Programme structure of the double degree programme
Mandatory courses | 30 C (24 C/ 6 C) |
Specialization | 30 C (18 C/ 12 C) |
Seminar | 6 C (0 C/ 6 C) |
Methods | 12 C (6 C/ 6 C) | Electives | 12 C (12 C/ 0 C) | Master's thesis | 30 C (0 C/ 30 C) |
Structure:

1. First academic year at Ghent University (60 C)
1.1 Mandatory courses (24 C)
The following courses, totalling 24 credits must be successfully completed:
F000442 | Strategic Management, 6 C |
F000693 | Advanced Corporate Finance, 6 C |
F000688 | Management Control, 6 C |
F000689 | International Financial Reporting Standards, 6 C |
1.2 Specialization (18 C)
- 1.2.1 Specialization in accounting (18 C)
a) The following course, for 6 credits, must be successfully completed:
F000640 Audit, 6 C
b) From the following course list, 12 credits must be successfully completed:
F000738 Valuation and Financial Risk Management, 6 C F000694 Advanced Financial Statement Analysis, 6 C F710403 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, 5 C F000905 Cases in Corporate Finance, 3 C F000906 Corporate Finance in Practice, 6 C F000946 Advanced Investment Analysis, 4 C F000890 Financial Modelling, 6 C F000870 Consolidation, 3 C F000871 International Standards in Auditing, 3 C F000872 Accounting in Practice, 3 C - 1.2.2 Specialization in corporate finance (18 C)
a) From the following course list, 12 credits must be successfully completed:
F000738 Valuation and Financial Risk Management, 6 C F000649 Advanced Financial Statement Analysis, 6 C
b) From the following course list, one must successfully complete 6 credits:
F710403 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, 5 C F000905 Cases in Corporate Finance, 3 C F000906 Corporate Finance in Practice, 6 C F000946 Advanced Investment Analysis, 4 C F000890 Financial Modelling, 6 C F000870 Consolidation, 3 C F000871 International Standards on Auditing, 3 C F000872 Accounting in Practice, 3 C
1.3 Methods (6 C)
- 1.3.1 Methods with a focus on accounting
The following course, for 6 credits, must be successfully completed:
F000690 Research Methods in Accounting, 6 C
- 1.3.2 Methods with a focus on corporate finance
The following course, for 6 credits, must be successfully completed:
F000691 Research Methods in Corporate Finance, 6 C
1.4 Electives (12 C)
Taking the individual specializations into account, one must successfully complete 12 credits from the list of elective courses. Students may freely select from the following possibilities:- a. From the course offerings of the master's programme of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, as long as the prerequisites are met. Course numbers 1 through 4 from the selected courses cannot be applied.
- b. Courses from other faculties at Ghent University,
- as long as the prerequisites are met.
- as long as the course is relevant to the double degree programme.
If there is any doubt about course relevancy, the person responsible for the double degree programme at the University of Göttingen will make the final decision. An application to consider course relevancy must be made before taking the course.
- c) Language courses for the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
- as long as the language was not already learned in the bachelor's study
- as long as Dutch or French are the mother language.
F000540 Economic Dutch for Non Native Speakers I, 3 C F000228 Economic Dutch for Non Native Speakers II, 3 C F000044 Economic French I, 3 C F000346 Economic French II, 3 C F000049 Economic English III, 3 C
2. Second academic year at the University of Göttingen (60 C)
2.1 Mandatory courses (6 C)M.WIWI-BWL.0105 International Company Taxation, 6 C
2.2 Specialization (12 C)
- 2.2.1 Specialization in accounting (12 C)
From the following course list, 12 credits must be successfully completed:
M.WIWI-BWL.0003 Unternehmensbesteuerung, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0004 Financial Risk Management, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0009 Verhaltensorientiertes Controlling, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0015 Besteuerung von Unternehmen unter dem Einfluss des Europarechts, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0018 Analysis of IFRS Financial Statements, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0020 Risk Management and Solvency, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0041 Rechnungslegung und Kapitalmarkt, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0085 Finanzcontrolling, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0133 Banking Supervision, 6 C - 2.2.2 Specialization in corporate finance (12 C)
From the following course list, 12 credits must be successfully completed:
M.WIWI-BWL.0004 Financial Risk Management, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0008 Derivate, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0009 Verhaltensorientiertes Controlling, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0010 Unternehmensbewertung, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0016 Seminar M&A, Finanzierung und Besteuerung, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0018 Analysis of IFRS Financial Statements, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0020 Risk Management and Solvency, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0085 Finanzcontrolling, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0087 Elektronischer Wertpapierhandel, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0101 Stand und Methoden der empirischen Steuerforschung, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0123 Tax Transfer Pricing, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0133 Banking Supervision, 6 C
2.3 Seminar (6 C)
From the following course list, one must successfully complete 6 credits:M.WIWI-BWL.0006 Seminar in Finanzwirtschaft, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0011 Seminar in Finanz- und Nachhaltigkeitscontrolling, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0032 Seminar in Rechnungslegung und Wirtschaftsprüfung, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0101 Stand und Methoden der empirischen Steuerforschung, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0104 Seminar Electronic Finance, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0128 Seminar Aktuelle Forschung in der Finanzwirtschaft, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0156 Seminar zur Besteuerung von Unternehmen, 6 C
2.4 Methods (6 C)
From the following course list, one must successfully complete 6 credits:M.WIWI-QMW.0001 Generalized Regression, 6 C M.WIWI-QMW.0002 Advanced Statistical Inference (Likelihood & Bayes), 6 C M.WIWI-QMW.0004 Econometrics I, 6 C M.WIWI-QMW.0005 Econometrics II, 6 C M.WIWI-QMW.0009 Introducation to Time Series Analysis, 6 C M.WIWI-QMW.0010 Multivariate Verfahren, 6 C M.WIWI-QMW.0012 Multivariate Time Series Analysis, 6 C M.WIWI-QMW.0013 Applied Econometrics, 6 C M.WIWI-BWL.0101 Stand und Methoden der empirischen Steuerforschung, 6 C M.WIWI-VWL.0001 Advanced Microeconomics, 6 C M.WIWI-VWL.0007 Institutionenökonomik II: Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung, 6 C M.WIWI-VWL.0054 Behavioral Game Theory, 6 C S.RW.1131a Grundzüge des Gesellschaftsrechts (Personengesellschaft), 6 C S.RW.1131b Grundzüge des Kapitalgesellschaftsrechts, 6 C
2.5. Master's thesis (30 C)The successful completion of a master's thesis will be awarded 30 C. The time frame in which to complete the thesis is 20 weeks. Part of the thesis includes participation in a research colloquium where one presents his or her work.
- 1.3.2 Methods with a focus on corporate finance
- 1.3.1 Methods with a focus on accounting