International Master's in Finance
Education objectives
Your international
career starts here with the 11th best Master's in Finance in the world –
recognized by the Financial Times!
If you ambition to brave the globe and dive into the realm of finance, this Master's was designed for you. Are you ready to perform higher than most?
It is a highly
selective 3- Semester Master’s Program that provides students with the tools,
concepts, and training to succeed in an international context:
In Year 1 (first and
second semester), students follow the Master’s in Finance Curriculum and
benefit from an exclusive and personalized support from a dedicated Nova SBE
Career team to prepare their career abroad. Exclusive language Courses of
Portuguese and Spanish are also offered.
In Year 2 (third
Semester), students complete their Master’s Thesis by developing a consulting
project (Field Lab) with an international scope.
The
International Master’s in Finance (IMF) is designed for bachelor’s
students who want to have an international career after their
master’s program and ambition a fast career progression in the financial area.
Information available >> https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/masters/international-masters-in-finance/program
General characterization
DGES code
M799
Cicle
Master (2nd Cycle)
Degree
Master
Access to other programs
Coordinator
Profª. Catherine da Silveira
Opening date
Available soon
Vacancies
https://www2.novasbe.unl.pt/en/about-us/quality
Fees
Information available >> https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/masters/international-masters-in-finance/fees-funding
Schedule
Full-time and on-campus
Teaching language
English
Degree pre-requisites
The Masters
have a minimum duration of 3 semesters of instruction, including a curriculum
and a Work Project (thesis).
The maximum period for the completion of the masters are 6 academic semesters
after the admission to the master's degree. For obtaining the master's
degree it is required to complete a minimum of 90 ECTS, being the maximum of
120 ECTS, which decompose in:
Curriculum:
disciplines in a minimum of 60 ECTS (*);
Approval of
Work Project: 30 ECTS.
A maximum of 35 ECTS in courses are allowed per semester. During the Work
Project Semester, students are allowed to enroll in a maximum of 14 ECTS in
courses.
Master's courses (**) are worth the following number of credits:
Full courses
(duration of a semester): 7 ECTS
Half courses (half semester): 3.5 ECTS
Career Program: 2 ECTS in skills development modules
(*) Students need to take 35 ECTS in electives, which can be chosen from the courses list available.
(**) Courses on offer are subject to change.
Information available >> https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/masters/international-masters-in-finance/program
Conditions of admittance
Information available >> https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/apply/masters/admission
Evaluation rules
Available soon.
Information available >> https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/masters/international-masters-in-finance/program
Structure
| Fall | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 2206 | Banking | 7 |
| 2658 | Career Program | 2 |
| 2237 | Financial Econometrics | 7 |
| 2253 | Corporate Finance | 7 |
| 2477 | Introduction to Programming | 7 |
| 2229 | Investments | 7 |
| 2165 | Microeconometrics | 7 |
| Spring | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 2220 | Entrepreneurial Finance & Venture Capital | 7 |
| 2658 | Career Program | 2 |
| 2232 | Applied Corporate Finance | 7 |
| 2168 | Macroeconometrics | 7 |
| Fall 1st Half | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 2489 | Data Curation | 3.5 |
| 2578 | Mastering Your Career | 2 |
| 2217 | Corporate Governance | 3.5 |
| 2277 | Impact Investments | 3.5 |
| 2233 | Macroeconomics of Financial Markets | 3.5 |
| 2254 | Strategic Marketing | 3.5 |
| 2269 | Empirical Methods for Finance | 3.5 |
| 2270 | Financial Modeling | 3.5 |
| 2238 | Financial Reporting | 3.5 |
| Fall 2nd Half | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 2243 | Real Estate Finance | 3.5 |
| 2257 | Futures and Options | 3.5 |
| 2172 | Numerical Methods and MatLab | 3.5 |
| 2156 | Seminar on Current Economic and Financial Issues | 3.5 |
| 2491 | Data Visualization | 3.5 |
| Spring 1st Half | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 2222 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3.5 |
| 2215 | Auditing | 3.5 |
| 2239 | Corporate Valuation | 3.5 |
| 2412 | Managerial Accounting | 3.5 |
| 2218 | Derivatives | 3.5 |
| 2272 | Financial Econometrics | 3.5 |
| 2193 | Behavioral Economics and Finance | 3.5 |
| 2273 | Fintech Ventures | 3.5 |
| 2214 | Asset Management | 3.5 |
| 2225 | Risk Management | 3.5 |
| 2497 | Models and Decision-Making | 3.5 |
| 2494 | Computational Thinking and Data Science (includes Applied Statistics) | 3.5 |
| 2248 | Fixed Income | 3.5 |
| 2364 | Venture Simulation | 3.5 |
| 2278 | Sustainable Finance | 3.5 |
| Spring 2nd Half | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 2440 | Big Data Analysis | 3.5 |
| 2235 | Credit Risk | 3.5 |
| 2276 | Financial Distress, Bankruptcy and Restructuring | 3.5 |
| 2169 | Financial Crises in History | 3.5 |
| 2197 | Advanced Behavioral Economics and Finance | 3.5 |
| 2261 | Energy Finance | 3.5 |
| 2279 | Islamic Finance | 3.5 |
| 2226 | Hedge Funds | 3.5 |
| 2204 | Mergers, Acquisitions and Reestructuring | 3.5 |
| 2439 | Management Control Systems | 3.5 |
| 2240 | Financial Intermediation | 3.5 |
| 2236 | Private Equity | 3.5 |
| 2495 | Continuous, Adaptive, Data-driven systems | 3.5 |