The purpose of this profile is to give the student a broad and profound knowledge and understanding of central financial questions faced by corporations, households, and, more broadly, the financial sector. The student obtains a particular deep insight in key fields such as risk and portfolio management, pricing on financial markets (e.g. stocks, bonds, and derivatives).Furthermore, the student will gain insight into strategic issues related to financing and investment decisions in a firm including analysis of incentive problems and consequences for management, shareholders and creditors. The constituent compulsory courses provide a profound understanding of central financial issues as well as the methods and models employed to analyze these.
The profile is targeted students who seek employment in the financial sector or in organizations in which financial methods are applied. The students seeking enrolment should have strong analytical skills in order to develop advanced models for solving problems occurring in the financial sector. Thus, the students are prepared to understand and apply contemporary and future results from research in financial economics, as well as to implement financial models supporting decisions in the financial sector and in other organizations facing financial decision issues.
General competences for the Economics profiles:
The master's programme in Economics, cand.oecon., provides knowledge based on the highest international research within the profile area. MSc graduates in Economics are able to understand and on a scientific basis reflect on this knowledge as well as identify relevant scientific problems.
MSc graduates in Economics are able to work independently and with a systematic, goal-oriented and analytical approach to solve various problems, both individually and in collaboration with others. MSc graduates in Economics are able to structure their own learning and are capable of seeking and adapting new knowledge acquired from national and international sources.