Best Masters in Economic Studies in Estonia 2017/2018. 2-year master's Actuarial and Financial Engineering programme prepares specialists for financial sector, banking and insurance industries in quantitative methods of risk assessment and hedging, providing knowledge and skills in two major areas - financial engineering and insurance mathematics. Why Actuarial and Financial Engineering? Special emphasis on applied mathematical models and quantitative methods. Only programme of this kind in the region, meeting EU educational standards in actuarial mathematics. Graduates are very competitive on national and international job market as analysts, actuaries and risk engineers. Knowledge, practical skills and competence needed to succeed in careers at banks, insurance companies, consulting, financial utilities and financial supervisory authorities. The teaching staff consists of highly qualified professors, who have also done extensive research and have international experience. Some of the lectures in the programme will be delivered by visiting international staff. All graduates can find jobs easily in Estonia and around the world. Graduates are welcome at: Banks and other financial institutions Insurance companies Financial departments of various companies Analytics departments of various companies Academic career and PhD studies The University of Tartu belongs to the TOP 1.2% of the world's best universities (QS and THE rankings). It is located in Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia, which is known as the Student Capital of Estonia. 13 000 students are enrolled at the University of Tartu, incl. 1300 international students. [-]

Master in Economy and Business Administration The programme will provide deeper knowledge in economy and business administration, forming specialists of strategic thinking. Persons having passed the curriculum will be capable to take motivated decisions in their professional activity. Our curricula provide broad-based foundation to understand the economical and business processes, enabling operating both as entrepreneur and employee, specialist in professional sphere or manager. Especial attention in those curricula has been accorded to those groups of subjects, which ensure knowledge about classical components of business administration: management of organisations, management of marketing and accounting and financial management. A specialist of such training is needed by every organisation, independent of area of activities and independent of whether we are dealing with a private company, state or municipal agency. Application can be found in the area of general management, financial management and marketing. The scope of activities of the persons having passed the curriculum as an entrepreneur or specialist can be expanded by directions of curricula we provide: management of culture and management of tourism in professional higher education programme and ecological entrepreneurship and the EU entrepreneurship in Master study programme. Development of such directions characteristic to modernity in our training is possible, by use of synergistic effect of cooperation of departments of our higher school. Members of our faculty have, besides high academic qualification, also the practical management and entrepreneurial experience in Estonian economy. It makes our curricula attractive, inculcating knowledge and skills demanded in real work. Development of student’s creative potential... [-]