


The mission of ABS is to offer an inspiring international learning community to study business and management, where both staff and students can develop their capacities to optimum effect.
We aim to foster independent minds with an impact on international business and society at large by conducting high-quality academic research on innovative and socially relevant themes, and by offering research-based teaching that meets the highest international standards. We are committed to advancing the understanding of business and its role in society, and to leverage synergies between our School and its institutional and corporate environment.
In line with this mission, the key stakeholders of ABS are:
Our vision of the future is to build ABS into a business school with a reputation that matches the reputation of its parent institution, the University of Amsterdam.
This means that our long-term objective is to become a leading European business school known for critical thinking and social responsibility. We envision ABS as an institution that produces outstanding research that has a direct impact on our educational activities and our engagement with the business world.
More specifically, we want to build ABS into an institution that:
The core values on which we build towards realizing this vision are excellence, independent thinking, social engagement, and entrepreneurship:
The ABS mission and vision explicitly state that we want to foster independent minds that have an impact on international business and society. We take the social aspect of this mission and vision very seriously through particular attention to ethics, responsibility, and sustainability in research, education and outreach activities. ABS has been working on these issues since its inception.
Technology is profoundly changing the finance industry as we know it, and with it, the skill set needed to succeed in the industry. This new track aims to bring together ... [+]
Technology is profoundly changing the finance industry as we know it, and with it, the skill set needed to succeed in the industry. This new track aims to bring together the two fields of finance and IT in order to enable you to understand how technology affects the finance industry of the future.
You will receive a thorough finance education combined with comprehensive skills in programming, machine learning, and big data. In addition, you will learn how these concepts can be implemented in finance.
Visit our porgramme page: www.abs.uva.nl/mif-fintech
Target groupThis track is suitable for professionals with minimum two years of experience in relevant fields.
... [-]Executive Master of International Finance program offers you the best skillset needed to excel in an international career as a Finance professional. We equip you with the ... [+]
Executive MSc in International Finance (MIF) program offers you the best skillset needed to excel in an international career as a Finance professional. We equip you with the knowledge needed to become a frontrunner in Finance. We research and apply the latest developments in the Finance industry like Fintech/Blockchain and Behavioural Finance. We foster critical thinking to prepare you for the next step in your career. All in keeping with Amsterdam's entrepreneurial spirit and independent thinking.
Visit our programme website: https://abs.uva.nl/mif
Credibility
Our MIF is internationally renowned, playing to ABS’s core strengths in corporate finance, banking, and asset management; 90% of our students are hired by top 100 firms before graduation. We are ranked #4 of worlds best International Masters in Finance according to recent Financial Times Ranking.... [-]