Program Overview

Program Overview

The Deeltijd Master Accounting and Control program at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is designed to prepare students for a career as a preparer, user, or auditor of financial and non-financial information. The program focuses on advanced academic-level analysis of complex issues in accounting and control, taking into account developments in IT, technical aspects of accounting and control, recent academic research, and environmental factors.

Program Structure

The program consists of:

• Five compulsory courses:
  • Accounting, Control and Society: an introductory course that helps students understand how different aspects of the field are interconnected.
  • Corporate Reporting: focuses on the preparation of financial statements and understanding the problems that reporting standards attempt to solve.
  • Data Analytics for Accounting and Control: explores how information technology is changing the world of accounting and develops practical skills in data analysis.
  • Management Control: examines how performance information is used in managing organizations.
  • Governance, Regulation and Compliance: navigates the complex context of regulation around accounting and control.
• At least two elective courses, such as:
  • Advanced Auditing: analyzes critical issues in audit practice using a rich toolkit of theoretical insights.
  • Advanced Management Accounting: delves deeper into the role of data analytics in supporting management decisions.
• A master's thesis and a portfolio of assignments focused on developing professional skills.

Program Details

• The program is offered part-time, with all course materials in English, requiring a good passive command of the English language.
• For the full-time variant, a good oral and written proficiency in English is also necessary.
• In the part-time program, the language of instruction during lectures is usually Dutch, but international lecturers may be involved.

Courses

Premaster

• Courses include:
  • Bedrijfseconomie voor Accounting and Control Research
  • Coding Skills
  • Introduction to Accounting Research
  • Kwantitatieve Methoden
• Principles of Accounting, Control and Audit
• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting

Master Year 1

• Compulsory courses:
  • Accounting, Control and Society
  • Data Analytics for Accounting and Control
  • Governance, Regulation and Compliance
• Elective courses:
  • Information Risk Management
  • Profit Taxation in the Global Economy
  • Making Accountability Sustainable
  • Corporate Finance for Accounting and Control
  • Advanced Auditing
  • Advanced Management Accounting

Master Year 2

• Compulsory courses:
  • Management Control
  • Corporate Reporting
  • Graduation Project (Thesis + Portfolio)
• Elective courses:
  • Information Risk Management
  • Profit Taxation in the Global Economy
  • Making Accountability Sustainable
  • Corporate Finance for Accounting and Control
  • Advanced Auditing
  • Advanced Management Accounting

Customized Programs

The university offers the possibility of customized programs (incompany training) based on the content of this master's program, tailored to the needs of organizations. Interested parties can contact the program advisors to discuss possibilities.

Support and Advice

For questions or personal advice regarding the program, prospective students can contact the program advisors. The university also provides support for study choice and career development.