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Quantitative finance

Master of Science (MSc) in Business Administration

Programme objective

In recent years, the demand for employees with knowledge of quantitative finance has steadily increased at banks, insurance companies and consulting firms. This applies in particular to the development of new financial products as well as risk and asset management. This specialisation, the combination of which with the
This specialisation, which is recommended to be combined with the "Financing" specialisation, focuses primarily on the concrete calculation of risks and prices of financial instruments. The aim of the programme is to be able to act as a bridge between management and more quantitatively oriented departments within the company.

Teaching

  • Derivative financial instruments
  • Financial Engineering

Optional

  • Credit Risk Management
  • Applied Financial Econometrics
  • Methods of econometrics
  • Investment and Asset Management
  • Financial Management
  • Advanced questions of financing
  • Financial risk management

Research

  • Credit derivatives
  • Quantitative risk management
  • Financial innovations

1 Prof. Dr. Gregor Dorfleitner
2 Prof. Dr. Klaus Röder
3 Prof. Dr. Rolf Tschernig
4 Prof. Dr. Alfred Hamerle
5 Prof. Dr. Steffen Sebastian

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