With this course you learn how corporations can align the interests of employees with those of their organisation. You examine the challenges of various financial and non-financial measures in incentive systems for employees, and the relationship between control, (operational) risk management and corporate governance.

The course provides an overview of the major elements of reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The emphasis is on understanding the key accounting concepts within IFRS and on applying these standards in real-life situations.

Explore the practical aspects of accounting. Learn programming with Python. Together with your fellow students, you will work on cases that an audit firm or company struggles with, such as the implementation of new accounting standards or the use of data analytics and process mining to improve an audit. This course develops your professional skills such as presentation skills and negotiating with clients, to help you develop the skills required in practice.

This course focuses on the role of controllers in managing costs, revenues and value. Topics that will be covered include short and long term cost management, customer profitability and innovation.

This course focuses on academic research and related practice in sustainability accounting, accountability and ethics. A secondary objective is to introduce you to interdisciplinary qualitative academic research using social and organisational theory as a critical thinking tool. We specifically study the history of and motivations underlying the rise of sustainability accounting and the role and relevance of accountants and the accounting profession in this development.

Accountants need to be able to analyse large amounts of financial and non-financial data to address business challenges. This course helps you to develop an analytical mindset and learn how to transform data into meaningful insights using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools that support data-driven decision making.

This course offers you a blend of lectures, case discussions and hands-on exercise sessions to enhance your understanding of corporate finance and corporate valuation.

This course applies conceptual aspects of financial accounting and reporting to the financial statements of real-world companies. You will learn to analyse financial statements of well-known companies from the perspective of a financial analyst and to use the insights in company valuation analyses.

Accountants need to be capable of analysing large amounts of financial and non-financial data to address business challenges. This course helps you to develop an analytical mindset and learn how to use tools to analyse both structured and unstructured data.

This course discusses the role of controllers and other financial professionals in organisations in facilitating the decision-making processes of people in the firm (managers and employees) as well as outside of the firm (investors and other stakeholders) by providing them with information and quantitative analyses. To fulfil this role effectively, it is crucial that financial professionals understand how humans tend to make judgements and choices. This course provides you with a concise introduction to the psychology of judgement and decision-making.

The Master’s thesis is the final requirement for your graduation. It is your chance to dive deep into a topic that you are enthusiastic about. A professor in your field of choice (track) will supervise and support you in writing your thesis. Upon graduation, you will be awarded the title Master of Science (MSc).