Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Financial Economics
Academic Field
Financial Economics is about the grease that makes markets and companies roll. Without money to clear markets, equity prices signalling investment opportunities, debt to keep managers under control, and derivatives to hedge risk exposures the world economy would grind to a halt.
Financial economics plays an increasingly important role in economic life. The programme is centred around 3 main themes: Corporate Finance, Intermediaries, and Investments. Important issues in Corporate Finance are the capital structure, the company valuation and the management of financial risk. Intermediaries analyses the financial services sector. The Investments track focuses on asset pricing and the developing markets for financial instruments such as derivatives.
Other fascinating topics are the abundant financial market anomalies, the increasing focus on behavioural finance and bidding games for acquisitions. Attention must also be given to repeated financial crises, the analysis of the recent economy 'bubble' by using novel techniques and the yield curve as established by financial markets and ECB interest rate decisions. All these issues provide an authentic intellectual challenge for students interested in financial economics!
Mission
Our mission is to provide students with scientific theories and tools in the field of financial economics, and to equip them with knowledge and experience that support them in an international career. The programme offers its students not only access to fascinating and excellent academic research but also to the benefits of the extensive co-operation that exists with leading business and government. The Master?s programme in Financial Economics builds on the long-standing co-operation between the Finance group, Accounting group and Economics department of the Erasmus School of Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Audience
The Master?s programme in Financial Economics is intended for Dutch students as well as students from abroad, who want to pursue a career in Financial Economics. The programme focuses on the latest scientific developments in financial economics and is open for students who have received a relevant Bachelor?s degree from a University in the Netherlands or a foreign university.
Curriculum
The one-year (3-trimester) master?s programme comprises of 60 ECTS credits distributed over 3 distinct course blocks or types:
- Courses and electives (20 ECTS credits) help you to get acquainted with a wide range of topics that are essential for financial economics, and provide you with a solid background for attending the seminars.
- Seminars (totalling 20 ECTS credits) are the most important component of the master programme and are also highly appreciated by alumni. The programme allows you to elect from the available seminars in Corporate Finance, Intermediaries and Investments. For these intensified courses, active participation and commitment is a prerequisite. You are expected to present pieces of the literature or case applications, ask questions, mention doubts and express your ideas in class discussions.
- The last block (20 ECTS credits) of the programme involves the Master Thesis. Students can concentrate entirely on their thesis until the end of August. Because of relatively large numbers of students choosing for financial economics, we can offer a large variety of topics. However, the largest part of this programme is in small groups (seminars); the thesis is individual. You can make your own combination of courses and seminars from the three tracks that matches your personal interests.
Entry Requirements
The basic entry requirements are a university Bachelor?s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject and fluency in spoken and written English, as assessed by a TOEFL test. The application for this master is centralized. For detailed information on the application and admission procedures of our master programme we refer to the website of the Erasmus School of Economics: www.few.eur.nl/master/admission. The Erasmus School of Economics offers graduate students from Dutch ?HBO?-schools, who want to achieve their master degree in Economic Science, transition programmes (only taught in Dutch) after which HBO-students can successfully apply for our master programmes.
Job Perspectives
Having completed the Master?s programme in Financial Economics, students have excellent international perspectives. The inevitability to deal with recent financial economic developments has kept demand for well-educated financial economists high. Excellent career opportunities exist within multinational corporations, banks, private equity houses, insurance companies, asset management institutions, and government institutions like the central bank, office of the budget.
Master opleidingen
Bachelor opleidingen
Kerngegevens
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| Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam | Open dag | Voorlichtingsbijeenkomst deeltijdopleiding bachelor Filosofie | 2013-05-25 19:00:00 | 2013-05-25 21:00:00 | Meer info | Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam | |||
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| Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam | Open dag | Voorlichtingsbijeenkomst bacheloropleiding Filosofie van een Wetenschapsgebied | 2013-06-04 16:00:00 | 2013-06-04 17:30:00 | Meer info | Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam | |||
| Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam | Open dag | Informatieavond Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen voor Sociologie en Bestuurskunde | 2013-06-06 18:00:00 | 2013-06-06 21:30:00 | Meer info | Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam | |||
| Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam | Open dag | Bachelor Open Dag Zomer | 2013-06-20 09:30:00 | 2013-06-20 14:00:00 | Meer info | Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam | |||