University of Groningen

MSc Financial Management

How do you manage international financial activities? This program can teach you.

Nowadays internationally oriented firms and organizations are looking for professionals who can understand and use the latest finance and risk management tools and techniques for managing international financial activities. The MSc Financial Management (MSc FM) will equip you with advanced academic knowledge, understanding, and skills required to define, analyze and evaluate real and complex international financial management problems on both a societal level as well as on the level of companies and institutions.

The MSc FM program teaches me to think strategically and to explore how new ideas can be initiated and managed. You will be able to apply research methods and address financial problems multinational companies are faced with. Moreover, you will gain advanced knowledge in several specific sub-fields in international financial management, such as international risk management, international risk analysis, and research, international management accounting and control, and in different aspects of international business and the international economic environment in which multinational companies operate.

During the program, you will have the opportunity to broaden your studies by selecting two electives from other FEB MSc programs.

Why study this program in Groningen?

The MSc FM program focuses on both finance and accounting, deals with real-life management issues, and has an international orientation. There is a good balance between theory and practice. You work on assignments that both require research skills and practical insights.

Moreover, it is an internationally accredited program, ensuring a high-quality education that meets both the AACSB and EQUIS standards, which only one percent of universities reach worldwide.

Research

Linking education to research and career preparation.

Our education is strongly rooted in business practice and society. Also right from the start of your degree program attention is paid to academic research and preprofessional development. Since an analytical and critical mind and problem-solving capabilities are important qualities in any career our students aspire.