MS IN FINANCEA professional degree guided industry

A U.S. graduate school in the heart of Central Europe

• Founded 1991, campuses in Budapest, Vienna, New York

• QS Business Masters 2019: Business Analytics

#50, #1 CEE | Aston, HEC Montreal, Tilburg, UT Arlington

• QS Business Masters 2019: Finance

#89, #3 CEE | Exeter, Frankfurt, Northeastern, Purdue

• ARWU ShanghaiRanking 2018: Economics

#151-200, #2 CEE | Emory, Humboldt, NTU, Queen Mary

• QS 2019: Economics & Econometrics

#151-200, #2 CEE | EUI, Notre Dame, Sorbonne, Utrecht

• QS 2019: Social Sciences & Management

#206, #4 CEE | Dartmouth, Purdue, Rochester, TUM

| CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

50thIN THE WORLD

QS Business Masters Rankings 2019Business Analytics

89thIN THE WORLD

QS Business Masters Rankings 2019Finance

TOP200

QS World University Rankings 2019Economics &Econometrics

TOP200

ARWU Shanghai Ranking 2018Economics

7:1STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO

118COUNTRIES

#2 most international | #39 among under-50 schools in Times Higher Education

• 1,435 students from 118 countries

• 185 faculty from 33 countries

• 15,576 alumni in 146 countries, alumni chapters in 71 countries

Campuses in Budapest | Vienna | New York

• Budapest campus in UNESCO World Heritage city center,Top 4 shortlist for RIBA International Prize 2018 for world’s best new building

• Vienna campus in city center

• New York campus with historic Bard College

| CEU COMMUNITY

Two of Europe’s most buzzing financial services and technology hubs

• Budapest – Bank of China | BCG | BlackRock | BT | Citi | EPAM | GE | IBM | McKinsey | Morgan Stanley | MSCI |Nokia | Roche | T-Systems | TCS | UN

• Vienna – DB Schenker | Deloitte | EATON | Franklin Templeton | Google | JP Morgan | LVMH | Raiffeisen Bank | Swarovski | Unicredit | UN

Two of Europe’s best, most beautiful and most expat-friendly cities

• European Union and Schengen Area

• CN Traveler: 25 Best Cities in the World, 10 Best Cities in Europe

• InterNations Expat City Ranking 2017: Budapest #13, Vienna #22

| STUDY AND WORK IN BUDAPEST AND VIENNA

| DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

MA

PhD

CEU InnovationsLab

Business AnalyticsMS

FinanceMS

Technology Management and InnovationMS

EconomicsMA

EconomicsPhD

Global Economic RelationsMA

ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAMS

• Study full-time

• 2-year master’s degrees

• PhD degrees

Economic Policy in Global Markets

PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

• 1-year master’s degrees

• Study full-time as a graduate or career changer

• Study part-time and keep your career

Fintech Management Parallel Studies

Business Administration

Business education at the cutting edge, guided by industry

• 1 year full-time or part-time

• Study in Budapest with elective trips to Vienna

• Land a job or internship anytime, or keep your career

• Go for a week or an entire semester to partner schools on four continents

• Develop your own startup in the CEU InnovationsLab incubator

| BUSINESS MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAMS

Financial Management

Investments & Banking

Data analysis

Data science and ML

FintechData and tech management

Innovation and entrepreneurship

Finance

Technology Managementand Innovation

MS

MS

MS

Fintech Management

CEU InnovationsLab

Data engineering

Business Analytics

| TEACHING FACULTY

MIT | UC Berkeley | Princeton | UT Austin | Boston | Fed NY Cambridge | Oxford | Mannheim | ESSEC | EUI | ECB | WU

Learn from leading research faculty and industry veterans

Harvard | MIT | Yale | Princeton | UM Ann Arbor | UC San Diego Penn State | Toronto | INSEAD | ECARES | EUI | TU Wien | Pisa

