---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:42:26 +0100 From: Uwe Schmock schmock@math.ethz.ch Subject: Master of Science in Finance (in Zurich/Switzerland)
Announcement ------------
The ETHZ (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) and the University of Zurich are jointly launching the new degree program
*** Master of Science in Finance ***
It is an intense two-semester program of courses followed by a master's thesis.
Mandatory courses: - Mathematical Foundations in Discrete and Continuous Time - Financial Economics (incl. Corporate Finance) - Empirical Methods for Finance - Financial Institutions and Financial Markets - Financial Theory and Asset Pricing - Derivatives and Financial Engineering - Insurance Analytics
Specializations (choose A or B): (A) Quantitative Finance and Risk Management - Risk Management - Term Structures and Credit Risk Models - Quantitative Methods for Risk Management (B) Asset Management - Asset Allocations and Performance Measurement - Theory of Banking and Financial Intermediation - Behavioral Finance or Empirical Methods
Optional Courses: - Computational Methods for Quantitative Finance - Real Options and Commodities - International Finance - Incomplete Markets: Further Developments - Economics of Insurance (Other courses may be taken upon request.)
Language: The entire program will be taught in English so that international as well as Swiss graduate students can attend.
Target students: Undergraduates with an economics and/or a science background (mathematics, physics, engineering) and practitioners who feel that they need additional and more specialized training in financial economics and in quantitative methods for finance.
Please visit http://www.msfinance.ch/ for a list of the teaching faculty members, a more detailed description of the curriculum, the application procedure and further details.
Please tell your colleagues and students about the new program; feel free to forward this email. You can use the two slides at http://www.msfinance.ch/misc/MSc_Finance_Slides.pdf in your class.
With best regards,
Uwe Schmock (Director MSc Finance Program)
Financial and Insurance Mathematics: http://www.math.ethz.ch/finance/ Master of Science in Finance: http://www.msfinance.ch/ RiskLab: http://www.risklab.ch/ Home page: http://www.math.ethz.ch/~schmock/