Organizations of all sizes and industries, from large multinational firms to small/medium enterprises, manufacturers to investment banks, governmental agencies to nonprofit institutions, are all involved with and affected by the financial markets. They need finance professionals to help them achieve success. Asset managers and financial analysts must navigate volatile markets. Firms and nonprofits must meet funding requirements. Governmental agencies define and enforce market regulation. The financial world of today demands expert knowledge with a global perspective - exactly what you get from us.

The Oulu Business School of the University of Oulu organises a two-year Master Programme in Finance (MF) that will provide students with the skills and knowledge required by the various organisations that operate in the modern financial world. The next programme will start in the end of August 2014.

The Master Programme

The Master Programme in Finance offers you a full two years of intensive studies that provide you with wide knowledge on asset pricing, portfolio management and portfolio performance evaluation, corporate finance and financial econometrics. The courses are specially designed to provide students with deeper knowledge of all the most important fields of finance. In addition, the courses familiarise you with a number of different research methods used in financial analysis.

The MF programme provides a master´s degree of high international standards. The programme is designed for students with different university level backgrounds. As a minimum precondition, an applicant needs to have an appropriate Bachelor´s (or similar) degree. The quantitative nature of the MF  ideally suits those who have studied business, economics, natural sciences or engineering. MF is specially designed to provide students with a strong background for scientific research.

Contact information

Programme Director: Professor Jukka Perttunen
Inquiries: admissions.officer(at)oulu.fi

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See programme description according to ECTS criteria.