Master programme in Finance

About the programme Launched in 2009 as Master in Management In 2013 was altered to become Master in Finance 120 ECTS, 2 years Two specializations: Financial Management Risk Management in Companies and Financial Institutions

Key Principles 1.Internationally oriented 2.Combination of theoretic knowledge with practical implications 3.Active methods of teaching (trade simulators, cases, business games etc.) 4.Involvement of corporate partners into teaching 5.IT and analytics are essential parts of the courses 6.Combination of education with research

Competitive advantages 1.No other programmes in St. Petersburg that provides with knowledge and skills in risk-management of non-financial companies 2.Professional approach matches international standards 3.Combination of advanced economic disciplines and quantitative methods provides graduates with strong analytic competences 4.Part of the programme is implemented in English — the international paths of career development (since 2015 we offer 2 semesters (60 ECTS) in English)

The structure of the programme Core disciplines (6 courses, 5 common and 1 specific for the specialization), 30 ECTS Macroeconomics (advanced) Econometrics (advanced) Finance theory Financial markets and institutions Corporate finance Financial risk managementStrategic financial management Electives for the 1 st year (2): 12,5 ECTS Financial analysis Financial modeling Quantitative methods in finance Investments Insurance and actuaries Credit risk modeling Tax management Corporate risk management Big data processing… Electives from the common pool (2): 6 ECTS Electives for the 2 nd year (3): 12,5 ECTS Financial engineering Portfolio management Risk management in banks Derivatives Stochastic Analysis Strategic Risk Management Valuation International Finance International Banking Mergers and Acquisitions Performance Management Balanced Scorecards

Research 1.Research seminar is an obligatory component of the programme; it is going weekly, through the entire programme. It provides with 16 ECTS: 9 at the 1 st year and 7 at the 2 nd year. Research stage is on the 2 nd year of the education: 12 ECTS 2.The students take part in conferences and publish papers 3.Most of the research issues comes from companies, banks and institutions; but purely theoretic topics are also welcome 4.Regular work together with research centers and groups 5.The thesis presentation is 24 ECTS 6.PhD programs are a logic development of the researchers’ career

Our strategic partner — ESSCA graduate school of management Areas of cooperation: Accreditations: EPAS, AACSB, accredited Master programmes, Visa, Conférence des Grandes Écoles More than 60 permanent professors, 400 assistant professors, lecturers and international experts A network of 10,000 graduates, including 6,500 actively working in 71 countries 4 study centers: Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai Academic and students exchanges, research collaboration, participation at the Academic Counsel of the programme.

Our corporate partners 1.Banks (“Saint-Petersburg” Bank JSC, Sberbank) 2.Investment companies (BCS, Arsagera, Alor) 3.Non-financial companies (Baltika, Aerospace Equipment Corporation) 4.Venture funds (SPb Business Angels Society) 5.Consulting companies (Alt-Invest)

Graduates’ career profile 1.Graduates obtain the full-time employment 2.Major employers: banks, investment companies, non- financial companies. 3.Business owners 4.marketing, IT, healthcare, public relations 5.Zenit football club 6.PhD students Besides, the graduates work:

Our graduates 10 Andrey Yarygin (2011), post-graduate, winner of the President grant, financial analyst in MTS JSC David Davtyan (2011), risk manager in St. Petersburg Bank JSC Natalya Tyulkova (2012), Svyaznoy Bank and assistant teacher in HSE — SPB Dmytry Sergeev (2012), UralSib Bank Sergey Muzalevsky (2012), DHL Russia Alexander Vyscrebentsev (2012), KPMG Elena Veretennik (2012), the assistant professor at HSE — SPB, participant of the “High Potential Staff” programme of HSE Yuri Krupachev (2013), the best linear manager, Maersk

Thank you for your attention! Elena Rogova, professor