Your program

Courses include Marketing & E-business, Finance & Accounting, Supply Chain Management and Change Management. You also study a foreign language: Dutch, French, German or Spanish. This language could be relevant for your internship or study abroad later in your degree.

The academic year runs from September to August. In that time you have 42 weeks of education. The rest of the time you have holidays.

Are you missing home? Are your classes too challenging? Want advice about your internship? Your study coach is there to help you with such issues. At the start of your degree you’re assigned a study coach. At the International School of Business you are also linked to a buddy for the 1st semester. Your buddy is a 2nd-year student who helps you settle in. Think of practical matters like opening a bank account. Or tips on dealing with Dutch culture.  

HAN uses the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). This system is part of the bachelor-master structure. ECTS credits are a measure of the workload of a degree program.  

At the end of 1st year, you receive study advice. The credits you’ve earned are an important factor in this. Positive advice means you can move on to the 2nd year. Negative advice means you have to stop. That way you don’t waste time on a program that doesn't really suit you. 

Want to learn more about a  certain aspect of business?  Or about another culture? Like to improve your language skills? Your  study abroad  lets you do all this. It’s a fairly flexible semester. You give your preferences for the country and the university you'd like to go to. Then there's a selection procedure and you find out where you'll be studying. Your subjects? You choose subjects that interest you and fit your specialization.

How do you perform in a professional situation? How do you deal with cultural differences? And which areas do you still need to develop? Your internship is the ideal place to reflect on these questions. You could be interning at any number of international companies. Deloitte Consulting, KLM or L’Oréal, for example. You’ll work in the marketing, sales, finance or logistics department, depending on your chosen specialization.

As an international business professional, you need solid research skills. For example, when you want to expand your business into new markets. Or create a strategic plan. Throughout this degree, you get hands-on experience with research. During the team projects, for example. Also, when you do your graduation project. This way you can validate the choices you make and give sound advice. 

First you follow a number of modules to prepare yourself for the international business arena. Then you get stuck into an individual research project. The topic? You can choose a topic that fits in with your personal career ambitions. In this project you assume the role of consultant who is developing a selling tool. A tool based on a short-cycle research methodology.

In your final semester you intern at a company in an international business context. Develop and show your professional competence by performing complex tasks and activities in the fields of marketing & sales, finance, organization & change, communication or supply chain management. You’ll work with a large degree of autonomy. But you have to prove you’re able to integrate various competencies at the level of a starting professional. How do you show this? Through a portfolio and a criterium-based interview.

Your reward after 4 years of dedicated study: a Bachelor of Business Administration. Great work! The program you've completed is accredited by 2 important accreditation organizations:

• Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO)
• Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA)
• European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) 

So you now have an internationally recognized degree. Ready to start your international career? Or continue your studies in a master program?