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Quantitative finance and Actuarial Sciences

graduate study programme

Duration of study 2 years (4 semesters)
Scope of ECTS 120 ECTS
Study status full-time
Degree Master of Science (M.Sc.) - second cycle graduate in Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Sciences

1. year

1. semester TYPE ECTS
Probability and Statistics 9 10
Asset Pricing Theory 9 10
Financial Institutions Accounting 9 10
2. semester TYPE ECTS
Time-Series and Panel Data Econometrics 10 8
Valuation of Financial Derivatives 10 8
Contract Theory in Finance and Insurance 10 7
**ELECTIVE COURSE 13 7

2. year

3. semester TYPE ECTS
*Risk Management / *Risk Modeling in Insurance 11 8
*Empirical Finance / *Life and Pension Insurance 11 8
MASTER THESIS DISPOSITION   14
4. semester TYPE ECTS
*Quantitative Behavioral Finance / *Non-life Insurance 11 7
**ELECTIVE COURSE 13 7
MASTER THESIS   16

* The student selects one set of courses type 11:
Set 1 (Quantitative Finance) - Risk Management, Empirical Finance and Quantitative Behavioural Finance
or
Set 2 (Actuarial Sciences) - Risk Modeling in Insurance, Life and Pension insurance and Non-life Insurance.

** Students may choose any elective course within the UL SEB or any other higher education institution which is properly accredited and has at least 7 ECTS and it is a course within second cycle programme.

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