INTRODUCTION

The Master’s Degree in International Finance has been designed in response to the current complexity of financial products and capital markets. The economic crisis we are currently experiencing has created a large demand for professionals with the technical training and knowledge needed to take part in the changes to come in the financial sector as well as in international accounting standards.

These changes imply the need for different auditing procedures and a new system to prevent and detect fraud. Above all, they have created the need for the figure of the financial analyst, a professional with new values and skills.

This Master’s Degree prepares students by means of an interactive, practical and highly specialized program.

On completion of the Master’s Degree, students will have acquired a global vision and a method of strategic thinking on financial issues, which will allow them to lead projects with the security of a strong knowledge base. Their skills will equip them in order to analyze scenarios in a competent manner, to direct the growth of a company and anticipate the needs for financial innovation. They will acquire the ability to make decisions and achieve results.

Student Profile

The Master’s Degree in International Finance is designed for professionals who wish to improve their financial knowledge and who are looking to strengthen their position on the subject of international financial management.

Objectives

Universidad Europea de Madrid and IEDE Business School have designed a Master’s Degree with the collaboration of highly-regarded experts in the financial sector, in order to offer students a practical and international vision of the new financial reality.

The international element of this course arises from its bilingual content, the contributions of internationally-renowned professors and a period of study abroad at the University of Liverpool. This familiarizes the students with various fiscal and legislative environments and, therefore, on completion of the Master’s Degree, all the students will be fully versed in the new instruments used in international finance, investments, and risk coverage (insurance, protection funds, reverse mortgage, securitization, etc.).

The students will be capable of assessing the performance of these instruments, making predictions, and estimating future risks of both companies and individual clients.

General Information:

• Due diligence and evaluation tools
• Corporate transactions
• IFRS - USAGAP
• Financial management in high risk markets
• Controller: guaranteed solvency and profit
• Key tools for international financial success
• New financial products in multi-market environments
• Foreign exchange markets: success in exchange management
• Strategies for large groups

UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS

• A Master’s Degree adapted to new educational methodologies and international requirements. The academic backing offered by Universidad Europea de Madrid, the program’s commitment to innovation, and our continuous adaptation to the European Higher Education Area make this a program with a vision towards the future, a fully international and accredited degree.
• A bilingual program (Spanish and English) to strengthen the communication skills used in the language of business. The program includes a semester taught entirely in English, which is complimented by an intensive module in Business English (optional) to help students achieve the compulsory level of English required by this Master’s Degree.
• An International Finance Week. A week of intensive studies in Liverpool that also includes visits to leading companies in the financial and stock markets with headquarters in England.
• A program specialized in finance, particularly in the different decision-making areas of the financial and currency markets. An eminently practical and interactive focus.
• The program includes external activities, attendance of seminars, corporate dynamics, and financial simulations in order to strengthen the practical focus of the Master’s Degree.
• The teaching staff is comprised of highly-regarded experts and professionals from Spain and overseas, who share their experiences with the students in a corporate environment.
• Includes the management of all types of corporate risks, not only aspects such as liquidity, but also techniques for financial reconstruction.
• Special emphasis is placed on corporate skills, values and ethics.

Our program has the advantage of the sponsorship and collaboration of leading groups: Gref, Deloitte and CMC Markets. These sponsorships and collaborations involve ensuring the program is always up-to-date and the participation in its teaching.

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The Master’s Degree in International Finance is aimed at all those professionals who wish to enhance their financial knowledge and who seek a professional boost towards a managerial position in international finance.

1. The goal is to provide students with the following:
1. A global vision and a strategic way of thinking in terms of finance that will enable them to lead projects with the security provided by a solid knowledge base.
2. Skills enabling them to competently analyze situations, drive corporate growth and anticipate the need for financial innovation and decision-making, while permanently focusing their objectives on the achievement of results.
3. The skills required for assessing their performance and providing forecasts about possible future risk for both the company and the client.
2.  This Master’s Degree familiarizes students with different legislative and fiscal environments so that upon graduation, they are well versed in the new instruments used in international finance, investment and risk coverage (insurance, hedge funds, structured products, inverse mortgages, securitization, etc.).