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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 optional* (not compulsory)
• 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
* Duisenberg school of finance reserves the right to request a competitive GMAT/GRE score to assess candidate’s quantitative ability for admissions to the LL.M. in Finance and Law programme.
**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.
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