Master Controlling (MSc)

Have an impact on organizations and society with the Master Controlling (MSc)

Organizations depend on good finance professionals. Ongoing labor shortages have made it a challenge to recruit and retain such talent. This is unlikely to change any time soon. In fact, the shortages are expected to get worse in upcoming years. That means the best way to ensure access to the right knowledge is to invest in a good program, such as the TIAS Master Controlling. Thanks to this program’s effective design and extensive attention to business & society, participants become fully capable business partners in short order. On completion of the program, participants qualify for admission to our Registered Controller or Chartered Accountancy (Registered Accountant, RA) program.

Each month, there are three consecutive days of lectures in Tilburg, from Thursday morning to Saturday afternoon. The shared learning experiences and individual study on these days offer excellent added value for participants. Your schedule is otherwise flexible, allowing you combine your studies with your work and private life.

How will the part-time Master Controlling benefit you?

• You can describe, analyze and audit operating, financial and tax cash flows, and advise responsible experts on these subjects.
• You know all the ins and outs of internal and external financial and economic information provision.
• You can create an objective analysis of an organization’s performance in relation to its goals and risks, social and otherwise.
• You can advise on the procurement and allocation of scarce resources within an organization.
• You speak the language of future collaborative partners; financial controllers, accountants, IT, business and HR.
• You know how to solve complex issues through multidisciplinary analysis.
• With the Control variant, you fully meet the admission requirements for our Executive Master of Finance & Control post-master program.
• With the Accountancy variant, you fully meet the admission requirements for our Chartered Accountancy (Registered Accountant) post-master program.

Master Controlling (MSc) program at TIAS

The Master Controlling at TIAS combines a strong academic program with extensive attention to professional competencies such as collaboration, presentation and persuasion. Participants in both the Control and Accountancy variants complete much of the program together to enable them to become familiar with each other’s language and approach, assuring more effective collaboration. By encouraging multidisciplinarity and critical thinking, the program teaches you how to address complex issues at your organization. There are monthly meetings during which you concentrate fully on your studies together with your fellow participants. Your schedule is otherwise flexible, allowing room for your work and private life.

Variant Control and variant Accountancy

The Master Controlling (MSc) is available in two variants: Control and Accountancy. Participants in both variants complete seven shared modules that ensure a strong academic foundation. You also complete two additional modules that go into either control or accountancy in more detail.

You learn all about the importance of financial information to organizations. Ample time is devoted to professional skills and competencies as well. Instead of being addressed separately, these are integrated into the various content modules. Numerous real-life case studies, presentation assignments and professional ethical dilemmas challenge you to put your acquired knowledge into immediate practice. Your master concludes with a final thesis, during which you apply what you have learned to an actual issue at your own organization or at a customer.

Part-time Master Controlling program overview

Accounting Information Systems & Data Analytics
Structure an organization’s information provision to manage internal risks.

Management Accounting & Control
Set up cost and performance measurement systems that are a good fit for the organization and its employees.

Business Research Methods
Explore how organizations can use research to solve practical problems and learn to critically review your own and others’ research.

Finance
Learn how to measure and mitigate financial risks when making investment and finance decisions.

Financial Accounting & Reporting
Ensure proper external financial and non-financial reporting that complies with laws, standards and regulations.

Corporate Law
Learn how choosing the right legal entity can facilitate the achievement of goals and mitigate certain risks.

Tax Law
Gain insight into the various aspects of tax law and their relevance to your duties as a financial controller.

Strategy & Organization (Control variant)
Gain an understanding of the strategic choices organizations must make in order to contribute to their implementation as a controller.

Marketing & Pricing (Control variant)
Improve your organization’s profitability by letting yourself be guided by customers’ generated value and application of the right pricing strategies.

Auditing & Assurance (Accountancy variant)
Gain insight into the complexities of laws and regulations relating to financial audits and learn the general outlines of the accounting audit process.

Advanced Financial Reporting (Accountancy variant)
Dive deeper into laws and regulations on external financial and non-financial reporting, including the application of International Financial Reporting Standards and guidelines for annual reports.

Outcome: Master of Science (MSc)

On successful completion of the program, you will receive an academic Master of Science (MSc) degree. The Control variant qualifies you for admission to the Executive Master of Finance & Control; our Registered Controller (RC) post-master program. The Accountancy variant qualifies you for admission to our Chartered Accountancy (RA, Registered Accountant) post-master program.

Consultation with the Program Adviser

Contact our Program Adviser for further information on this Master Controlling (MSc). We’ll be happy to answer your questions on the program contents, group composition, financing, admission requirements and more.

Getting started quickly with the Premaster as a HBO participant?

It is possible to start quickly with the TIAS Premaster (in Dutch) due to the various start and entry moments of this program. We also offer an English-taught Online Premaster which allows you to start immediately after enrollment. Customized tracks are also available if needed. Contact the Program Adviser to determine your ideal start date.

Date and location Master Controlling

Costs of the Master Controlling

The costs of the Master Controlling is € 30750 - exempt from VAT (re-indexed for each course). The costs of the Master is re-indexed for each course.

The program includes:

• Enrollment, registration and administration costs
• Day packages (lunch, coffee/tea and soft drinks) on lecture days, meals during evening lectures
• Access to the online learning environment
• Course materials

Additional costs:

• Dinners and overnight stays
• Software licenses (if specific software is required)
• Premaster (modules), if necessary (€ 475 - € 1425)**
• Required literature and textbooks

** During your application, the Admissions and Assessment Committee will determine which premaster modules are required.

Benefits of the Master Controlling for your organization

• Participants gain scientific knowledge and insights of practical value. That means they can apply their new knowledge directly to their work.
• Complex issues within an organization can be resolved thanks to participants’ multidisciplinary study and analysis of such issues.
• For their final thesis, participants must analyze an actual issue at their own organization or at a customer. For the Control variant, this could involve the design and implementation of a performance dashboard, improvements to cost allocation methods or analyzing and advising on a specific investment opportunity. For the Accountancy variant, examples include a sustainability reporting audit, the use of modern IT applications in accounting audits or the development of a set of tools to evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls.
• Participants can describe, analyze and audit the internal and external financial and economic information provision – including operating, financial and tax cash flows – and advise responsible experts on these subjects.
• Participants are up to date on the latest developments in business and society, such as the measurement, reporting and auditing of sustainability data.
• Young employees are more loyal to their organization when they can develop and advance in their career.

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 »

Our team of teachers consists of an optimal mix of academics and professionals from the field. In addition to knowledge, experience, and an academic attitude, the teachers share their passion for the subject area and are uniquely capable of inspiring you.

Enroll in the Master Controlling

Are you ready to increase your career opportunities and create an impact within your own organization and on society? Sign up for the part-time Master Controlling.