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MASTERS

Finance

Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
BarcelonaSpain
On campus
Full-time
€16,500.00/year
 1000 Points
Duration
1 Year
Language
English
Apply date
Sep 2024

Program Description

The increasing complexity of financial markets demands greater modeling techniques and a deeper understanding of financial data. The Finance Program of the Master's in Economics and Finance at the Barcelona GSE is designed to prepare you for these challenges.

The Barcelona GSE Finance Program builds on the School's outstanding faculty in Finance, Economics, Econometrics and Data Science. The program is aimed at students that seek an interdisciplinary approach that combines Finance and Economics. It is designed to give students the strong modeling techniques, econometric tools, and advanced coding skills needed for the top jobs in banking, consulting and fintech.

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Curriculum

Term 1

Asset Pricing

Corporate Finance

Econometrics

Derivatives and Risk Management

Term 2 (Electives)

Financial Econometrics

Pricing Financial Derivatives I

Market Liquidity and High-Frequency Trading

Systemic Risk and Financial Crises

Advanced Firm Valuation

Foundations of Data Science

Advanced Techniques in Applied Economics: Text Analysis for Economics and Finance

Term 3

Master Project

Electives

Careers

  • Consulting Firms
  • Financial Services
  • Government & Authorities
  • Research & Academic Institutions
  • Other Industries
  • Technology

Examples of recent Finance placements:

  • Bloomberg − Analyst − London, United Kingdom
  • Cass Business School − London − United Kingdom, Cass Business School (London, United Kingdom)
  • Central Reserve Bank of Peru − Senior Analyst at Financial Research Department − Lima, Peru
  • Central Reserve Bank of Peru − Senior Macroeconomic Analyst − Lima, Peru
  • Cognizant − Financial Planning & Analytics − Chennai, India
  • European Investment Bank (EIB) − Trainee at the General Secretariat Directorate – Economics Department – Country and Finance Sector Analysis Division − Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Federal Reserve − Financial Institution Policy Analyst Department: Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems (RBOPS) -- Financial Market Infrasturctures (FMIs) − Washington DC, United States
  • IESE Business School − PhD Student − Barcelona, Spain
  • OECD − Trainee in the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) − Paris, France
  • Oxera − Financial Analyst − Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Oxera − Senior Consultant − London, United Kingdom
  • PwC − Graduate Programme − Madrid, Spain
  • Tilburg University − PhD Student − Tilburg, Netherlands
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) − PhD Student − Barcelona, Spain
  • University of Cambridge − Master's Student − Cambridge, United Kingdom
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