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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 oriented2. Combination of theoretic knowledge with practical
implications3. Active methods of teaching (trade simulators,
cases, business games etc.)4. Involvement of corporate partners into teaching5. IT and analytics are essential parts of the courses6. 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 theoryFinancial markets and institutions
Corporate financeFinancial risk management Strategic financial management
Electives for the 1st year (2): 12,5 ECTS
Financial analysisFinancial modeling
Quantitative methods in financeInvestments
Insurance and actuariesCredit risk modeling
Tax managementCorporate risk management
Big data processing…
Electives from the common pool (2): 6 ECTS
Electives for the 2nd year (3): 12,5 ECTS
Financial engineeringPortfolio management
Risk management in banksDerivatives
Stochastic AnalysisStrategic Risk Management
ValuationInternational FinanceInternational Banking
Mergers and AcquisitionsPerformance Management
Balanced Scorecards
Research1. 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 countries4 study centers: Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai
Academic and students exchanges, research collaboration, participation at the Academic Counsel of the programme.
Our corporate partners
1. Banks (“Saint-Petersburg” Bank JSC, Sberbank)2. Investment companies (BCS, Arsagera, Alor)3. Non-financial companies (Baltika, Aerospace
Equipment Corporation)4. Venture funds (SPb Business Angels Society)5. Consulting companies (Alt-Invest)
Graduates’ career profile
1. Graduates obtain the full-time employment 2. Major employers: banks, investment companies,
non-financial companies.
3. Business owners 4. marketing, IT, healthcare, public relations 5. Zenit football club 6. PhD students
Besides, the graduates work:
Our graduates
10
Andrey Yarygin (2011),post-graduate, winner of the President grant, financial analyst in MTS JSC
David Davtyan (2011), risk manager in St. Petersburg Bank JSC
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
Elena Veretennik (2012),the assistant professor at HSE — SPB, participantof the “High Potential Staff” programme of HSE
Yuri Krupachev (2013), the best linear manager, Maersk
