In comparison to other master programs in economics and finance currently offered in Vietnam, the M.Sc. in Global Finance and Economics program stands out as a rigorous master program comprehensively incorporating quantitative and analytical insights from modern research. Among the key characteristics of the program’s offerings are:
- the courses are taught by faculty members who are actively involved in frontier research in finance, economics and econometrics, complemented by course offerings from top-profile practitioners for the practice topics courses,
- teaching quality is considered of utmost importance, and is incentivized inter alia through "Excellence in Teaching Awards",
- courses and seminars involve an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating insights from econometrics, finance, macroeconomics and microeconomics, and in a number of cases also integrating transdisciplinary insights by also drawing on computer science, history, mathematics, political science, psychology, sociology and other disciplines,
- courses and seminars involve in-person, within-classroom interaction between students and faculty complemented by e-learning elements, the latter also for pre-course preparation and post-course follow-up.
The learning goals of the M.Sc. in Global Finance and Economics program ensure that graduates are able to (in the areas of global financial markets and economic analysis) to
- select a state-of-the-art modeling approach that is conducive for the question being addressed;
- successfully apply the selected modeling approach;
- assess the substantive value of the results obtained on the basis of the selected modeling approach;
- craft concise and insightful analyses; and
- give structured and well-reasoned presentations.
Graduates’ expertise will allow them to contribute to the crisis-resilient development of financial markets and to sustainable economic development at large. The program will enable them to be in a highly competitive position for rewarding jobs in the financial industry and in economic analysis, inter alia at commercial and investment banks, insurance companies, brokerage firms, mortgage companies, central banks, finance ministries, regulatory authorities, legislative bodies and international organizations. Some program graduates may alternatively choose to pursue academic research in top-notch structured Ph.D. Programs in Economics or in Finance, such as those offered by the Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management at Goethe University, or a number of other highly reputed institutions in Europe or Northern America.