Master's Programme Banking and Finance
Curriculum (2024W)
Master of Science
Duration/ECTS-Credits
4 semesters/120 ECTS-Credits
Mode of Study
Full-time
Language
English
Requirements
Relevant bachelor's degree/equivalent and Language Certificates
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Management
Qualification Level
Master (Second Cycle)
ISCED-11: Level 7, EQF/NQF: Level 7
ISCED-F
0412 Finance, Banking and Insurance
Study Code
UC 066 974
Application
It is recommended to commence the programme in the winter semester in order to avoid study delays.
The curriculum is the basis of a degree programme. A look at the curriculum for the Master's Programme Banking and Finance will give you a detailed overview of the structure, content, examination regulations and qualification profile of this Master's degree.
The curriculum can clarify several important questions before you start your studies. For example, which criteria have to be fulfilled for enrolment in the Master's Programme Banking and Finance, how long the programme takes, which modules have to be completed and much more.
The curriculum 2024W currently applies to the Master's Programme Banking and Finance.
Information on the Curriculum (2024W)
The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.
In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies
available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current curriculum version
Requirements
Relevant bachelor's resp. diploma degrees at the University of Innsbruck:
- Bachelor's Programme Management and Economics
- Bachelor's Programme International Economics and Business Studies
- Diploma Programme International Economic and Business Studies
Proof of general university entrance qualification:
The general university entrance qualification for admission to a master's programme must be proven by the completion of a subject-related bachelor's programme, another subject-related programme of at least the same higher education level at a recognised domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution, or a program defined in the curriculum of the master's programme. To compensate for significant differences in subject matter, supplementary examinations (maximum 30 ECTS credits) may be prescribed, which must be taken by the end of the second semester of the master's programme. The rectorate may determine which of these supplementary examinations are prerequisites for taking examinations provided for in the curriculum of the master's programme.
The following qualitative admission requirements according to § 63a Para 1 Universities Act also apply:
- 10 ECTS-equivalents in the areas of economics, mathematics and/or statistics
- 10 ECTS-equivalents in the areas of investment and financing, bank management, financial management or risk management
- In the winter semester 2024/2025, a fundamentally revised curriculum for the Master’s programme Banking and Finance will come into force. The Master's programme Banking and Finance and all other English-language Master's programmes at the Faculty of Business and Management have been fundamentally revised. The courses now include a more flexible range of (research) topics. One change is that the Master’s programme Banking and Finance and all English-language Master's programmes now have as an additional qualitative admission requirement a GMAT with at least 550 points or GMAT Focus with at least 525 points.
For graduates of the Faculty of Business and Management at the University of Innsbruck, the GMAT is waived for an overall grade between 1.0 and 2.8. This admission requirement holds in addition to the existing requirement of 10 ECTS-equivalents in the areas of investment and financing, bank management, financial management or risk management.
Recommended Course Sequence (in progress)
The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.
The standard duration of the study programme is 4 semesters or 120 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Principles of Financial Economics and Financial Intermediation
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Financial Reporting
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Derivatives
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Methods of Empirical Finance
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Principles of Mathematical Finance
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Corporate Finance
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Asset Allocation and Wealth Management
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Market Efficiency
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Management of Financial Institutions
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Applied Empirical Finance
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Ethical and Methodological Aspects in Banking and Finance
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module (1+2)
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module (1+2)
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module (1+2)
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module (1+2)
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module (1+2)
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module (1+2)
25.0 ECTS-Credits: Master’s Thesis
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Research Colloquium for Master Thesis
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Corporate Valuation
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Portfolio Optimization and Management
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Applied Behavioral Finance
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Experimental Finance
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Applied Risk Management
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Information Economics
5.0 ECTS-Credits: International Finance
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Real Options
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Market Microstructure
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Financial Regulation
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Theoretical Corporate Finance
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Fixed Income
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Complexity in Financial Markets
5.0 ECTS-Credits: History of Finance
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Current Topics in Banking and Finance
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Special Topics in International Accounting
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Current Topics of Information Systems, Especially Social Aspects of Information Systems
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Ethics in Organizations
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Gender, Work and Organization
10.0 ECTS-Credits>: Art, Culture, and Expert Organizations
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Management of Employment Relationshipgs: Current Topics
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Organizational Communication and Governance
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Current Issues in Theory and Practice of Organizations
7.5 ECTS-Credits: Econometrics
7.5 ECTS-Credits: Game Theory
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Entrepreneurship
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Marketing Performance Management
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Current Topics in Strategy & Marketing
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Creativity & Change Management
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Human Relation Management (I): Intercultural Human Resource Development
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Human Relation Management (II); Employment-Oriented Consulting
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Interdisciplinary Skills
(1) Two elective modules totalling 15 ECTS-Credits from the catalogue § 7 Para 2 have to be completed.
(2) One elective module totalling 15 ECTS-Credits from the catalogue § 7 Para 3 has to be completed.
| Semester | ECTS-AP | Titel |
|---|---|---|
Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading
Examination regulations
The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.
The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian grading scheme | Definition | %-age | ||
| 1 | EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance | 38.2 | = 100% | |
| 2 | GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors | 39.5 | ||
| 3 | SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors | 15.6 | ||
| 4 | SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum criteria | 6.7 | ||
| 5 | INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work |
December 2021
Overall classification of the qualification
Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).
Forms
- Application for the Master's Thesis (inclusive english translation)
- Cover Sheet for the Master's Thesis
- Submission of the Master's Thesis (inclusive english translation)
- To block a thesis (inclusive english translation)
Recognitions (in German only)
Contact and Information
Examination Office
Location Universitätsstraße 15
Associate Dean of Studies
Mag. Mag. Matthias STEFAN, PhD
Dean of Studies
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Mike Peters