Note
The FEF faculty is currently engaged in refining and enhancing the curriculum for the upcoming academic term. Due to these ongoing efforts, please be advised that the course list available on our website is not the final, definitive version. For more detailed information we invite you to email us at fef@ua.aw
About our faculty
The ‘Financieel Economische Faculteit, (FEF)’ at the University of Aruba is an institute for higher education that offers acknowledged a bachelor program in Finance & Control. Our curriculum is updated with the latest trends and developments of both the Aruban business community as well as the international academic community. With a balanced mix of professional and academic teachers, we encourage our students to broaden their scoop, locally and internationally, and to explore and cultivate their passions and talents. Since 1997, more than 500 students have graduated from our faculty and have gained professional business skills and attitudes that easily meet labor market requirements. Our graduates have key positions in different segments of the market: accounting firms, banks, government and semi – government institutions and the private sector of Aruba. After finishing the FEF, our students enter the work field or continue studying in the Netherlands or in Aruba.
Academic programs
The FEF offers a dynamic four – year full-time two major-minor bachelor program in Finance & Control and Marketing & Business . After a joint first year ‘propedeuse’, our students have the choice to pursue one of two the majors. The FEF focuses both on theoretical courses and practical assignments to ensure a solid knowledge base and professional framework. Our courses are taught in either Dutch or English and emphasize both the international orientation as well as the focus of the Aruban business community. We also offer supporting classes to obtain a Post-Bachelor AA accountant degree.
For more detailed information we invite you to contact our dean Ms. Widya Matawlie at widya.matawlie@ua.aw
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FEF is a proud partner of the Erasmus+ Program. With many partnered institutes, students have the opportunity to study abroad and do a minor during their fourth year. There are also possibilities to do an internship or graduating assignment abroad with an Erasmus grant. For more information about the Erasmus grants, check out the Office of International Affairs.
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Vision and mission
Vision
The economic training institute for training analytically minded professionals with an eye for innovation and intercultural cooperation, in order to sustainably develop and stimulate the Aruban economy.
Mission
The Faculty for Accounting, Finance and Marketing of the University of Aruba (FEF) is a recognized educational institute that offers acknowledged bachelor programs in applied sciences. Our curriculum is structured and updated with the latest trends and developments of both the Aruban business community as well as the international academic community. With a balanced mix of professional lecturers and academic lecturers, we aim to stimulate students to broaden their scope internationally and to explore and cultivate their passions and talents.
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Partner institutions
The Faculty for Accounting, Finance and Marketing of the University of Aruba has a wide range of cooperation agreements with different universities.
Courses are taught not only by faculty members of the University of Aruba but also by visiting professors from various other universities.
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