Study programme
The credits (ECTS) are a good indication of how much time you will spend on each course unit. One credit correlates with 25 to 30 hours of studying, following classes and taking exams. All classes are taught in English.
2024-2025
Model Path
Compulsory courses
Business Ethics: choose 1 in part 1 or 2 of the master
Accounting ethics
- Ann Vanstraelen
Data Science and Ethics
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning' or 'Python for machine learning'
- David Martens
Ethical and sustainable business
- Hans Verboven
Quantitative Skills: 15 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Applied Econometrics
- Nick Deschacht
Machine Learning for Business
- David Martens
- Lien Michiels
Financial econometrics
Corporate Finance: 6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Corporate Finance and Governance
Banking and Financial Regulation:
6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Financial intermediation and regulation
- Jan Bouckaert
- Jo Swyngedouw
6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Banking
- Kurt Verstegen
Asset Management: 12 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Financial engineering
- Jürgen Vandenbroucke
Investments
Financial Risk Management: 6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Financial Risk Management
Master's Thesis Trajectory
Research track: 6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Empirical finance lab
Research Track: 3 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Trends in finance and finance technology
Master Dissertation: 15 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Master's thesis
- Marc De Ceuster
- Edwin van Hassel
Electives: 42 ECTS-credits
Spread over the master, students choose 42 ECTS-credits (or 39 ECTS-credits if they have chosen 'Accounting ethics' as a compulsory course)
* from the list below (min. 33 ECTS-credits), with at least 2 courses belonging to the same domain
* from another master offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics
* from the YUFE course catalogue conditional upon approval by the academic director (via helpdesk FBE)
* from courses offered by other Faculties at the University of Antwerp or by the Faculty of Business and Economics' Exchange Partners, conditional upon approval by the academic director (via helpdesk FBE)
Accounting and audit
Accounting ethics
- Ann Vanstraelen
Auditing
- Maarten Corten
- Michiel Dierckx
Current Topics in Accounting
- Jonas Vandennieuwenhuysen
Financial Analysis and Business Valuation
- Ann Jorissen
International Financial Reporting Standards
- Christophe Van Linden
Sustainability reporting and assurance
- Mercedes Luque-Vilchez
Business and International Related Courses
Blended Intensive Programme on Leadership Development
Internship (sem 1)
- Koen Vandenbempt
- Kim Van Overvelt
Internship (sem 2)
- Koen Vandenbempt
- Kim Van Overvelt
Internship project
- Koen Vandenbempt
- Kim Van Overvelt
Summer School on Responsible Fashion Management
- Annick Schramme
- Laura D'hoore
Summer School 'Doing Business in South-East Asia'
- Koen Vandenbempt
- Peter Verhezen
Summer School on Urban Logistics
Summer School Washington 'American Business Environment'
- Jo Mentens
- Koen Vandenbempt
- Tijmen van Kempen
Winter School: from Mine to Finger. A Deep Dive in the World of Diamonds
- Koen Vandenbempt
Winter school Pharma logistics
- Wouter Dewulf
- Roel Gevaers
Winter School Transport and Logistics
- Sven Buyle
- Ties Vanthillo
Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurial Finance
- Ine Paeleman
International Corporate Governance
- Tom Vos
Data Science
Current Topics in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning' or 'Python for machine learning'
- Stephan Van der Veeken
Data Engineering
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning' or 'Python for machine learning'
- Tanmoy Kumar Mukherjee
Data Science and Ethics
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning' or 'Python for machine learning'
- David Martens
Deep learning for business
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning' or 'Python for machine learning'
- Tanmoy Kumar Mukherjee
Economics
Macroeconomic Policy
- Konstantin Egorov
Monetary Economics
- Konstantin Egorov
Public finance
- Elsa Leromain
Insurance
Insurance: Financial and Actuarial Methods
- Ann De Schepper
- Bart Heijnen
Insurance Law
- Britt Weyts
Strategy
Organisational Development and Change Management
Organisational Theory and Design
- Stefanie Weil
Strategic Management
- Peter Verhezen
Quantitative Skills
Introduction to time series analysis
- Johan Springael
2023-2024
Model Path
Compulsory courses
Business Ethics: choose 1 in part 1 or 2 of the master
Accounting ethics
- Ann Vanstraelen
Data Science and Ethics
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning'
- David Martens
Ethical and sustainable business
- Hans Verboven
Quantitative Skills: 15 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Applied Econometrics
- Sunčica Vujić
Machine Learning
- David Martens
Financial econometrics
Corporate Finance: 6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Corporate Finance and Governance
Banking and Financial Regulation:
6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Financial intermediation and regulation
- Jan Bouckaert
- Jo Swyngedouw
6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Banking
- Kurt Verstegen
Asset Management: 12 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Financial engineering
- Jürgen Vandenbroucke
Investments
Financial Risk Management: 6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Financial Risk Management
Master's Thesis Trajectory
Research track: 6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Empirical finance lab
Research Track: 3 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Trends in finance and finance technology
Master Dissertation: 15 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Master's thesis
- Marc De Ceuster
- Edwin van Hassel
Electives: 42 ECTS-credits
Spread over the master, students choose 42 ECTS-credits (or 39 ECTS-credits if they have chosen 'Accounting ethics' as a compulsory course)
* from the list below (min. 33 ECTS-credits), with at least 2 courses belonging to the same domain
* from another master offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics
