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
Data Science and Ethics
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning' or 'Python for machine learning'
Ethical and sustainable business
Quantitative Skills: 15 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Applied Econometrics
Machine Learning for Business
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
6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Banking
Asset Management: 12 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Financial engineering
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
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
Auditing
Current Topics in Accounting
Financial Analysis and Business Valuation
International Financial Reporting Standards
Sustainability reporting and assurance
Business and International Related Courses
Blended Intensive Programme on Leadership Development
Internship (sem 1)
Internship (sem 2)
Internship project
Summer School on Responsible Fashion Management
Summer School 'Doing Business in South-East Asia'
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
Winter school Pharma logistics
Winter School Transport and Logistics
Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurial Finance
International Corporate Governance
Data Science
Current Topics in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning' or 'Python for machine learning'
Data Engineering
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning' or 'Python for machine learning'
Data Science and Ethics
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning' or 'Python for machine learning'
Deep learning for business
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning' or 'Python for machine learning'
Economics
Macroeconomic Policy
Monetary Economics
Public finance
Insurance
Insurance: Financial and Actuarial Methods
Insurance Law
Strategy
Organisational Development and Change Management
Organisational Theory and Design
Strategic Management
Quantitative Skills
Introduction to time series analysis
2023-2024
Model Path
Compulsory courses
Business Ethics: choose 1 in part 1 or 2 of the master
Accounting ethics
Data Science and Ethics
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning'
Ethical and sustainable business
Quantitative Skills: 15 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Applied Econometrics
Machine Learning
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
6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Banking
Asset Management: 12 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Financial engineering
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
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
Auditing
Current Topics in Accounting
Financial Statement Analysis
ICT assurance and audit
International Financial Reporting Standards
Business and International Related Courses
Consulting project
International Consulting Bootcamp GOA
Internship
Summer School 'Doing Business in South-East Asia'
Summer School Chongqing, China 'Transport and logistics in a changing economy'
- - NNB
Summer School: Experience Entrepreneurship. An Intensive Introduction
Summer School on Responsible Fashion Management
Winter School: from Mine to Finger. A Deep Dive in the World of Diamonds
Summer School 'Sustainability Engineering and Economics'
Summer School on Urban Logistics
Summer School Washington 'American Business Environment'
Winter School Transport and Logistics
Blended Intensive Programme on Leadership Development
Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurial Finance
Data Science
Current Topics in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning'
Data Engineering
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning'
Data Science and Ethics
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning'
Economics
Macroeconomic Policy
- Tim Buyse
Monetary Economics
Public finance
Insurance
Insurance: Financial and Actuarial Methods
Insurance Law
Strategy
Organisational Development and Change Management
Organisational Theory and Design
Strategic Management
Quantitative Skills
Introduction to time series analysis
2022-2023
Model Path
Compulsory courses
Business Ethics: choose 1 in part 1 or 2 of the master
Accounting ethics
Data science and ethics
'Data mining'
Ethical and sustainable business
Quantitative Skills: 15 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Applied econometrics
Data mining
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
6 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 2 of the master
Banking
Asset Management: 12 ECTS-credits compulsory in part 1 of the master
Financial engineering
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
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
Advanced international financial reporting standards
Auditing
Current topics in accounting
Financial analysis
Financial statement analysis
ICT assurance and audit
Tax management
- Dirk Van Stappen
Business and International Related Courses
Consulting project
International consulting bootcamp GOA
Internship
Summer school Beijing 'The business environment in China'
Summer school Chongqing, China 'Transport and logistics in a changing economy'
Innovation & (intra-)entrepreneurshipbootcamp: a hands-on case-based experience
Summer school on fashion management
Summer school: from mine to finger. A deep dive in the world of diamonds
Summer school 'Sustainability engineering and economics'
Summer school on urban logistics
Summer school Washington 'American business environment'
Winter school Transport and logistics
Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurial finance
Data Science
Case studies and trends in data science
'Data mining'
Data engineering
'Data mining'
Data science and ethics
'Data mining'
Economics
Macroeconomic policy
- Tim Buyse
Monetary economics
Public finance
Insurance
Insurance: financial and actuarial methods
- Ann De Schepper
- Greet Geeroms
- Bart Heijnen
Insurance Law
Strategy
Organisational development and change management
Organisational theory and design
Strategic management
Quantitative Skills