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