FULL-TIME MASTER MASTER OF FINANCE LEARN HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND USE COMPLEX QUANTITATIVE MODELS TO SOLVE REAL FINANCIAL PROBLEMS IN TODAY S GLOBAL MARKET
COMBINE FINANCE THEORY WITH PRACTICAL SKILLS AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES INTEGRATED WITH A HANDS-ON BUSINESS PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACH. This specialized program will equip anyone with a business or economics background with a thorough knowledge of the theory and concepts of all major areas of financial management and their strategic implementation, combined with a skillset ranging from global finance decision-making to portfolio management and derivative pricing. You will be trained in computer applications that will be useful to you in all kinds of financial positions and sectors and will give you the practical tools to make an effective link between complex financial models and their implementation as solutions for real-life financial problems. OBTAIN A DUAL DEGREE: TWO MASTER DEGREES IN 12 MONTHS MASTER OF FINANCE (ANTWERP): A 10-month program that provides you with a strong background in analytical and practical decision-making and an understanding of mechanics and language of empirical finance used in global financial markets. MASTER OF SCIENCE IN GLOBAL FINANCE (NEW YORK): After completing the 10-month Master of Finance in Antwerp, you can qualify for a second degree at Fordham Graduate School of Business in New York during the summer. The Master of Science in Global Finance consists out of 10 courses, for which students that have been admitted to the AMS Master of Finance get 4 waivers. To obtain the dual degree at Fordham, students will have to follow four extra compulsory modules at Antwerp, and then complete 3 further courses at Fordham during the summer period. ANTWERP ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NEW YORK FORDHAM GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
GET A COMPETITIVE EDGE IN THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL LABOR MARKET The combination of a solid and broad academic framework with a varied offering of specific practical skills can give you the edge you need to pursue analyst-level or associate-level positions in investment banking, investment management, financial consulting, diversified financial services, private equity, asset management and more. This program combines a general finance background with quantitative theories and their implication, enabling you to understand and work with a broad range of professionals in the world of finance. GET REAL VALUE FOR MONEY This program offers an insightful, high-quality education by working intensively with a small group of students, a dedicated faculty and a premium selection of guest speakers from the finance industry. BECOME PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK By working with people from all over the planet and studying in both Antwerp and New York, you become part of an international professional network. AFTER GRADUATION Students have gone on to work as a Financial Reporting Professional, Financial Services Representative, Risk Analyst, Performance Analyst, Financial Management Trainee, Investment Officer, Consultant, Financial Controller, Foreign Exchange Dealer, etc. Companies that have incorporated our alumni into their professional team include: Alliance International, Atlas Copco, Capco, Deloitte, Econopolis, TD Securities, UBS AG, Zanders, etc. PROF. DR. JOHAN SMITH Case Seminar in Corporate Finance - South Africa This diversity of the Master of Finance students brings a powerful dynamic to the classroom in the truly international setting of Antwerp and provides a necessary ingedrient of a worldclass offering, where finance today has become so globally integrated. The presentation and composition of the program has been finely tuned to the needs of the investment and banking industry where so many of the AMS students pursue successful careers after completion of the Masters in Finance. CAS DE BRUIJN Alumnus 2013-2014 The Netherlands Incoming Global Financial Markets Trainee @ Rabobank I look back at this year as one where I had to work hard, with the resulting sense of great achievement. By being taught by professors with a large amount of experience in the finance industry, the Master of Finance gave me the necessary knowledge and skills required to start a career in Finance.
PROF. DR. MARC DE CEUSTER Academic Director Bridging a solid theoretical background with hands-on practice, you gain expertise in risk management, asset management and global finance, directly applicable to your future professional career. CURRICULUM CREDITS SEPTEMBER- DECEMBER Computer Applications in Finance 4 Case Seminar in Corporate Finance I 6 Empirical Research in Finance 6 Global Financial Markets I 3 JANUARY - MARCH Global Financial Markets II 3 Advanced Investment Analysis 6 Advanced Financial Risk Management 4 Raising Capital and Investing in Global Financial Markets 6 APRIL - JUNE Contemporary Issues in Global Finance 4 Real Estate Finance 3 Master Project 15 TOTAL 60 DUAL DEGREE (OPTIONAL) MASTER OF SCIENCE IN GLOBAL FINANCE - FORDHAM GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Students applying for the Master of Science in Global Finance at Fordham Graduate School of Business (New York, USA) will have to follow four extra sessions at Antwerp Management School: A module dealing with FOREX in GFM I A simulation game included in GFM II A module discussing issue procedures of financial instruments in RCEM A module concerning the organization of asset management in CIF JULY AUGUST 2016 After a successful graduation in Antwerp, the students will take on three courses in New York City over the summer: Global Equity Portfolio Management 7 Global Corporate Governance 7 Global Risk Management 7
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