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Phone: +31(0)20 525 85 93

Email: admissions@dsf.nl

“After working for the United Nations in several developing countries in the field of climate change, I realized that I wanted to deepen my knowledge in Finance and Legal issues. Developing sustainable economies is only possible if we understand the underlying financial issues. I looked at London School of Economics and Duisenberg school of finance. In the end, I chose for DSF as in its programmes there is a lof of attention for sustainability issues.”

Ivo Besselink, Dutch, Class of 2012 (F&L)

Finance and Law, Finance track

Student Requirements

• Bachelor or Master degree in finance, business, economics, law, or related discipline
• Professional experience preferred, but not mandatory
• A competitive GMAT/GRE score
• High English language proficiency test (TOEFL/IELTS) score*
• Well rounded candidate with strong motivation, ambition and interpersonal skills

In particular, students should be familiar with the material covered in the following international standard texts (or equivalents):
Klein, Coffee and Partnoy's - Business Organization and Finance, Legal and Economic Principles, 11th Edition
Bodie, Kane and Marcus - Investments, 9th edition Mc Graw-Hill
Damodaran - Damodaran on Valuation
Benninga - Financial Modeling (Ch. 4)
Brooks, C. - Introductory Econometrics for Finance (2008), Cambridge University Press

*Scores that are more than two years old are not valid and will not be considered. Note that Chinese nationals should meet the institute's IELTS requirement as this is a condition for obtaining a Netherlands Education Support Office (NESO) certificate. Chinese nationals are required to register with the NESO in Beijing to obtain a NESO certificate. English language proficiency test not mandatory for candidates with sufficient proof of previous undergraduate education taught in English.