* from the YUFE course catalogue conditional upon approval by the academic director (via helpdesk FBE)
* from courses offered by other Faculties at the University of Antwerp or by the Faculty of Business and Economics' Exchange Partners, conditional upon approval by the academic director (via helpdesk FBE)
Accounting and audit
Accounting ethics
- Ann Vanstraelen
Auditing
- Kris Hardies
- Michiel Dierckx
Current Topics in Accounting
- Kris Hardies
Financial Statement Analysis
- Ann Jorissen
ICT assurance and audit
- Patrick d'Haens
International Financial Reporting Standards
- Christophe Van Linden
Business and International Related Courses
Consulting project
- Koen Vandenbempt
- Kim Van Overvelt
International Consulting Bootcamp GOA
- Paul Matthyssens
- Koen Vandenbempt
Internship
- Koen Vandenbempt
- Kim Van Overvelt
Summer School 'Doing Business in South-East Asia'
- Koen Vandenbempt
- Peter Verhezen
Summer School Chongqing, China 'Transport and logistics in a changing economy'
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Summer School: Experience Entrepreneurship. An Intensive Introduction
Summer School on Responsible Fashion Management
- Annick Schramme
- Nathalie Verboven
Winter School: from Mine to Finger. A Deep Dive in the World of Diamonds
- Koen Vandenbempt
Summer School 'Sustainability Engineering and Economics'
- Steven Van Passel
Summer School on Urban Logistics
Summer School Washington 'American Business Environment'
- Koen Vandenbempt
- Sven Buyle
- Michiel Dierckx
Winter School Transport and Logistics
- Sven Buyle
- Ties Vanthillo
Blended Intensive Programme on Leadership Development
Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurial Finance
- Ine Paeleman
Data Science
Current Topics in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning'
- David Martens
Data Engineering
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning'
- Len Feremans
Data Science and Ethics
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning'
- David Martens
Economics
Macroeconomic Policy
- Tim Buyse
Monetary Economics
- Giovanni Di Bartolomeo
Public finance
- Elsa Leromain
Insurance
Insurance: Financial and Actuarial Methods
- Ann De Schepper
- Bart Heijnen
Insurance Law
- Britt Weyts
Strategy
Organisational Development and Change Management
Organisational Theory and Design
- Stefanie Weil
Strategic Management
- Peter Verhezen
Quantitative Skills
Introduction to time series analysis
- Johan Springael
2022-2023
Model Path
Compulsory courses
Business Ethics: choose 1 in part 1 or 2 of the master
Accounting ethics
- Ann Vanstraelen
Data science and ethics
'Data mining'
- David Martens
Ethical and sustainable business
- Hans Verboven
Quantitative Skills: 15 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Applied econometrics
- Sunčica Vujić
Data mining
- David Martens
Financial econometrics
Corporate Finance: 6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Corporate finance and governance
Banking and Financial Regulation:
6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Financial intermediation and regulation
- Jan Bouckaert
- Jo Swyngedouw
6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Banking
- Kurt Verstegen
Asset Management: 12 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Financial engineering
- Jürgen Vandenbroucke
Investments
Financial Risk Management: 6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Financial risk management
Master's Thesis Trajectory
Research track: 6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Empirical finance lab
Research Track: 3 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Trends in finance and finance technology
Master Dissertation: 15 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Master's thesis
- Marc De Ceuster
- Edwin van Hassel
Electives: 42 ECTS-credits
Spread over the master, students choose 42 ECTS-credits (or 39 ECTS-credits if they have chosen 'Accounting ethics' as a compulsory course)
* from the list below (min. 33 ECTS-credits), with at least 2 courses belonging to the same domain
* from another master offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics
* from the YUFE course catalogue
* from courses offered by other Faculties at the University of Antwerp or by the Faculty of Business and Economics' Exchange Partners, contitional upon approval by the academic director
Accounting and audit
Accounting ethics
- Ann Vanstraelen
Advanced international financial reporting standards
- Christophe Van Linden
Auditing
- Kris Hardies
- Michiel Dierckx
Current topics in accounting
- Kris Hardies
Financial analysis
- Ann Jorissen
Financial statement analysis
- Ann Jorissen
ICT assurance and audit
- Patrick d'Haens
Tax management
- Dirk Van Stappen
Business and International Related Courses
Consulting project
- Koen Vandenbempt
International consulting bootcamp GOA
- Paul Matthyssens
- Peter Verhezen
Internship
- Koen Vandenbempt
Summer school Beijing 'The business environment in China'
- Koen Vandenbempt
Summer school Chongqing, China 'Transport and logistics in a changing economy'
- Ann Verhetsel
Innovation & (intra-)entrepreneurshipbootcamp: a hands-on case-based experience
Summer school on fashion management
- Annick Schramme
- Nathalie Verboven
Summer school: from mine to finger. A deep dive in the world of diamonds
- Koen Vandenbempt
Summer school 'Sustainability engineering and economics'
- Steven Van Passel
Summer school on urban logistics
Summer school Washington 'American business environment'
- Koen Vandenbempt
- Sven Buyle
- Michiel Dierckx
Winter school Transport and logistics
Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurial finance
- Ine Paeleman
Data Science
Case studies and trends in data science
'Data mining'
- David Martens
Data engineering
'Data mining'
- Len Feremans
Data science and ethics
'Data mining'
- David Martens
Economics
Macroeconomic policy
- Tim Buyse
Monetary economics
- Giovanni Di Bartolomeo
Public finance
- Elsa Leromain
Insurance
Insurance: financial and actuarial methods
- Ann De Schepper
- Greet Geeroms
- Bart Heijnen
Insurance Law
- Britt Weyts
Strategy
Organisational development and change management
Organisational theory and design
- Stefanie Weil
Strategic management
- Peter Verhezen
Quantitative Skills
Introduction to time series analysis
- Johan Springael