Business Valuation Program BVP

Why choose the Business Valuation Program?

• Financial expertise: an all-round approach to business valuation by means of valuation and value creation.
• Individual support: get more out of the program with our personalized support and highly effective learning methods.
• Business partner: the in-depth knowledge and understanding of business valuation you gain as Register Valuator will make you an indispensable partner for senior management and customers alike.
• Practice-based concepts and challenging work methods: these open up new ways of thinking you can apply in your work from day one.
• Interaction with a diverse group of participants: a wide variety of backgrounds will help you learn with and from each other.
• Interaction with a diverse group of participants: learn with and from each other.

Customizable program

Studying at TIAS means tailor-made studying. We offer customized programs to anticipate your and your organization's individual needs. The Business Valuation Program commences twice a year. You can take longer to complete the program if that suits you better.

What do you stand to gain from the Business Valuation Program?

After completing the Business Valuation Program, you will have the latest knowledge and insights in the field of business valuation. You will be able to determine the most effective strategy and take steps to ensure the acquisition and integration process of an acquisition or merger is successful. This avoids delays and ensures that everyone has the right expectations when closing a deal. It speeds up the transaction process, allowing you to generate value and contribute with impact to the preparation for sales, acquisitions, mergers or initial public offerings (IPOs). Make a difference and create impact by:

• Understanding the importance of valuation and value creation both in listed and unlisted settings, such as SMEs, scale-ups and large non-listed companies.
• Identifying different scenarios in which business valuations are done and understanding the impact of business value on strategic decision-making.
• Mastering different valuation scenarios and techniques, and being able to select the one most suited to the scenario at hand.
• Understanding the roles played by private markets in business valuation.
• Knowing which financial components contribute to value creation.
• Applying your newly acquired insights and knowledge directly in your work.
• Expanding your network with equally motivated professionals.

Design and contents of the Business Valuation Program

The Business Valuation Program delves into both the theoretical and practical challenges of business valuation. After completing the program, you will be able to apply your newly acquired insights and knowledge directly in your work. As an indispensable business partner for senior management and clients, you contribute to and accelerate sound and sustainable decision-making.

Program aims

The depth and scope of the program allows you to:

• understand the importance of valuation in different listed and non-listed settings
• identify the different scenarios in which business valuations are done
• identify the different methods and valuation techniques and select the one most suited to the scenario at hand
• list the roles played by public and private markets in business valuation
• identify the key value drivers

Modules

The Business Valuation Program comprises seven modules that are taught over a 15-month period. Each module consists of four weeks of online learning during which students prepare themselves for the three-day in-class sessions. The study load is 12 to 15 hours a week. The modules:

• Principles of Business Valuation
• Quantitative Tools for Financial Management
• Financial Reporting and Analysis
• Valuing Private Companies, part 1
• Valuing Private Companies, part 2
• Elective course: Financial Data Analytics / Mergers & Acquisitions
• Elective cours: Management Accounting / Real Estate Finance
• Optional:Tax law

The program is concluded with the individual writing of a Valuation Report, based on a real-life case.

Benefit from our flexible learning approach. You can plan the study period over longer than the outlined 13-month period, or simply opt to design your own modular package with modules that are relevant for you, without taking the full program. The program starts twice a year.

End result: TIAS certificate and title RV

Upon successful completion you will receive a certificate of participation in the Business Valuation Program. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO)

and by the Dutch Institute for Register Valuators (NIRV). You will obtain the title Register Valuator (RV) once you have completed the program and successfully defended your Valuation Report. In addition to defending your Valuation Report, you will also have to go through the NIRV assessment.

Dates and locations Business Valuation Program

Costs Business Valuation Program

Total program price € 26000 (exempt from VAT). This price includes the compulsory literature, access to the Virtual Campus and day arrangements (lunch, coffee / tea and soft drinks) during the lecture days. The price does not include possible costs for dinners, hotel stays and sofware licences.

Additional costs

Costs for the pre-Master's program, if applicable. 

How do you finance your education?

You have found the program that best suits your learning goals and ambitions. But how do you finance this? There are different ways to do that. Your employer can play a role, but there are also interesting statutory regulations that you can use yourself. We list the possibilities for you.

Read about the possibilities here »

Faculty Business Valuation Program

TIAS School of Business and Society broadens your prospects by offering the Business Valuation Program in English, by lecturers who are top academics and/or respected practitioners with international experience. Along with your peers in the program, they form a valuable professional network you carry into the future.

Start your application

Following your enrollment, the Business Valuation Program Adviser will reach out to you for an initial introduction and to schedule an intake meeting with the Academic Director. The purpose of this intake is to discuss your development ambitions and the match with the learning objectives of the program. Upon a positive recommendation from the Academic Director after the intake, you will receive the official study agreement and can finalize your enrollment."