Banking and Finance

The Master's Programme Banking and Finance is intended to provide students with the abilities to fulfill demanding tasks, particularly in companies in the finance sector.

The content of the master's programme focuses on both necessary theoretical fundamentals and on the conditions for the implementation and applicability of scientific knowledge. The degree program is held in English.

Students of the master's program acquire the following skills:

• Solid knowledge of quantitative methods for financial issues
• The ability to treat scientific issues independently
• The ability to apply scientific knowledge to practical problems
• Reflective consideration and application of acquired abilities

First Semester

• Principles of Financial Economics and Financial Intermediation 
• Financial Reporting
• Derivatives
• Methods of Empirical Finance
• Principles of Mathematical Finance

Second Semester

• Corporate Finance
• Asset Allocation and Wealth Management
• Market Efficiency
• Management of Financial Institutions
• Applied Empirical Finance
• Ethical and Methodological Aspects in Banking and Finance

Third Semester

• 6 Elective Modules

Fourth Semester

• Master’s Thesis 
• Research Colloquium for Master Thesis

Elective Module

• Corporate Valuation 
• Portfolio Optimization and Management 
• Applied Behavioral Finance 
• Experimental Finance 
• Applied Risk Management 
• Information Economics 
• International Finance 
• Real Options 
• Market Microstructure 
• Financial Regulation 
• Theoretical Corporate Finance 
• Fixed Income 
• Complexity in Financial Markets 
• History of Finance 
• Current Topics in Banking and Finance 
• Special Topics in International Accounting  
• Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting 
• Current Topics of Information Systems, Especially Social Aspects of Information Systems 
• Ethics in Organizations 
• Gender, Work and Organization 
• Art, Culture, and Expert Organizations 
• HRM and Organization 
• Organizational Communication and Governance 
• Current Issues in Theory and Practice of Organizations 
• Econometrics 
• Game Theory 
• Entrepreneurship 
• Marketing Performance Management 
• Current Topics in Strategy & Marketing 
• Creativity & Change Management 
• Human Relation Management (I): Intercultural Human Resource Development 
• Human Relation Management (II); Employment-Oriented Consulting 
• Interdisciplinary Skills 

Requirements

• Completed a bachelor's degree in a relevant related field.
• Transcript of records including number of ECTS-Credits completed,
• Curriculum vitae,
• Proof of German language ability (level B2)

as well as (originals or officially certified copies):

• Notice (“Bescheid”) confirming awarding of bachelor’s degree,
• Diploma certificate,
• Examination certificate,
• Diploma Supplement
• Transcript (list of examinations completed).

Scholarships

• Erasmus+