Avans University of Applied Sciences

In the English taught International Finance & Control bachelor you learn how companies can improve their financial health and how they can grow internationally by decision-making based on information.
Your employer wants to set up a production facility in Taiwan. Now it is up to you to calculate future revenues, production costs and the net present value of the project. Maybe your company wants to take over one of its competitors and you help determine the value of this company. As an international financial specialist, you know how to create profitability, take investment decisions, apply risk management and successfully present a business or export plan.

The programme Finance & Control International at Avans teaches you to analyse the financial implications of such expansions, considering factors like foreign currencies, local regulations, and economic conditions. You will learn to create comprehensive financial reports and budgets, ensuring the company's financial health while navigating international markets.

Moreover, this programme emphasises the development of intercultural skills, preparing you to work effectively in diverse teams and understand the broader impact of financial decisions on people and the environment. This hands-on experience, combined with theoretical knowledge, equips you to become a versatile financial professional ready to tackle global

You will become an expert in doing business in a cross-cultural setting and learn how companies can sustainably grow internationally. The bachelor International Business is taught in English.
You will work on real case studies involving real companies. A company produces cereals for people with food allergies and exports its products to various countries in Europe. Unfortunately, its market share in Eastern Europe is not growing as planned. As the company's international market intelligence officer, you analyse the internal organisation, current market, the cereal industry and the economic international environment to identify factors that could be limiting its growth.

During the bachelor International Business, you will acquire broad knowledge of international management, marketing, organisations, supply chain, finance and sustainability. And you will develop relevant professional skills, such as intercultural teamwork, leadership, languages and business communication.

You are trained to make a difference in and for a sustainable international society. As a global engagement professional, you understand how the world works and are involved in what matters.

You will graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (BBA).

You want to solve problems like climate change and plastic soup. Environmental Science for Sustainability, Ecosystems and Technology turns you into an environmental professional.
Stopping climate change is a major challenge for now and the future. Just like protecting valuable ecosystems or tackling bad air quality in cities. We teach you how to develop solutions for this. You use a combination of biology and chemistry, also management and technology.

Research the habitat of dolphins in Greece. Manage a company's CO2 emissions. Produce bioplastic from wastewater. These are examples of assignments that you can carry out with the competencies, skills and knowledge gained through our programme.

Starting from year 1 you choose between project assignments focusing on biology and nature-based solutions, or chemistry and innovative technology. 25% of your study programme is free of choice, so you can further design your study path, suited to your interests and strengths.

You study in an international environment. This is reflected in the content of projects and the internships abroad. But also in collaboration with students and teachers of different nationalities.
You will gain valuable career-oriented experience through projects for real clients, international field trips and 2 work placements.

You will graduate with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree.

The Master of Arts in Fine Art & Design offers 2-year research programmes: MA Visual Arts, MA Situated Design and MA Ecology Futures.

This one-year Master of Animation is directed towards realizing your creative potential. You will learn to critically and creatively integrate innovatory studio work with theoretical principles.
You explore storytelling in animation and compare this with your own artistic vision and style. You carry out research to discover which developments in the field of animation are relevant to your practice. You acquire experience in studio work and focus on planning, feasibility and production processes, with an emphasis on testing your own artistic freedom in relation to working on commission.

You widen your technical knowledge and skill sets and learn how to test your storytelling in animation. And you learn to develop your work, artistic development, research and experimental exploration on the level of Animation Principles, Acting & Performance, Modelling, Workflow and Sound Design.

The Master of Animation is delivered in 12 months, across 2 semesters starting early September and ending late August. It is comprised of 5 study periods and corresponding units of study. Each period ends with an assessment correlated to adhering intended learning outcomes. 4 learning tracks run throughout the programme to enable you to develop your animation practice in correlation to the intended learning outcomes: Storytelling & Design, Producing, Positioning and Research, and Professiona