M.Sc. Corporate Finance & Controlling

Are you interested in helping to shape the future of companies in a responsible position? You have already completed a bachelor's degree in economics and would like to deepen your knowledge? Are you particularly fascinated by the topics of corporate management, controlling and financial management? Then the Master's programme Corporate Finance & Controlling (M.Sc.) is just right for you. You will acquire comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge in the areas of corporate finance, controlling and corporate management and supplement it with important empirical research methods.

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You can study the programme M.Sc. Corporate Finance & Controlling at the following locations:

Curriculum

Description of the programme

Deepen your specialist knowledge, broaden your skills: The Master's programme Corporate Finance & Controlling (M.Sc.) positions you as a specialist in the field of corporate finance and controlling and at the same time enables you to take on management positions. You will gain sound entrepreneurial knowledge and important methodological skills for a successful career in an international company. You will gain in-depth knowledge of the core areas of corporate finance, controlling and corporate management through a close interlinking of theory and practice.

This specific knowledge is extremely in demand in a time of rapid technological and social change. Companies are looking for qualified professionals who can develop innovative solutions for the complex problems of our time.

The Master's programme Corporate Finance & Controlling (M.Sc.) focuses on the areas of controlling, corporate finance and corporate management. You deal with controlling concepts and learn more about international controlling methods. You will gain comprehensive knowledge about financing instruments as well as the topics of corporate taxation and mergers and acquisitions. In the area of corporate management, you will deepen your knowledge of intercultural management, group accounting as well as corporate governance and compliance. You will also acquire quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Why enrolling in this programme?

Up-to-date and practical: The theoretical content of the Master's programme is geared to the current challenges of the labour market. Our lecturers provide valuable insights into everyday business life whenever possible. A business simulation in the first semester provides further practical relevance. In the second semester, you will conduct an empirical research project. If you are working on your own business start-up, the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences will support you through its Pioneer Lab.

Sharpen your profile: In which entrepreneurial areas would you like to specialise? In the fourth semester of the Master's programme Corporate Finance & Controlling (M.Sc.) you set your personal focus and decide on two compulsory elective modules. You can choose from the following topics:

- Entrepreneurship

- Behavioural Decision Making

- Reorganisation and Restructuring

- Negotiation and mediation at national and international level

- Volunteering

- European Integration

Accreditations & awards

All study programmes at the Hochschule Fresenius Heidelberg are accredited before they start for the first time and then regularly checked for conformity with the regulations. This ensures that they meet the quality standards of the Accreditation Council Foundation. The accreditation system in Germany provides for higher education institutions to have either individual study programmes (so-called programme accreditation) or the internal quality assurance system of the higher education institution (so-called system accreditation) accredited. The FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation) accreditation of the study programmes of the Hochschule Fresenius Heidelberg guarantees the equivalence of corresponding study and examination achievements as well as degrees and enables student mobility within the scope of German law and the Lisbon Convention. Studying at the Hochschule Fresenius Heidelberg guarantees you a degree that meets all the requirements of the German accreditation system and the quality standards in the European Higher Education Area.

Overview

Degree: Master of Science
Programme type: full-time
ECTS points: 120
Language: German

state-recognised

Start of studies: winter semester
Regular period of studies: 4 semesters

Application deadlines:
15/09/2023 (WS), 15/03/2023 (SS)

German language skills required

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