Organisations are progressively becoming interlinked with businesses and company divisions located abroad. The role of the finance professional is to map out risks, gather and evaluate economic data in order to provide insight and argumentations for strategic choices, which comprise not only feasible and sustainable decisions, but are ethically sound as well. Enterprises need the correct financing and all aspects of the business organisation needs to be in control. There is an increasing demand for finance professionals who are aware of differences between cultures and the characteristics of international dynamics and who can communicate across cultures. For this reason, Hanze University of Applied Sciences developed an International Finance & Control bachelor's programme.

A national (home country) secondary school diploma or international secondary school qualification, such as an International Baccalaureate diploma, is required. It must have a similar or equivalent level to the Dutch HAVO secondary school diploma. Additional requirement: Mathematics. English requirement Language requirements for international students planning to study an English-taught programme necessitate a minimum level of English language proficiency. English language proficiency must be provided either by submitting an IELTS score of 6.0, by a TOEFL paper based test with a minimum score of 550 or an equivalent score if a different kind of language test has been taken. All test scores must not be more than two years old. English language exemptions The following students are exempt from submitting an English language proficiency test: Dutch students Student who have obtained their secondary education diploma in one of the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Austria, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden. Students who have obtained a diploma at an English-taught institution and who can prove that their prior education, for which they obtained a diploma, was fully English -taught. Students whose prior education was English-taught and who obtained a diploma in the following countries: Australia, Canada (English speaking part), Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America. Students with an International Baccalaureate or European Baccalaureate.