Pitch of the business school to members of Amsterdam in Business, Amsterdam city municipality

1. INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS SCHOOL

2. TODAY’S TOPICS
• A CAREER IN....
• WELCOME AT THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
• IBMS, IBL AND TMA
• HOW DOES IT LOOK?
• FIELD BASED LEARNING
• A DAY AT THE BUSINESS SCHOOL

3. A CAREER IN....
Some examples
• Business Development at Shell, Belgium
• International Product Manager at
Cinemotion, Bulgaria
• Import and Export Assistent at
Philips, France
• Export Management at Bosch, Denmark
• International Market Researcher at
Deloitte, Netherlands
• International Publicity Agent at United
Nations, USA and Rwanda
Or choose to follow a master programme
• Business Studies at the University of
Amsterdam
• China Business Studies at the Hong Kong
Polytechnic university.

4. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
International Business School (IBS)
International
International Trade
Business and
Business and Management
Management
Languages Asia
Studies
Strategic
Management & Financial Management &
Organisation Management Sales
Management

5. WHY STUDY AT THE INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS SCHOOL?
• All programmes prepare to gain the
Bachelor of Business Administration
diploma (BBA), this is recognised
internationally
• All lessons, course materials and books
in English
• IBS maintains close relations with
companies in the grand metropolitan
area
• Your fellow students hail from all four
corners of the globe, as do the lecturers
• All programmes devote a huge amount
of time to cross cultural communication
and your personal development

6. WHY STUDY AT THE INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS SCHOOL?
International outlook
• Awarded special feature ‘Internationalisation’ NVAO 2010
• Internationally recognised 4 year programme entirely in English
• Approx. 3,000 students, 15 – 20% international students
• International staff

7. IBS AND COMPANIES
• INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD
• GLOBAL CORPORATE COUNCIL (TO BE ESTABLISHED)

8. WHO ARE OUR STUDENTS
• Committment
• Perseverance
• Resilience
But also...
• Open minded
• Entrepeneurial
• Interest in other cultures
• Hands-on
• Good in English
• Good in numbers

9. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND
MANAGEMENT STUDIES
Broad programme:
• IBMS is a generic study that covers the main disciplines of business and
management (Finance, HR, Law, Economics, Management and Organisation, Cross
Cultural Awareness...)
• Three Specialisation areas: Financial Management, Management &
Organisation, Strategic Marketing & Sales Management
• Possibility to continue studying for a Master’s programme at the University of
Amsterdam in the field of business or the master China Business Studies at the Hong
Kong Polytechnic university.
Field based learning
• Build your CV while studying, compulsary placement, abroad or at an international
company in the Netherlands.
• Possibility to write your final thesis at a company.

10. HOW DOES IT LOOK?
semester 1 semester 2
• 1st year General foundation courses General foundation courses
• 2nd year General foundation courses major (core programme)
• 3rd year minor (specialisation) exchange at a partner institute
• 4th year placement final subjects in major and
thesis
• TOTAL PROGRAMME 240 ECTS, 60 ECTS PER YEAR
• ENTRANCE TO SECOND YEAR: MINIMUM 50 CREDITS IN YEAR 1
• ONLY ONE RE-SIT PER COURSE PER YEAR

11. FIRST YEAR; SOME COURSES
Yen project English communication skills
Marketing
Communication
Management Information Systems
Personal development
Accounting

12. SECOND YEAR;
SPECIALISATIONS
In the second year, you will choose from the
following specialisations within IBMS:
• Management & Organisation
• Financial Management *
• Strategic Marketing & Sales Management
You will then study this specialist subject in
your third and fourth academic years.
* The original International Financial Management (IFM)
programma will be discontinued from August 2013 on.

13. THIRD YEAR, SEMESTER A: EXCHANGE

14. THIRD YEAR, SEMESTER B:
FOLLOWING A MINOR
• Entrepreneurship;
• International Finance;
• International Marketing;
• Latin American Business Studies
• China minor
• To be developed;
Or choose to follow the premaster
programme which prepares you for the
master in Business Studies at the
University of Amsterdam without delay.

15. FOURTH YEAR:
• Field based learning of 20 weeks
• Final thesis
• Four compulsory modules
– International Trade
– Second language module 5
– Current issues in international
business
– English 5

16. WHAT DO WE OFFER EXCELLENT
STUDENTS?
• Studium Excellence and/or Honours
Programme
• Exchange programme at prestigious
partners
• premaster, prepares for the Master in
Business Studies at the University of
Amsterdam
• International student competitions
• A fast track of 3,5 years (subject to
conditions)
• Applied research

17. YOUR QUESTIONS?
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