amsterdam university of applied sciences

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

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TODAY’S TOPICS

• A CAREER IN....

• WELCOME AT THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

• IBMS, IBL AND TMA

• HOW DOES IT LOOK?

• FIELD BASED LEARNING

• A DAY AT THE BUSINESS SCHOOL

A CAREER IN....

Some examples• Business Development at Shell, Belgium• International Product Manager at

Cinemotion, Bulgaria• Import and Export Assistent at Philips,

France• Export Management at Bosch, Denmark• International Market Researcher at

Deloitte, Netherlands• International Publicity Agent at United

Nations, USA and Rwanda

Or choose to follow a master programme• Business Studies at the University of

Amsterdam• China Business Studies at the Hong

Kong Polytechnic university.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

International Business School (IBS)

International Business and Management

Studies

Management & Organisation

Financial Management

Strategic Management &

Sales Management

International Business and Languages

Trade Management

Asia

WHY STUDY AT THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL?

• All programmes prepare to gain the Bachelor of Business Administration diploma (BBA), this is recognised internationally

• All lessons, course materials and books in English

• IBS maintains close relations with companies in the grand metropolitan area

• Your fellow students hail from all four corners of the globe, as do the lecturers

• All programmes devote a huge amount of time to cross cultural communication and your personal development

WHY STUDY AT THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL?International outlook

• Awarded special feature ‘Internationalisation’ NVAO 2010

• Internationally recognised 4 year programme entirely in English

• Approx. 3,000 students, 15 – 20% international students

• International staff

IBS AND COMPANIES

• INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD

• GLOBAL CORPORATE COUNCIL (TO BE ESTABLISHED)

WHO ARE OUR STUDENTS

• Committment• Perseverance• Resilience

But also...

• Open minded• Entrepeneurial • Interest in other cultures• Hands-on• Good in English• Good in numbers

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIESBroad programme:• IBMS is a generic study that covers the main disciplines of business and management

(Finance, HR, Law, Economics, Management and Organisation, Cross Cultural Awareness...)

• Three Specialisation areas: Financial Management, Management & Organisation, Strategic Marketing & Sales Management

• Possibility to continue studying for a Master’s programme at the University of Amsterdam in the field of business or the master China Business Studies at the Hong Kong Polytechnic university.

Field based learning• Build your CV while studying, compulsary placement, abroad or at an international

company in the Netherlands.

• Possibility to write your final thesis at a company.

HOW DOES IT LOOK?

• TOTAL PROGRAMME 240 ECTS, 60 ECTS PER YEAR• ENTRANCE TO SECOND YEAR: MINIMUM 50 CREDITS IN YEAR 1• ONLY ONE RE-SIT PER COURSE PER YEAR

final subjects in major and thesis

exchange at a partner institute

placement • 4th year

minor (specialisation)• 3rd year

major (core programme)General foundation courses • 2nd year

General foundation coursesGeneral foundation courses • 1st year

semester 2semester 1

FIRST YEAR; SOME COURSES

Yen project

Personal development

English communication skills

Accounting

Marketing Communication

Management Information Systems

SECOND YEAR; SPECIALISATIONS

In the second year, you will choose from thefollowing specialisations within IBMS:

• Management & Organisation

• Financial Management *

• Strategic Marketing & Sales Management

You will then study this specialist subject inyour third and fourth academic years.

* The original International Financial Management (IFM) programma will be discontinued from August 2013 on.

THIRD YEAR, SEMESTER A: EXCHANGE

THIRD YEAR, SEMESTER B: FOLLOWING A MINOR

• Entrepreneurship;• International Finance;• International Marketing;• Latin American Business Studies• China minor• To be developed;

Or choose to follow the premaster

programme which prepares you for the

master in Business Studies at the

University of Amsterdam without delay.

FOURTH YEAR:

• Field based learning of 20 weeks

• Final thesis

• Four compulsory modules– International Trade– Second language module 5– Current issues in international

business– English 5

WHAT DO WE OFFER EXCELLENT STUDENTS?

• Studium Excellence and/or Honours Programme

• Exchange programme at prestigious partners

• premaster, prepares for the Master in Business Studies at the University of Amsterdam

• International student competitions

• A fast track of 3,5 years (subject to conditions)

• Applied research

PLEASE BE FREE TO CONTACT US AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO VISIT AMSTERDAM

JURRIAAN GORTERJ.R.GORTER@HVA.NL

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