Subjects in MA Banking and Finance

The Master program in Banking and Finance provides a comprehensive understanding of the world of banking and financial markets, building on the fundamentals acquired in the Bachelor's program.

The Master's program focuses on five main topics:

• Banking: In Banking, students take an in-depth look at the structure and functioning of credit institutions.
• Corporate Finance: In Corporate Finance, students deal with corporate finance and investment economics.
• Financial Economics: Financial Economics deals with resource allocation and pricing in capital and financial markets.
• Quantitative Finance: Quantitative Finance deals with the analysis of topics relevant to financial markets using methods of applied mathematics.
• Sustainable Finance: Sustainability and responsibility in banking and finance are becoming increasingly important.

The Sustainable Finance Minor offers an in-depth understanding of the financial market's role in sustainability. It also covers various modules related to sustainability and responsibility.

Fundamentals:

• Environmental and Financial Sustainability
• Sustainable Investing
• Microfinance and Impact Investing
• Sustainable Finance and Networks
• Empirical Methods in Sustainable Banking
• Advanced Sustainability Economics [ETHZ]

The following modules take up selected aspects of sustainability and responsibility:

• Corporate Governance
• Climate change and finance: metrics to assess risks and opportunities
• Global Poverty and Economic Development
• Literature, Economics and History: Illiteratus Homo Oeconomicus?
• Philosophy of Science
• Corporate Risk and Resilience - how future leaders can navigate the risk landscape
• Ethics, Sustainability and Financial Markets
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• The modules Corporate Finance and Continuous Time Quantitative Finance address individual aspects of sustainability and responsibility.