Structure

The programme offers a solid, well-grounded education in the key areas of finance. Students also acquire knowledge in other disciplines of the economic sciences, in related areas, and in research methods.

The programme consists of a general core programme and two alternative branches:

• Business Orientation with specialisations in
  
  • Banking
    or
  • Corporate Finance
  
  It prepares students to work in consulting companies, controlling and finance department of companies, risk-management and corporate finance department of banks
  
  
• Science Orientation with specialisations in
  
  • Banking
    or
    
  • Corporate Finance 
    or
  • Financial Markets
    
    
  It prepares students for PhD Programs, Central Banks, Government and Supervisory Agencies, International Finance Institutions, Research Units of Banks 
  
  

Core Programme (36 ECTS)

• Introductory Module (8 ECTS)
  (Basics of Finance, Decisions unter Uncertainty)
• Core Courses in Finance 1 (12 ECTS)
  (Asset Pricing, Banking and Financial Intermediation, Corporate Finance)
• Economics (16 ECTS)
  (Money and Banking, Game Theory and Information Economics)

Elective Programme (60 ECTS)

"Business Orientation"

• Econometrics for Business Orientation (8 ECTS)
  (Introductory Econometrics/Microeconometrics)
• Banking for Business Orientation (24 ECTS)
  or
  Corporate Finance for Business Orientation (24 ECTS)
• Electives in Finance, Accounting and Economic Law (20 ECTS)
• Electives in Business, Economics and Statistics (8 ECTS)

"Science Orientation"

• Core Courses in Finance 2 (12 ECTS)
  (Asset Pricing, Banking and Financial Intermediation, Corporate Finance)
• Econometrics for Science Orientation (16 ECTS)
  (Introductory Econometrics/Microeconometrics, Econometrics in Finance)
• Banking for Science Orientation (16 ECTS)
  or
  Corporate Finance for Science Orientation (16 ECTS)
  or
  Financial Markets (16 ECTS)
• Electives (16 ECTS)

Master’s Thesis Module (24 ECTS)

• Master’s Thesis Seminar (2 ECTS)
• Master Thesis (20 ECTS)
• Master examination (2 ECTS)