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Finance Program

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    Student Profile - Class of 2010

 

Students enrolled: 18

Average age: 26 years old

 


Academic background: Most students have undergraduate degrees in Economics or Finance. Others hold degrees in fields such as Banking, Management, and Mathematics. 5 students in the class also completed an advanced degree in these fields (master or PhD) before coming to the Barcelona GSE.

 

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PhD orientation:  Many students come into the program seeking a rigorous foundation that will enable them to pursue their studies at the PhD level.

 

Work experience: Some students have work experience as researchers or investment analysts. Others (about 33% of the class) began the master directly after completing a bachelor degree and have less then one year of work experience.

 

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Geographic distribution of students: 83% of students come from outside of Spain. Italy has the most students (4). The program's 15 students come from a total of 12 different countries.

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Academic backgrounds of some students:

DegreeSchool
Bachelor Level
Business Management Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Business ManagementESEI
Business ManagementUniversity of Iceland
EconomicsPlekhanov University
EconomicsUniversity of Barcelona
Economics
University of Cambridge
Economics
University of Toronto
Industrial Economics
University of Asia and the Pacific
International Finance
University of Sussex
Master Level
Mathematics
University of Barcelona
Statistics
University of Pisa

Work experience of some students:

PositionEmployer
Intern
La Caixa
Analyst
Central Bank of Lithuania
Business Analyst
Misys International Financial System
Fund Accountant
Royal Bank of Canada
ConsultantALG
EconomistBank of Italy
Investment Analyst
Siam Strategic Holdings
Researcher
Kiel Institute
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