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MS IN FINANCEA professional degree guided industry

A U.S. graduate school in Budapest, the heart of Central Europe• founded in 1991, specialized in the social sciences

• ShanghaiRanking 2018: Economics#151-200 | Emory, Humboldt, NTU, Queen Mary, SJTU

• QS World Universities 2018: Economics and Econometrics#151-200 | Georgia Tech, Dauphine, EUI, Illinois, Renmin

• QS Business Masters Rankings 2019: Business Analytics#50 | Aston, HEC Montreal, Tilburg, UT Arlington

• QS Business Masters Rankings 2019: Finance#89 | Exeter, Frankfurt, Minnesota, Northeastern, Purdue

• Times World Universities 2017#39 under-50#2 most international

| CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

Join one of the most diverse and far-reaching university networks in the world• 1,448 students from 117 countries• 197 faculty from 29 countries• 14,875 alumni in 136 countries, organized alumni chapters in 72 countries

Study at one of the world’s best university campuses• RIBA International Prize 2018: Top 4 shortlist for world’s best new building• Continental Europe’s first BREEAM-certified university campus• in the heart of Budapest’s UNESCO World Heritage city center

| CEU COMMUNITY

| DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

Business Administration

MA

PhD

CEU InnovationsLab

Business AnalyticsMSFinanceMSTechnology ManagementMS

EconomicsMA

EconomicsPhD

Global Economic RelationsMA

B. ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAMS

• Full-time• 2-year master’s degrees• PhD degrees

Economic Policy in Global Markets

A. BUSINESS DEGREE PROGRAMS

• Full-time or part-time• 12 months full-time

for graduates and career changers• 12/24 months part-time

for working professionals

Business education at the cutting edge, guided by industry

• full-time (12 months) or part-time (12/24 months)

• constantly evolving curricula with great flexibility and opportunities– FinTech Management Parallel Studies– develop your own startup in the CEU InnovationsLab incubator

• international exchanges free of tuition in the Americas, Asia and Europe

| BUSINESS MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAMS

Financial Management

Investments and banking

Data analysis

Data science and ML

EconomicsData and tech management

Innovation and entrepreneurship

Finance

Technology Managementand Innovation

MS

MS

MSFintech

CEU InnovationsLab

Data engineering

Business Analytics

• U.S. Master of Science degree

• 36 credits (72 ECTS credits)

• 12 months full-time12/24 months part-time

• Cutting edge of finance for all career needs– investments and banking– corporate financial management– data analytics and technology– legal ethical studies

• Finance@CEU expert speaker series

• Capstone consulting project

• Fintech Management Parallel Studies

| MS IN FINANCE

Students 33Nationalities 16Age 28, 22–46Experience 5, 0–20

Working group of senior business executives guiding the MS in Finance

• advise on the curriculum to ensure commercially relevant training• contribute courses, case studies, simulations and site visits• help with internships and careers

| ADVISORY COMMITTEE

János BabosManaging PartnerProcess Solutions

Norbert FogarasiManaging DirectorMorgan Stanley

Elemér GidófalvySenior AdvisorWOOD & Co

Orsolya HegedűsPartner M&A Adv.

Deloitte (AT)George JuscsákExecutive DirectorJP Morgan (AT)

Zoltán MajorChairmanOTP (RU)

György UngárManaging Director

Citi

Bence Várady-SzabóManaging Director

Euronet Worldwide

Balázs VinnaiPresident

W.UP

Szabolcs SzalayAssociate Director

BCG

Zsolt KatonaCEO

MFB Invest

Björn BergaboGeneral Manager

GE

Tommy ErdeiManaging Director

Jefferies (UK)

Melanie SeymourHead of Office

Blackrock

Ákos JanzaHead of Office

MSCI

Levente JánoskútiManaging Partner

McKinsey

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| CURRICULUMFinancial Reporting & ControlFinancial ManagementEconomic FoundationsInvestments I & IIRegulatory & Policy Environment

Banking & Financial InstitutionsFixed Income AnalysisDerivativesPrivate Equity & Venture CapitalFinancial Trading Design & TechnologyBehavioral FinanceFinancial TechnologiesBanking IT & FinTech: Bank to the Future

Corporate Finance & Risk ManagementCompany ValuationCorporate RestructuringEntrepreneurial FinanceStrategic Managerial AccountingCorporate GovernanceBoardroom Global Challenge

Capital Markets & Securities RegulationComparative Bankruptcy LawInternational Investment LawLegal Aspects of Corporate Finance

Data Analysis I & II in RPython for Finance, SQL for FinanceFinancial EconometricsStochastic Analysis I & IIPrediction & Machine LearningBusiness Intelligence & Data VisualizationDifferent Shapes of DataAlgorithms and Data Structures

CORPORATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTINVESTMENTS & BANKINGCO

RECO

URS

ES

FinTech Management Parallel StudiesMS in Technology Management & Innovation

| FINANCE@CEU AND CAPSTONE PROJECT

Finance@CEU Expert Speaker Series• meet senior executives working at the cutting edge of finance• topical themes and real finance issues• informal meeting sessions

Capstone Project• individual consulting assignment• work with a host company on a real business issue• commercially relevant training to operationalize your knowledge

“Students are equipped with skills and knowledge that offer a major competitive edge in today’s job market. The CEU experience is nothing short of amazing and means a lifelong relationship.” Takaomi Yoshimoto, Morgan Stanley

| FINTECH MANAGEMENT PARALLEL STUDIES

• Two Master of Science degrees– MS in Finance– MS in Technology

Management and Innovation

• 58-72 credits (116-144 ECTS credits)– transfer up to 14 credits-in-common– corresponding tuition reduction

• 12/24 months, full-time or part-time– or earn first degree now, return

for second degree within four years

• Pioneering interdisciplinary learning– finance– data analytics and technology– technology management,

innovation and entrepreneurship

• Develop your own fintech startup in the CEU InnovationsLab

CEU InnovationsLab

FinanceMSTechnology Management and InnovationMS

| ADDITIONAL CURRICULUM

Digital Strategye-Leadership

TRANSFORMATION

E-LEADERSHIPUMBRELLA COURSES

Consultative Selling & NegotationsFundamentals of Project ManagementOrganizational BehaviorEthics of Big Data

Technology Innovation(Cognitive & Smart Systems)IoT - Industry 4.0Smart Energy, Big Data & InnovationTechnology-based Entrepreneurship

Digital TransformationDigital MarketingAgile Project ManagementEnterprise Architecture & ModellingDeveloping Digital OrganizationsSecurity & Data ProtectionData Security & GDPR

Boardroom Global ChallengeBest Practices in IT Service Management

INNOVATION

“The courses strongly encourage collaborative work among classmates from various firms and government organizations. This leads to broader knowledge sharing as well as excellent networking opportunities.” Andrea Barabás, Citi

Regulating Digital Economy

CEU’s flagship free non-equity startup incubator for students and alumni

• Central European Startup Awards 2017– named Best Accelerator and Incubator Program in Hungary– nominated for Best Accelerator and Incubator Program in Central Europe

• Forbes Hungary, July 2017– BrokerChooser, Family Finances, Talk-A-Bot named among

Top 20 most promising fintech startups in Hungary• Ministry for National Economy, February 2017

– AbsoRice named Innovative Startup of the Month

| CEU INNOVATIONSLAB

Extend your studies abroad to internationalize your network, broaden your horizons

• study abroad free of tuition for an additional semester, or as little as one week

• specialize further in your field, or broaden your skills in other areas of business

• broaden your international network, or move your career to another country

Partner schools in the Americas, Asia and Europe

• US: NYU*, Emory, Brandeis | CA: York* | MX: IPADE | BR: EBAPE

• CN: Shanghai Jiao Tong | JP: Hitotsubashi | IN: IIM Ahmedabad

• FR: ESSEC, EMLYON | DE: EBS, KLU

| INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES

More than 90% of MS in Finance students land a job before graduation

• Career workshops, CV and LinkedIn assistance, presentation and interview skills

• Corporate showcases by global employers seeking international talent– Amazon, BlackRock, Citi, EPAM, ExxonMobil, GE, Google,

McKinsey, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, MSCI, Schneider, TCS

• CareerNext integrated job platform and Career Days & Fair– bringing together students and alumni with partner employers

| CEU CAREERS

| ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Requirements• Bachelor’s (or higher) degree with good GPA• Competitive TOEFL or equivalent English proficiency score• Competitive GMAT or GRE or CEU online math test• Two letters of recommendation

Exemptions• TOEFL: native speaker or prior degree in English• Math test: CFA Levels I & II or ACCA Levels 1-8

| CONTACT

Agnes SchramStudent Enrollment [email protected] AporMS in Finance [email protected]

economics.ceu.edu/program/master-science-finance

Peter G. SzilagyiAssociate Professor | Head of MS in [email protected] | +36 1 887 5092people.ceu.edu/peter_szilagyi | linkedin.com/in/pgszilagyi

"The MS in Finance is guided by a strong industry coalition and is constantly evolving. I have built on a decade of experience at Cambridge and Oxford to design a program that global employers need both as a source of talent and a means of talent support."

Anna KaposvariCareer Services [email protected] KozmaCEU InnovationsLab [email protected]

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https://economics.ceu.edu/program/master-science-finance




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