St. Petersburg Branch of the National Research University "Higher School of Economics" Elena M. Rogova, Sergey K. Shvets

 New (new standard)  Practice-focused  Two specializations - "Risk management in companies and financial institutions" and "Financial Management"  Focused on international standards

3 1. Continuity 2. Fundamentality 3. Applied nature of the preparation 4. Using in the learning process modern information technologies 5. A wide range of elective courses 6. Using of active learning methods 7. The combination of education and research 8. The combination of theoretical training with the acquisition and development of skills in enterprises

4 1. Large and medium-sized non-financial companies 2. The investment companies 3. The banking industry 4. Private equity and VC funds 5. Research institutions and educational institutions

5 5 General direction of of discipline "Finance and Credit" Macroeconomics (Advanced level) Econometrics (Advanced Level) Finance theory Basic disciplines of master's program Financial markets and institutions Corporate finance The financial analysis Financial Risk ManagementFinancial Strategic Management Variative subjects of program"Finance" (3 ​​ ) Investment analysis Derivative financial instruments and real options Organizing and processing of financial data Insurance and actuary calculations Corporate Risk Management Financial modeling and company budgeting Financial law Corporate management Disciplines of specialization "Risk management in companies and financial institutions" Disciplines of specialization “Financial management"

 Management of financial and corporate risks  Financial aspects of company restructuring  Financing of innovatively active enterprises and innovation projects  Possible entry into graduate school after graduation  Work in the laboratories and scientific groups

7  MP Corporate Finance – ESSCA (Angers, France)  Learning language: English  International approach to education: mixed groups of students  Participation of foreign teachers  One semester at the partner school  Staging at foreign companies – new opportunities of career development

 Four accreditations: EPAS, accredited Master programmes, Visa, Conférence des Grandes Écoles  430 first year admissions (215 in Angers, 215 in Paris)  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 centres: Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai

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 Alt-Invest  GARP - Representative Office in Russia  The first urban business incubator  JSC "Lenpoligrafmash"

 Admission to the program "Finance" is based on the results of entrance tests in the form of written exam in the economy (with the financial profile) or higher mathematics (by the entrant’s choice).  The value of expected flow being guideline for determining the admission quotas is 30 places financed from the federal budget