeks of re-sits

• Per week• 20-22 hours of lessons, projects and sports• 10 hours of homework

You can have a job besides your study, but at

a maximum of 10 hours per week.

The programme

• Change your programme without losing too much time• Total programme 240 ECTS, 60 ECTS per year

= moment to switch

final subjects in major and thesis

minor (specialisation)

placement 4th year

exchange at a partner institute 3rd year

major (core programme)major (core programme)2nd year

major (core programme)General foundation courses 1st year

semester 2semester 1

The programmeFirst year

First year, first semester First year, second semester

Module ECTS Module ECTS

Young enterprise 1 5 Young enterprise 2 5

English 1 3 English 2 3

Financial accounting 1 3 Management accounting 3

Cross cultural awareness 2 Economics 1 3

Management communication 3 Marketing management 2 3

Marketing management 1 3 Management information systems 2

3

Management and organisation 3 Statistics 4

Management information systems 2 Personal development 2 2

Personal development 1 1 Physical education and sports 2 1

Physical education and sports 1 1 Second language, module 2 3

Second language, module 1 3

Quantitative Methods 1

30 30

IBMS: Curriculum year 2

Second year, semester A Second year, semester B

Module ECTS Module ECTS

Corporate finance 1 4 International law 1 3

Foreign direct investment project 6 Project Business Cases 6

European law 3 International economics and business 4

International money and business 3 Human resource management 3

Market planning 4 Critical thinking 4

Marketing research 2 3 Enterprise resource planning 3

English 3 3 English 4 3

Physical education and sports 1 1 Physical education and sports 1

Second language, third module 3 Second language, fourth module 3

30 30

Year 3, semester A:Going abroad, exchange programmeOur partner institutes

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

Year 3, Semester B: following a minor

• International Finance;• International Marketing;• Latin American Business Studies;• Entrepreneurship;• Business Processing Integration (SAP);• Premaster Programme (prepares for a Master’s at UvA);• Other ......

Year 4: IBMS Programme

• Placement of 20 weeks;

• Final Thesis;

• 4 more compulsory modules• International Trade• Second Language module 5• Current Issues in Business• English 5

What do we offer excellent students?

• Honours degree (average grade > 8)• 11 double degree programmes• Exchange places at prestigious partners• Premaster Programme• International student competitions

Your future career

• Trainees in traineeships;• Junior managerial positions (mainly marketing, sales, finance) in large multinational

companies;• Your own company;• Working at companies abroad;• Master’s programmes, often abroad.

Admission RequirementsDutch Education

Profiles

Level 4

E&M C&MN&T N&G

ec or m&o or 2nd mvt

ec or m&o or 2nd mvt

ec or m&o HAVO

VWO

MBO

ec or m&o or 2nd mvt

ec or m&o or 2nd mvt

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 certificates 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 have been taken in the last two years

Admission and costs

• Admission• check www.international.hva.nl• You can start in February and September

• 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/ibms-int or the pages on Degree Programmes at

www.international.hva.nl

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