Accounting Education

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• Introduction Accounting

  The department of Accounting provides teaching on the branches Financial Accounting, Bookkeeping, Management Accounting and Control. Courses are given on several levels, from the basics to advanced courses for Thesis- and Masters students.

  IN­TRO­DUC­TI­ON ON BU­SI­NESS LAW

  Changes in the legal environment are a major source of new 'strategic windows'. Studying business law enables students to understand the national and international sources of new acts and rules thus enabling them to provide input into strategy development processes. At operational level the law provides a toolbox of opportunities ranging from employment contracts to mergers, to support the succesful implementation of strategies. Knowledge of the legal opportunities and pittfalls is essential for managers.
   
  The Section Business Law provides with courses for the following branches: Economics, Business Administration and postgraduate programmes.
   
  The Section Business Law consists of:
  Prof.mr. J.-B. Huizink (room 6A-42, telephone 020 598 6032)
  Mr. N.A. Jansen MBA
  Mr. P. Vertin
  Mr. P.A. Ledeboer
  Mr. J.E. Brink- van der Meer
  
  Mailboxes are at the secretariat Accounting / Business Law in room 6A-42
  (Phone 020 598 6040; mail to l.m.abinta@vu.nl)

• Programmes

  A survey of the programmes of the Department of Accounting & the subdepartment of Financial Law can be found at the lecture guides of SBE and the university (http://www.studiegids.vu.nl/). At these sites you can get an description of the subject. If you want information on the training course you can download the various training schools the faculty provides.

  Accounting / Financial Law provides lectures of the following classes:
  Ba Economics; Ba Business Administration; pre-master's* & master's in Accounting and Control.
  * Pre-masters are provided for the students coming form the HBO (professional scholing)

  Because of the different type of programmes going on during this transition period, take notice that the choosen lecture can be / has to be attended by your class. If in doubt, you can contact the Lecturer.

  Most programmes are also lectured in international classes, take a look on the several time-tables to find out with course will be organized during the years' course, or contact our international liaisons office (international.sbe@vu.nl)

  For specific information on the lectures, SBE students can also take a look at their pages at Canvas: canvas.vu.nl.

• Thesis

  Please look for detailed information on our blackboardsite.

   Foreign students that are interested in writing their thesis on a subject within the area of Accounting or Financial Law should contact:

  Drs. H.G. van Hengel

  E-mail h.g.van.hengel@vu.nl 

  Phone +31- (0)20- 59 87244

  Room 6A-30 of the Main Building

• Training

  Please look for detailed information on our blackboardsite.

  Foreign students that are interested in a training in Accounting can contact:

  Phone +31 - (0)20 - 59 86076

  Room 6A-38 of the Main Building

• Career Prospects

  Generally, Accounting provides good prospects for finding a job within the field of your study.

  There are also several post-graduate courses in Accounting, most of which are provided within the university. For more information you can look on the PGS-website.
  
  Various other fields also offer postacademic education.
  
  For more information about training for registeraccountant or controller you also can look at the website of professional organizations as the NIVRA and the Controllers Instituut which is a coöperation of the VRC and the FINAS (NIVRA).
  
  If you are interested in a career as researcher in the field of Accounting, you will find information on the sites of the NWO (Netherlands Organization of the Sciences) het Tinbergen Instituut, het Limperg Instituut or you can look on the Faculties' sites Research Programmes or PhD. For the position as student and employee when applying for a place as researcher send an e-mail to our academic advisors: study-advisor.sbe@vu.nl