This exciting MSc, Master of Business Management, with specialisation modules in Finance, challenges students to study at a high academic standard, combining case studies and research. However, the degree programme also has a practical approach in its design - through project weeks, professional enquiry and a module of professional-based learning in which students complete a short work placement often linked directly to their final project.

The programme offers a combination master of business administration subjects and broader modules in economics and management. Through modules looking at global economics and strategic management, globalisation, society & culture, the programme will enable students to further develop their deeper knowledge of business management and administration.

The specialisation in finance specifically looks at managing business and organisations from a strategic planning perspective, and in combination with the concept that leadership and understanding of financial aspects plays an important role in defining the direction of an organisation.

The finance specialisation shows a clear link between risk taking and risk management, coupled with organisational change, company development and long-term financial planning.

Career Prospects:

Graduating from a highly international institute such as Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences, that places high emphasis on a combination of academic research and company and professional exposure, means that the career prospects of graduates from the Master of Business Management specialised in Finance are multiple and global.

Often WUAS graduates aspire to continue their studies with a DBA or a PhD research degree; however, many students move directly into business, sometimes as a result of their work placement, and their final project, which is often company-based.

Financial specialists work in various branches of varying sizes, from corporate banks and insurance companies to SME companies advising home owners and private investors on matters relating to their personal finance.

Financial advisors are affiliated to most real-estate brokers and law firms and many Wittenborg Financial Services Management graduates have gone on to work in international banks such as HSBC in Shanghai, Commercial Bank of China in Beijing, RaboBank Netherlands in Utrecht and ABN AMRO in Rotterdam. Also, many students have also gone on to work for mortgage, investment and insurance companies such as Nationale Nederland, Achmea, and AON Consulting. A number of students have started their own consultancies.

The Financial Services Sector tends to be cyclical: when there is a downturn in the economy the industry requires fewer graduates; when it starts to recover there is a great shortage! Presently the economy is in recovery!