Master in Financial Engineering

Program content

• Customer Value Proposition
• Risk management: risk analysis, risk sensitiveness, risk assessment, and risk rating
• Machine learning for risk and asset management
• Financial technologies: financial prototyping & modelling with python
• Safety & security in IT systems (e.g. computational models to predict returns and to solve quant finance problems with modern software)
• Analysis of projects regarding the associated information, service and finance products used from the innovation to the product launch and after
• Asset management & optimal investment portfolios
• Derivatives: sensitivity analyses, static & dynamic trading strategies

Modules

The content of the Master Program is divided into 10 modules:

5 Management Modules presents broader knowledge in management know-how and 5 Engineering Modules provides deeper knowledge in technological topics.

Crash Courses

• Electrical Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics
• Probability & Statistics

We highly recommend all applicants to participate in the courses to update their technical knowledge, as it might be the crucial factor for a successful degree at HECTOR School.

Engineering Modules

• Digital Platforms
• Global Financial Markets
• Valuation & Financial Analytics
• Advanced Financial Engineering
• Risk Management

Management Modules

• Marketing & Information
• Finance & Value
• Decisions & Risk
• Innovation & Projects
• Strategy & People

Knowing the Right Answer

After running through the Financial Engineering Master program you will have answers to vital questions like:

• Should company X manufacture product Y?
• Should company X build a warehouse in Z?
• How does a delay change the value of the project?

Making Better Decisions

Understand projects strategically helps to make better decisions:

• Learn which decisions need to be taken in order to leverage the value of the company/product.
• Recognize the strategy behind the project and understand the big picture
• Know what mergers, acquisitions and changes mean and how you can influence the consequences.
• Create compelling evaluation systems and key figures to present your project, your department and yourself the best.

The right decision: With this master, the program prepares you are prepared for a vibrant future!

Target group

Professionals working in financial product-oriented service sectors, e.g.:

• Investment and private banks
• Corporate departments in the industry
• Insurance companies

Career perspectives

Assessing and controlling different types of risks are key responsibilities in companies as well as in the financial sector. The quality of risk management processes is a crucial factor in the success or failure of the business. Increasingly complex financial products, various regulations and the enormous importance of information technology have created a great challenge both to financial and non-financial companies.