YOUR FUTURE STARTS AT

INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Today’s topics

1. Introduction

2. The International Business School

3. Why study International Management?

4. Your profile

5. Structure of the programme

6. Going abroad

7. Your future career

8. Admission requirements

9. Your questions

Your programme?

• Do you have a real feel for trade and sales?• Are you keen to look beyond national boundaries?• Do you always keep your eyes open for new market and sales opportunities?• Do you follow the international economic news?

... then International Management is the perfect study for you!

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 International Management?

• International Classroom• Language of instruction: English• Students follow English + second compulsory modern language• International programme• Compulsory exchange abroad (more than 90 partner institutes on all continents)• Compulsory internship with international focus• You will study in Amsterdam in an international business environment

Fraijlemaborg

(near Amsterdam ArenA)

Your profile

You are:• interested in business, entrepreneurship, management and communication• highly motivated and fluent in English• good at numbers• goal oriented and flexible• interested in other cultures and languages

The ProgrammeStructure

• Per year• 2 semesters

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

weeks of re-sits

• Per week• 4 days with lectures and projects and sports• average of 20 hours a week

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• Personal focus in final two years

= moment to switch

final subjects and thesis

major IM

internship (abroad)4th year

exchange abroad or a minor 3rd year

major IMmajor IM2nd year

major IMgeneral foundation courses

major IM

1st year

semester 2semester 1

The programme Subjects year 1

• Project: Young Enterprise (starting a student company)• Marketing Management• Market Research• Management and Organisation• Management Accounting• Financial Accounting• Macro Economics• Cross Cultural Analysis• The European Union• Communication Skills in English• International Law• One other foreign language (French, German, Spanish)• Sports

The programme Subjects year 2

• Culture and History• Export Management• Market Research• Trade Economics• Informal Logistic & Critical Thinking• Management and Organisation• Project Current Environment• Trade and Corporate Finance• Trade Law & Legal Environment• Communication Skills in English• Second Language

Going abroad: our exchange programme

Just a few of our partner universities• Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires• McGill University, Montreal• Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft, Berlin• Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics, Moscow• Stockholm University• University of Miami, Florida• University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa• Napier University of Edinburgh

The programme Subjects third and fourth year

Third year:• Cross Cultural Negotiations• Strategic Marketing• Business Ethics• Import and Procurement• Development Economics• Exchange

Fourth year:• Internship• Thesis• Globalisation• Communication Skills in English• Project International Management• Global Entrepreneurship or second language

Your future career

A job as.....• Account Manager• Export Manager • Import Manager• Product Manager• International Marketing Manager• Manager Communications• Trade Manager• International Sales Manager• Area Manager

Or continue your studies on a Master’s level.

Admission RequirementsDutch education

Profiles

Level 4

E&M C&MN&T N&G

ec or m&o

ec or m&o

(ec or m&o) + (wia or wib) HAVO

VWO

MBO

ec or m&o

ec or m&o

ec or m&o

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• International Baccalaureate • GCSE’s with 2 or more A-levels

(all diplomas 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

• The IFM programme is officially registered as ‘Commerciële economie’ at the ‘DUO IB

Groep’.

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

www.international.hva.nl