Curriculum
In the first semester, the foundations are built for the subsequent specialization. All four courses in the first semester are mandatory and common across the two tracks (CF & IM). The courses are:
Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis
Period 2:
Corporate Finance
Debt Instruments and Markets
Having completed these courses, students choose to specialize in
Corporate Finance (or
Investment Management).
There are no mandatory courses in the second and third semesters. However, students who chose to specialize in
Corporate Finance (CF) must select at least four of the eight courses from the list of CF core electives.
Although the set of CF core electives has not yet been finalized, a tentative list of CF core electives is as follows:
- M&A Financial Aspects
- Venture Capital and Private Equity
- Corporate Valuation
- Quantitative Methods in Corporate Finance
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- Banking and Financial Intermediation
- Financial Crisis
- Financial Analysis
- M&A: Strategic & Organizational Aspects
In addition to the four core elective courses, students have the freedom to choose the remaining four courses according to their preferences. Some students may want to specialize further by taking more CF or IM core electives, others may prefer to broaden their perspectives by taking courses outside of finance.
Master's Thesis
The Master’s Thesis is viewed as an opportunity for the student to take the first step towards a future job by choosing a subject that will lead to further specialization within corporate finance. A thesis can either be written as an academic research paper, or as a case study, or report that addresses a real-world financial problem faced by a firm or financial institution.