Executive Master of Business Valuation: Duisenberg school of finance and University of Groningen start cooperation

A s of November 2011, Duisenberg school of finance and the University of Groningen will jointly offer the Executive Master of Business Valuation degree programme. The university has been offering this programme for two years, and merger and acquisition experts already acknowledge this as the leading programme in the sector. With this cooperation, the programme will be strongly embedded in the financial sector.

 

The Executive Master of Business Valuation degree is offered as a part-time post-initial programme, aimed at merger and take-over experts at banks, large enterprises, private equity firms and audit and advisory offices.

 

Professor Holterman of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the RUG, and Programme Director of the Master’s in Business Valuation remarks: “We are very happy about the cooperation with Duisenberg school of finance. The RUG has established this appealing programme in a short period of time. Thanks to the cooperation with Duisenberg school of finance, we can be sure of the embedding of the Executive Master of Business Valuation programme in the Dutch financial sector”.

 

With this cooperation, Duisenberg school of finance is able to add a new programme to its curriculum, which is of important relevance to its partners in the financial sector. According to Dean of Duisenberg school of finance, Professor Schoenmaker: “The last wave of mergers and the financial crisis have showed us the importance of profound decision-making with regard to mergers and take-overs. The Executive Master of Business Valuation degree is in line with this demand and we are happy to be able to expand our offer of Executive programmes.

 

The Executive Master of Business Valuation programme starts on 18 November 2011 and will take place at Duisenberg school of finance, located at the Amsterdam Zuidas.

 

For more information:

-Duisenberg school of finance, Wim Touber, email: wim.touber@dsf.nl

-University of Groningen , Wim Holterman