PhDs from

Worked at

• U.S. Master of Science degree

• 36 credits (72 ECTS credits)

• 1 year full-time or part-time

• Study in Budapest,elective trips to Vienna

• A professional finance programdesigned with industry

– financial management

– Investments and banking

– Innovation and fintech

– data analytics and technology

• Fintech Management Parallel Studies

• Capstone consulting project

| MS IN FINANCE

Students 33

Nationalities 16

Age 28, 22–46

Experience 5, 0–20

Working group of senior business executives guiding the MS in Finance

• advise on the curriculum to ensure commercially relevant training

• contribute courses, case studies, simulations and site visits

• help with internships and careers

| ADVISORY COMMITTEE

János BabosManaging Partner

Process Solutions

Norbert FogarasiManaging Director

Morgan Stanley

Elemér GidófalvySenior Advisor

WOOD & Co

Orsolya HegedűsPartner M&A Adv.

Deloitte (AT)

George JuscsákExecutive Director

JP Morgan (AT)

Zoltán MajorChairman

OTP (RU)

György UngárManaging Director

Citi

BenceVárady-Szabó

Managing Director

EuronetWorldwide

Balázs VinnaiPresident

W.UP

Szabolcs SzalayAssociate Director

BCG

Zsolt KatonaCEO

MFB Invest

Björn BergaboGeneral Manager

GE

Tommy ErdeiManaging Director

Jefferies (UK)

Melanie SeymourHead of Office

Blackrock

Ákos JanzaHead of Office

MSCI

Levente JánoskútiManaging Partner

McKinsey

| CURRICULUM

Comparative Bankruptcy LawInternational Investment LawLegal Aspects of Corporate FinanceLaw for Small and Mid-scale Startups

Banking IT & Fintech: Bank to the FutureFintech in Transaction ServicesFintech in DepthEntrepreneurial FinancePrivate Equity & Venture Capital

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INVESTMENTS & BANKING

Fintech Management Parallel Studies

Data Analysis 1 & 2 in R and VBAPython Foundations, Python for FinanceSQL for Beginners, SQL IntermediateData Visualization with TableauPrediction & Machine Learning

Investments 1: Trading & Portfolio TheoryInvestments 2: Asset PricingRegulatory & Policy Environment

Financial Reporting & ControlFinancial ManagementEconomic Foundations

Use Case Seminars

Advanced Reporting & ControlBoardroom Global ChallengeCompany ValuationCorporate Finance & Risk ManagementCorporate GovernanceCorporate RestructuringStrategic Managerial Accounting

Banking & Financial InstitutionsBehavioral FinanceDerivativesFinancial EconometricsFinancial Trading Design & TechnologyFixed Income AnalysisStochastic Finance

INNOVATION & FINTECH

Capstone Project

DATA & TECHNOLOGY

| USE CASE SEMINARS AND CAPSTONE PROJECT

Finance@CEU Expert Speaker Series

• meet senior executives working at the cutting edge of finance

• topical themes and real finance issues

• informal meeting sessions

Capstone Project

• individual consulting assignment

• work with a host company on a real business issue

• commercially relevant training to operationalize your knowledge

“Students are equipped with skills and knowledge that offer a major competitive edge in today’s job market. The CEU experience is nothing short of amazing and means a lifelong relationship.”

Takaomi Yoshimoto, Morgan Stanley

| FINTECH MANAGEMENT PARALLEL STUDIES

• Two Master of Science degrees

– MS in Finance

– MS in TechnologyManagement and Innovation

• 59-72 credits (118-144 ECTS credits)

– transfer up to 13 credits-in-common

– corresponding tuition reduction

• 1 year full-time or part-time

– or earn first degree now, returnfor second degree within four years

• Pioneering interdisciplinary learning

– finance

– data analytics and technology

– technology management, innovation and entrepreneurship

• Develop your fintech startup in the CEU InnovationsLab

FinanceMS

Technology Management and InnovationMS

CEU InnovationsLab

S

| ADDITIONAL CURRICULUM

Digital Strategye-Leadership

TRANSFORMATION

E-LEADERSHIP

UMBRELLA COURSES

Consultative Selling & NegotiationsFundamentals of Project ManagementDeveloping Digital OrganizationsData-driven Decision-making and Analytics Leadership

