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Master programme in Finance
About the programme
• Launched in 2009 as Master in Management
• In 2013 was altered to become Master in Finance
• 120 ECTS, 2 years
• Two specializations:
• Financial Management
• Risk Management in Companies and Financial Institutions
Key Principles
1. Internationally oriented
2. Combination of theoretic knowledge with practical
implications
3. Active methods of teaching (trade simulators, cases, business
games etc.)
4. Involvement of corporate partners into teaching
5. IT and analytics are essential parts of the courses
6. Combination of education with research
Competitive advantages
1.
No other programmes in St. Petersburg that provides with
knowledge and skills in risk-management of non-financial
companies
2.
Professional approach matches international standards
3.
Combination of advanced economic disciplines and
quantitative methods provides graduates with strong analytic
competences
4.
Part of the programme is implemented in English — the
international paths of career development (since 2015 we
offer 2 semesters (60 ECTS) in English)
The structure of the programme
Core disciplines (6 courses, 5 common and 1 specific for the specialization), 30 ECTS
Macroeconomics (advanced)
Econometrics (advanced)
Finance theory
Financial markets and institutions
Corporate finance
Financial risk management
Strategic financial management
Electives for the 1st year (2): 12,5 ECTS
Financial analysis
Financial modeling
Quantitative methods in finance
Investments
Insurance and actuaries
Credit risk modeling
Tax management
Corporate risk management
Big data processing…
Electives for the 2nd year (3): 12,5 ECTS
Electives from the common pool (2): 6 ECTS
Financial engineering
Portfolio management
Risk management in banks
Derivatives
Stochastic Analysis
Strategic Risk Management
Valuation
International Finance
International Banking
Mergers and Acquisitions
Performance Management
Balanced Scorecards
Research
1. Research seminar is an obligatory component of the programme;
it is going weekly, through the entire programme.
It provides with 16 ECTS: 9 at the 1st year and 7 at the 2nd year.
Research stage is on the 2nd year of the education: 12 ECTS
2. The students take part in conferences and publish papers
3. Most of the research issues comes from companies, banks and
institutions; but purely theoretic topics are also welcome
4. Regular work together with research centers and groups
5. The thesis presentation is 24 ECTS
6. PhD programs are a logic development of the researchers’ career
Our strategic partner —
ESSCA graduate school of management
Areas of cooperation:
• Accreditations: EPAS, AACSB, accredited Master programmes, Visa,
Conférence des Grandes Écoles
• More than 60 permanent professors, 400 assistant professors,
lecturers and international experts
• A network of 10,000 graduates, including 6,500 actively working in 71
countries
4 study centers: Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai
Academic and students exchanges,
research collaboration,
participation at the Academic
Counsel of the programme.
Our corporate partners
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Banks (“Saint-Petersburg” Bank JSC, Sberbank)
Investment companies (BCS, Arsagera, Alor)
Non-financial companies (Baltika, Aerospace Equipment
Corporation)
Venture funds (SPb Business Angels Society)
Consulting companies (Alt-Invest)
Graduates’ career profile
1. Graduates obtain the full-time employment
2. Major employers: banks, investment companies, non-financial
companies.
Besides, the graduates work:
3. Business owners
4. marketing, IT, healthcare, public relations
5. Zenit football club
6. PhD students
Our graduates
Andrey Yarygin (2011),
post-graduate, winner of the
President grant, financial analyst
in MTS JSC
Yuri Krupachev (2013),
the best linear manager,
Maersk
David Davtyan (2011),
risk manager
in St. Petersburg Bank JSC
Elena Veretennik (2012),
the assistant professor at
HSE — SPB, participant
of the “High Potential Staff”
programme of HSE
Natalya Tyulkova (2012), Svyaznoy Bank
and assistant teacher in HSE — SPB
Dmytry Sergeev (2012), UralSib Bank
Sergey Muzalevsky (2012), DHL Russia
Alexander Vyscrebentsev (2012), KPMG
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Thank you for your attention!
Elena Rogova, professor
[email protected]