Financial Theory
Course, Master's level, 2NE831
Autumn 2023 Autumn 2023, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English Only available as part of a programme
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 28 August 2023–1 November 2023
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Also required is 60 credits in economics and 15 credits in statistics (or a closely related subject).
- Application deadline
- 17 April 2023
- Application code
- UU-22500
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 27 July 2023–27 August 2023
- Information on registration from the department
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English Only available as part of a programme
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 2 September 2024–5 November 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Also required is 60 credits in economics and 15 credits in statistics (or a closely related subject).
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2024
- Application code
- UU-22500
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 26 July 2024–1 September 2024
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
The course offers an in depth study of the quantitative aspects of financial markets. This includes analysis of properties of various financial assets including derivative securities, analysis of portfolios created from these assets and structure of interest rates as well as basic techniques of risk management. Moreover, the financial behaviour of companies will be investigated together with different models of optimisation of their capital structure.