Master’s programme 'Strategic Corporate Finance'
This two-year master's programme is designed for those who want to gain a deep understanding of finance and its many applications. While the focus is on corporate finance, the programme also covers macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, validation and financial modelling, asset pricing, venture capital, value-based management, behavioural finance, and more. Graduates of the programme work at leading consulting groups, investment banks, M&A advisory firms, and investment funds in Moscow and in other major international finance capitals. Some pursue careers as strategy consultants, buy-side analysts, and portfolio managers, while others develop their own businesses, conduct academic research, or work as CFOs in real sector companies.
Key Advantages
Our master's programme is meant for those who want to gain a deep understanding of finance, while simultaneously obtaining broad professional vision. The key focus of the SCF programme is corporate finance. Our program provides a unique combination of deep knowledge of modern financial theories and essential practical skills, thereby equipping our graduates with competitve advantage in the market.
At the same time, the programme is built in such a way that it allows students to gain a broad spectrum of knowledge in other areas of finance and economics as well. Aside from corporate finance, our students study macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, asset pricing, venture capital, value-based management, behavioural finance, and much more. Our graduates work in consulting and at leading investment banks, M&A advisory firms, and investment funds. Some become strategy consultants, and others – buy-side analysts and portfolio managers. Some develop their own business, conduct academic research, or build a career as a CFO in companies of the real sector. Our alumni live mostly in Moscow or London, but there are also those who have gone to New York, Amsterdam, Berlin, and even Sydney.
Agenda
The Strategic Corporate Finance programme is taught by leading Russian academics, visiting international professors, and finance practitioners from major global companies. Students gain qualitative theoretical knowledge that will open a broad range of future professional opportunities, as well as practical skills that will set them apart from other candidates in the early steps of their careers. Core courses in macroeconomics, microeconomics, corporate finance, risk management, and corporate governance give students a strong foundation in finance theory, principles, and methods. A variety of practice-oriented courses in business valuation, M&A deals, financial modelling, and venture capital, for example, are carried out with the help of staff from KPMG, EY, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and other consulting firms and financial specialists with extensive experience in emerging markets.
Research Opportunities
The programme is unique in that it is a financial programme where learning is closely intertwined with the work of a research centre – the Corporate Finance Laboratory, which was created in 2006. Over the course of two years, students are given a broad range of unique academic opportunities. Eight years ago, the co-founder of the SCF programme, Tenured Professor Irina Ivashkovskaya, created the journal Corporate Finance. Several dozen of the journal’s articles were written by graduates of our programme (see cfjournal.hse.ru). Publishing in a peer-reviewed journal is an excellent opportunity to display the quality of your education to an employer.
Requirements
a) Passport - required
b) Abstract of your undergraduate thesis - if you completed one as part of the honor program or a graduation requirement
c) Diplomas and academic transcripts (if you have not yet received your Bachelor’s diploma, please include an official copy of your most recent academic transcript) - required
d) Letter of motivation (describing your reasons for applying in the context of your long-term career goals and background, 500 words) - required
e) Resume/CV (including information about your education, professional, and research experience, as well as language proficiency and other skills) - required
f) Exam results confirming language proficiency - required for those whose native tongue is not English and they did not complete undergraduate program in an English speaking country
g) Letters of recommendation - required for scholarship consideration
h) GRE or GMAT test scores are highly advisable
b) Abstract of your undergraduate thesis - if you completed one as part of the honor program or a graduation requirement
c) Diplomas and academic transcripts (if you have not yet received your Bachelor’s diploma, please include an official copy of your most recent academic transcript) - required
d) Letter of motivation (describing your reasons for applying in the context of your long-term career goals and background, 500 words) - required
e) Resume/CV (including information about your education, professional, and research experience, as well as language proficiency and other skills) - required
f) Exam results confirming language proficiency - required for those whose native tongue is not English and they did not complete undergraduate program in an English speaking country
g) Letters of recommendation - required for scholarship consideration
h) GRE or GMAT test scores are highly advisable
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