YOUR FUTURE STARTS AT
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND LANGUAGES
Today’s topics
• The International Business School• Why study International Business and Languages• Your profile• Structure of the programme• Going abroad• Your future career• Admission requirements• Your questions
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 IBL at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam?
• Combine studying business and languages
• The entire programme is in English. This is only possible at our school and at one other University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
• The programme is well structured: • all students have the same schedule• you follow classes with your own group (max. 30 students)• there are many contact hours approx. 20 per week
Fraijlemaborg
(near Amsterdam ArenA)
You are....
• eager and independent• critical and analytical• good at economics and business related subjects• have a gift for languages• capable to think out of the box• aware that IBL is a business related study where you also learn languages
then International Business and Languages
is the perfect study for you!
Structure of the programme:
• 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
You can have a job besides your study, but at a maximum of 10 hours per week.
Timetable First year
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8.30 –9.15 Dutch 1 * Cross Cultural Analysis German 1* Yen project
9.15 – 10.00 Dutch 1 Cross Cultural Analysis German 1* Sports Yen project
10.30 – 11.15 Management Information Systems
Sport Yen project
11.15 -12.00 Management Information Systems
Yen project
12.00 – 12.45 Management and Organisation
12.45 – 13.30 Marketing Management
Management and Organisation
Personal Development
13.30 – 14.15 Marketing Management
Personal Development
14.15 – 15.00 Spanish 1* Personal Development
15.00- 15.45 Spanish 1* Quantitative Methodes French 1*
16.00 – 16.45 French 1* Quantitative Methodes French 1* French 0*
16.45- 17.30 French 1* English Dutch 1* French 0*
17.30 – 18.15 French 1* English Dutch 1* French 0*
* You choose two of these languages. Some languages start a level 0 (beginners level)
The programme
final subjects and thesis
minor IBL or exchange abroad
internship (abroad)4th year
exchange abroad or minor IBL3rd year
major IBLmajor IBL2nd year
major IBLgeneral foundation courses
major IBL
1st year
semester 2semester 1
• Personal focus in final two years
The programme first year:
• Project: Young Enterprise • Marketing Management• Market Research• Financial Accounting• Macro Economics• Quantitative methodes & techniques• Business English• Two other foreign languages • Communication skills• Management and Organisation• Sports
Programme second year
• Project exportmarketing• Export management• Global Marketing• Trade Law• Micro & Macro Economics • Project sales & account management• Sales & account management• Excel for Business Purposes• Corporate Finance• Organisation & management• Cross cultural management
And of course; English and two other foreign languages
Going abroad, exchange programmeOur partner institutes
EuropeAustria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK
AmericaCanada, USA
Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru
Far EastAustralia, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand
South Africa
The programme Third and fourth year
Third year:• International Financial Markets • Marketing Communication • Research Skills & Techniques • Strategic Marketing • English and two foreign languages • Exchange abroad
Fourth year:• Placement• Thesis• English and two foreign languages• Free credit point
Your future career:
• A job as...• Account Manager• Junior Product Manager• International Marketing co-worker• Communications co-worker• And many more....
• Contents• Dealing with foreign relations• Writing international marketing and communication plans• Organising international events• Organising the launch of a new product• And many more....
• Or continue studying for a Master’s degree.
Admission RequirementsDutch Education
Profiles
Level 4
E&M C&MN&T N&G
ec or m&o
ec or m&o
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• GCSE’s with 2 or more A-levels • International Baccalaureate
(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
• 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