Bachelor's programmes in Business and Economics | 2009

Excellent education
At the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration,
teaching is as important as research. And the two are
inextricably linked. Leading researchers and scholars
directly contribute to the content of the programmes you
will be studying. This means that your education will be
innovative, up-to-date and relevant to the issues at the
cutting edge of today’s hot research topics.
Study abroad
All bachelor’s programmes (except the BSc Fiscal
Economics) require you to study abroad for one semester in
your third year at one of our 130 partner institutions. These
include the Stern School of Business at New York University
(USA), Universidad del Pacífico, Lima (Peru), Università
Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan (Italy), University
of Stellenbosch (South Africa), National University of
Singapore (Singapore) and University of Sydney (Australia).
For a complete list of partner universities visit:
www.unimaas.nl/feba
The experience not only allows you to learn from different
sources via different methods of teaching; it also gives
you the opportunity to learn about a different culture and
potentially to pick up a new language. In some cases, it’s
even possible to do an internship abroad instead. All of
these opportunities will give you an advantage over other
graduates in your future international career. Whatever you
choose, you can obtain 26 European Credit Transfer System
(ECTS) credits or more towards your degree.
Once you are studying at the faculty, the International
Relations Office will be able to assist you with planning
your trip abroad.
Honours programme
Designed for excellent students who want to broaden
and deepen their knowledge and understanding, the
honours programme is a supplementary programme that
prepares students to fulfil key roles in social and scientific
developments. The top 10% of first-year students can apply
at the start of their second year. The honours programme
runs parallel to the regular programme in the second
and third years. Students in the honours programme are
assigned an academic advisor to support them in their
academic development.
www.unimaas.nl/feba/honoursprogramme
Double-degree programmes
Having completed your bachelor’s, do you want to further
your career by obtaining a master’s degree from not one
but two top institutions? At Maastricht University, you
have the opportunity to do a so-called ‘double-degree
programme’ in conjunction with one of our top partner
institutions. These include:
• EDHEC Business School, France – at this top business
school, with campuses in Lille and Nice, you can spend
the last semester of your bachelor’s programme as an
exchange student if you are studying for any bachelor’s
degree at the faculty. You will continue with your
master’s programme at EDHEC studying for any of the
programmes offered at the institution. You will
then return to Maastricht to complete your master’s
programme; all programmes offered at the faculty are
eligible. The double-degree master’s programme with
EDHEC takes just one year.
• Queen’s School of Business, Canada – at this cutting-
edge school in Kingston, you can spend the last semester
of your bachelor’s programme as an exchange student
if you are studying for the bachelor’s programme
International Business or the bachelor’s programme
Economics and Business Economics at the faculty.
You will continue with your master’s programme at
Queen’s studying for the master’s programme in Global
Management offered at the institution. You will then
return to Maastricht to complete your master’s
programme; only the master’s programme International
Business – graduate option ‘free master’ is eligible.
The double-degree master’s programme with Queen’s
takes a little over one year, resulting in minimal study
delay.
• Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium – in Louvain-
la-Neuve you can take part of your master’s programme
at the Université catholique de Louvain studying the
Master en sciences économiques orientation générale
à la finalité spécialisée. You will then return to Maastricht
to take the other part of your master’s programme at the
faculty studying the master’s programme International
Economic Studies or the master’s programme
Econometrics an Operations Research. A double-degree
master’s programme with this institution takes two
years and is accessible to bachelor’s graduates from both
the faculty and other universities.
All of our partner institutions have at least two
international accreditations (see page 6), are leading in the
economics and business fields in their country and offer
great academic opportunities that represent an additional
benefit for students.
A double-degree programme is demanding as well as
rewarding. With partner institutions with which we have
a contract, the same number of students from the partner
institution as FEBA may be selected to come to Maastricht
to study. Only the students with the strongest academic
records and the highest levels of ambition and motivation
from both institutions will be selected!
www.unimaas.nl/doubledegrees
Two excellent degrees
“The double-degree programme provided me
with the opportunity to work on certain areas of
knowledge that I had not yet studied in depth at
EDHEC Business School. I am greatly impressed by
the high academic standard and the outstanding
international reputation of the Faculty of Economics
and Business Administration. As a result of my
double-degree qualification, I was offered a job at
Merrill Lynch – and I have EDHEC and FEBA to thank!”
Julien Potier, France
Alumnus, Investment Banking Analyst at Merrill
Lynch London, United Kingdom
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