MScBA Accounting & Financial Management

Deep dive into essential accounting and financial management knowledge and competencies. You’ll also focus on financial topics associated with important societal developments such as data analytics and sustainability. There’s a close connection between state-of-the-art academic knowledge and business practice. 

You’ll learn the crucial role that accounting and financial information plays for managers, external stakeholders and society at large. You can then choose electives to specialise for your career in accountancy, financial management and controlling, or financial advisory. 

  • 136 average number of students in cohort 
  • 38% international students in programme 
  • 83% of graduates employed within 3 months after graduation 
  • Examples of industries where graduates work: financial services, consumer goods, business services 
  • Examples of your future job title: auditor, financial analyst, controller/CFO 

This programme is offered by Erasmus University Rotterdam. For more information about the legal structure of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, visit this page.

Programme highlights

  • Real business experiences

    Connect academic theory and practice with real-world business cases, guest lecturers, and hands-on learning experience in-company and on campus – you’ll design a research project in a business context and ultimately prepare for your career. 

  • Core models for business and society

    Investigate the crucial role that accounting and financial information plays for managers, organisations, external stakeholders, and the environment and society at large – you’ll learn economic and behavioural theory, analytical methods and core models in the field. 

  • Ethical responsibility and leadership

    Reflect on your ethical responsibility and influence, abilities and limitations while understanding the managerial implications, and generate sustainable solutions for complex accounting and financial management problems. 

  • Excellent career opportunities

    Prepare yourself for a career in accountancy, financial management and controlling, or financial advisory.*

*The programme is accredited by the Association of Chartered Accountants (ACCA) and aligned with post-graduate education programmes to become a certified auditor (Register Accountant/CPA/ACA) or certified management accountant (Register Controller/CMA).

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Hear from our current students

I like the international atmosphere at Erasmus University. It’s a beautiful campus with lots of facilities, like study places, a food plaza, and a sports building. In the MSc AFM programme we work on real business cases. We focus on topics that we’ll encounter in real life, when we work in accounting or finance. The master is very broad. This is attractive if you’re still exploring what kind of career path you want: you can really go into any direction after this.

Michael Tang (MSc Accounting & Financial Management 2020)

Michael Tang

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