Technology Innovation(Cognitive & Smart Systems)Innovation ImperativesSustainability & Innovation in BusinessTechnology-based Entrepreneurship

Digital TransformationDigital MarketingIoT - Industry 4.0Agile Project ManagementSecurity & Data ProtectionRegulating Digital EconomyCustomer Centric Branding and MarketingEthics of Big Data

Boardroom Global ChallengeBestPractices inITServiceManagementFinancial Management

Fintech in Transaction ServicesFintech in DepthFinancial Trading Design & Technology

INNOVATION

FINTECHBanking IT & Fintech: Bank to the Future

The flagship incubator for the startups of CEU student and alumni

• Startups have raised EUR5m+, created 70+ jobs since launch in March 2016

– Talk-A-Bot, AbsoRice, Supp.li, Family Finances, ShareKiwi

• CES 2017: Best Accelerator and Incubator Program in Hungary, only university-linked incubator nominated for Best in Central Europe

–Diagnostic and mentoring sessions, workshops, VC dating, networking

– Access to courses, projects with business MS students, LLM legal clinic

– Startup research, use as live case studies in CEU’s innovation courses

| CEU INNOVATIONSLAB

Study abroad to internationalize your network, broaden your horizons

• free of tuition for as little as one week, up to an additional semester

• specialize further or broaden your skills, access to MBA courses

• broaden your international network, or move your career to another country

Partner schools in the Americas, Asia and Europe

• US: NYU*, Emory, Brandeis | CA: York* | MX: IPADE | BR: EBAPE

• CN: Shanghai Jiao Tong | JP: Hitotsubashi | SG: ESSEC

• FR: ESSEC, EMLYON | DE: EBS, KLU

| INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES

More than 90% of full-time MS students land a job straight after graduation

• Career workshops, CV and LinkedIn clinic, presentation and interview skills

• Corporate showcases by global employers seeking international talent

– Amazon, BlackRock, Citi, EPAM, ExxonMobil, GE, Google,McKinsey, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, MSCI, Schneider, TCS

• CareerNext integrated job platform and Career Days & Fair

– bringing together students and alumni with partner employers

| CEU CAREERS

| GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Requirements

• Bachelor’s (or higher) degree with good GPA

• Competitive TOEFL or equivalent English proficiency score

• Competitive CEU online math test or GMAT or GRE

• Two letters of recommendation

Exemptions

• TOEFL: native speaker or prior degree in English

• Math test: CFA Levels I & II or ACCA Levels 1-8 on MS in Finance

| SCHOLARSHIP AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS

Are you a full-time MS in Finance candidate passionate about financial services, data analysis and technology?

Future of Big Data Scholarship & Training Program

• awarded by London boutique investment firm• covers full tuition, mentoring, research assistantship• possible internship in donor’s Mayfair office

Morgan Stanley Internship Program

• in Finance, Risk and Quantitative Finance teams• selected candidates awarded partial tuition waivers• internships can lead to full-time job offers

Women in Technology Scholarship Program

• for women who show great potential or leadership in their professional and personal endeavors

• covers full tuition, mentoring by industry partners

| CONTACT

Agnes SchramStudent Recruitment Manager

Anita AporMS in Finance Coordinator

economics.ceu.edu/program/master-science-finance

Peter G. SzilagyiAssociate ProfessorHead of MS in Finance

"The MS in Finance is guided by an industry coalition and is constantly evolving. I have built on a decade of experience at Cambridge and Oxford to design a program that global employers need as a source of talent and a means of talent support."

Anna KaposvariExternal Relations Manager

Andrea KozmaCEU InnovationsLab Director