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Finance Program

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"Right now is one of the most relevant times to study finance, mainly because a lot of what was thought true has been proven false."

Sergio Correia '09

PhD Student

UPF (GPEFM)

Courses 2011-12

In September, Finance students are required to take the Mathematics and Statistics review course. Another review course, Computer Tools is highly recommended.

Review Course in Maths and Statistics

Syllabus

Computer Tools Course

Syllabus

Schedule (both courses)

Fall Term

Course Title
ECTSProfessor(s)
Mandatory
Stochastic Processes

6

O. Papaspiliopoulos
Asset Pricing

6

Francisco Peñaranda
Econometrics

6

Javier Gómez Biscarri

Winter Term

Course Title
ECTSProfessor(s)
Mandatory
Corporate Finance I 6

Albert Banal

Empirical Finance I
6Christian Brownlees
Elective (Choose 1)
Continuous-time Finance 6

Elisa Alòs

  Sebastian del Baño

Peter Laurence

Financial Institutions Management 6José-Luis Peydró

Spring Term

Course Title
ECTSProfessor(s)
Mandatory
Independent Master Project

6

 
Financial Institutions Seminars

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Elective
Banking Theory 6

Xavier Freixas

José-Luis Peydró

Investments
6

Javier Gil-Bazo

 Angel León

Financial Engineering

3

Manuel Moreno

Financial Risk Forecasting 3
Jon Danielsson

Empirical Banking and Financial Crises

 3

José-Luis Peydró

Corporate Finance II

 3

 Jos van Bommel

Empirical Finance II

 3

Gonzalo Rubio

Topics in Finance I 6

Andrea Caggese

Ander Pérez Orive

Topics in Finance II  6 Alberto Martín
Total ECTS credits
60
 

The Finance master program offers its students the opportunity to meet with professionals from top financial institutions. Seminars cover areas such as Hedge Funds, Venture Captital, Central Banks Reserve Management, Investment Banking, etc.

During these seminars, our guest speakers share with students the insights of their organizations and provide their views on recent developments in their industry segment.


The Financial Institutions Seminars have featured representatives from organizations such as Credit Swiss First Boston (CSFB), Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers, and Omega Capital, among others.


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