Course
The MSc in Finance is a two-year program designed for students seeking to develop advanced expertise in financial analysis within a rigorous and interactive learning environment.
The program provides a comprehensive education across three core areas of finance and is offered through two curricula:
- Quantitative Finance (fully taught in English)
- Financial Intermediaries (Intermediari Finanziari), delivered in a mixed-language format (the first year in Italian and the second year in English)
Both curricula are structured around the following areas:
Quantitative Area. Students acquire the analytical and quantitative tools used in modern financial markets for the valuation of financial securities. Topics include stochastic calculus, the no-arbitrage framework, risk-neutral (martingale) pricing, derivative securities, interest-rate derivatives, stochastic volatility models, and financial econometrics.
Economic Area. Students develop a solid understanding of the theoretical foundations of modern financial economics. Coursework covers microeconomic models for business and finance, decision-making under uncertainty, asymmetric information, monetary economics, and central banking.
Management Area. Students gain the knowledge required to analyze the financial behavior and decision-making processes of financial and non-financial firms, as well as the functioning of financial markets and institutions.
Legal Area. Core courses provide students with a thorough understanding of the legal and regulatory framework governing financial markets and institutions, with particular attention to international regulation and cross-border financial activities.
Graduates are well prepared for careers in investment banking, asset management, private equity, consulting, financial regulation, and corporate finance, as well as for positions within a broad range of financial and non-financial organizations.
The programme provides several international mobility programs at qualified European (Erasmus), North American, Australian, and Asian universities, as well as double degree programs with the University of Ljubljana and the Romanian-American University (Bucarest). More double degree agreements are in progress.
