VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

Masters in Finance

Semester 1

• Financial decision-making under risk
• Macroeconomics B
• Mathematics in Economics
• Public Finance
• Statistics B
• Valuation and Acquisitions

Semester 2

• Financial Markets II. A
• Financial models
• Insurance II.
• Microeconomics B - Intermediate Microeconomics
• Special seminar

Semester 3

• Diploma Seminar A
• Econometrics
• Financial Markets II. B
• International Finance
• Monetary Economics

Semester 4

• Diploma Seminar B
• Diploma Thesis
• Seminar on Selected Issues in Tax Theory and Practice

Hard Skills

• Knowledge of banking
• Evaluation of insurance products
• Ability to make financial decisions
• Knowledge of financial analysis
• Financial and economic analysis of investment projects
• Application of legal/economic tools for problem-solving
• Application of managerial skills
• Knowledge of financial accounting and taxes
• Business financial management
• Ability to manage banking institutions and companies
• Analytical skills
• Knowledge of investment decisions
• Knowledge of business processes and its management
• Economic analyses of business management
• Knowledge of economics and financial management
• Knowledge and orientation in insurance

Study Aims

Målet med programmet er at forberede højt kvalificerede fagfolk, der vil være i stand til at udføre specialiseret analytisk arbejde og ledelsesfunktioner relateret til finansielle, regnskabsmæssige og skattemæssige spørgsmål på øverste og mellemste niveauer af virksomheds- og institutionsledelse. Undersøgelsen er struktureret og fokuseret, så dimittender kan finde beskæftigelse især i finansielle afdelinger og i økonomistyringen af ikke-finansielle institutioner (fremstillings- og handelsvirksomheder), finansielle institutioner (kommercielle og investeringsbanker, investeringsselskaber, forsikringsselskaber) og national økonomi (stats- og regionalforvaltning).

Graduate's Knowledge

Udgangspunktet for undersøgelsen er at opnå viden fra følgende områder:

• Financial management and business decision-making,
• De finansielle markeders, kommercielle og investeringsbankers, forsikrings-, investeringsselskabers og forsikringsselskabers funktion,
• Financial decision-making under risk, investment decision-making, company valuation, financial modeling,
• Valuation of derivatives, management of financial portfolios,
• International finance, international financial institutions, financial systems, fiscal and tax systems.

Graduate's skills

Kandidaternes faglige færdigheder vil være følgende:

• anvendelse af finansielle modeller,
• udføre økonomiske analyser,
• at bestemme værdien af virksomheder og projekter under risiko,
• anvendelse af multi-kriterie beslutningsmodeller,
• porteføljestyring og modellering,
• forudsigelse af finansielle variabler,
• kvantificering og afdækning af markedsrisici,
• udarbejdelse af investeringsstrategier,
• foretage en sammenligning af skatte- og skattesystemer.

Graduate's general competence

Program graduates will be able to:

• Decide independently and responsibly under new or changing circumstances,
• Communicate their own professional opinions to experts and the wider public in a clear and convincing way,
• Use their expertise and skills in the English language.

Graduate's Employment

Graduates are prepared for highly qualified positions in which they will be able to perform analytical jobs and managerial functions at the level of middle and top management of companies, banks, insurance companies, and other banking and non-banking institutions.