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Study Details: Master in Finance, 2 years full-time, 120 ECTS
To train qualified specialists in finance and banking – Masters in Finance, who have assimilated modern theories and methods in financial management, have systematic approach to macroeconomic processes and financial management at micro level, are able to analyze and to evaluate critically the processes on-going in the financial system and in business structures, to keep abreast of scientific and practical innovations in the finance field and to apply them in the professional activities.
Competences acquired:
• Competence to analyze and to evaluate independently and critically the processes, on-going in the overall financial system and in its‘ different sectors – financial markets, banks, other financial institutions.
• Competence to apply classical and modern financial theories and to understand the possibilities and limitations of their application.
• Competence to apply modern financial management instruments and methods in practice.
• Competence to analyze the influence of financial information flows to the environment, its‘ players and enterprise and to to make the decisions on the formation of financial information flows.
• Competence to make the decisions on the management of financial resources in various business firms and institutions.
• Competence to apply the financial risk management methods and tools in practice.
• Competence to analyze and to understand the investment environment, to perform evaluation and substantiation of investment projects and economic-financial decisions.
• Competence to understand the processes and the factors influencing strategic finance management decisions and to make the strategic finance management decisions in the firm.
• Competence to investigate the impact of long-term investments, financing, capital structure, shareholders equity decisions to the value of the firm.
• Competence to identify financial ethics and other relevant financial problems and to be able to express the opinion on the subject, to discuss the problem in professional way.
Applicants for Finance and Banking programme should have a bachelor or equivalent degree in social sciences. Prerequisite subjects include*: Microeconomics (6 cr.); Macroeconomics (6 cr.); Financial Accounting (6 cr.);Public Finance (6 cr.); Introduction to Banking (6 cr.); Statistics (6 cr.); Econometrics (6 cr.). Applicants to this programme from other universities have to pass the English language profficiency test.
*The programme of complementary studies (12-18 ECTS) is proposed for the students who did not take the prerequisite subjects. The programme of complementary studies is completed together with bachelor students during the first two semesters.
2012-13: 4900 EUR
Vytautas Magnus University offers scholarships to students who are currently enrolled or planning to enrol in Master’s degree programmes taught in English at Vytautas Magnus University. Gold Award, Silver Award, Stipendium Honoris Further Details
Graduates of Finance and Banking programme will be able to work as:
• financial specialists in the firms with different business profile, in banks and other financial institutions;
• financial consultants in audit, business consultancy firms;
• financial specialists, advisors, experts in government and municipality institutions;
• instructors, lecturers in economics and finance in Lithuanian universities and colleges.
Graduates of Finance and Banking may continue studies in PhD studies in economics or management.
Compulsory subjects (10)
Financial economic
Macroeconomic environment analysis
Accounting harmonization in the EU
Business financing models and instruments
Integration of European financial markets and institutions and EU enlargement
Financial risk management
International business finance
Modern financial management problems
Investment analysis and management
Strategic finance management
Elective Subjects (3)
Insurance business
Management of financial information
Interpersonal and cross-cultural communication
Strategic management*
Strategic marketing*
Applied macroeconomics
Econometrics
Global economics and European integration
Research Projects (2)
Research Project 1
Research Project 2
Master Thesis in Finance
* – compulsory for Double Degree MSc Programme with Louvain Catholic University, Louvain School of Management
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