Overview

The Master in Finance and Data Analytics (MFDA) from Charles University takes a data-driven approach to the analysis of financial markets and organisational information covering key theoretical principles of finance, financial modeling and financial markets to prepare students for a dynamic career in finance, banking and a range of other sectors.

Programme's graduates will gain quantitative, statistical and technical skills crucial for modern finance and will have the expertise to independently define and creatively solve broad variety of theoretical as well as practical problems.

Courses are taught both by faculty members of the Institute of Economic Studies (IES) and external professionals from international institutions, central banks and financial industry.

Lecturers put emphasis on detailed and advanced knowledge of both financial theory and applied financial methods, with focus on computational aspects of the methods. In particular, courses include Big Data analysis, modern approaches to asset pricing using statistical learning, understanding of financial instruments, advanced econometrics, behavioral finance and time series analysis.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Financial Markets

Financial Econometrics

Data Processing in Python

Advanced Econometrics
Data Science with R

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-30 00:00:00
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More details

Preliminary deadline: 30. 6. 2024
Extended deadline: 31. 8. 2024

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

83

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Economics Finance Data Science & Big Data View 10 other Masters in Finance in Czech Republic

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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83

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Other requirements

General requirements

In addition to the application form, every applicant needs to provide the following documents:

Copy of a diploma to show completed Bachelor (or higher) studies or confirmation that ongoing Bachelor studies will be completed in the current academic year
Transcript of records and academic results from previous studies
Structured CV
Motivation letter
Document showing the level of English proficiency
Letter(s) of recommendation (references).
Confirmation of studies may be substituted with a transcript of records, provided that these are from the same academic year as the application.

Tuition Fee

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International

7000 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 7000 EUR per year during 24 months.
EU/EEA

7000 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 7000 EUR per year during 24 months.

Living costs for Prague

15441 - 26241 CZK /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Aside from scholarships administered by our faculty and other options, applicants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Zambia and Belarus (democratic forces) may apply for a Czech Government Scholarship - Developing Countries that fully covers tuition fees of selected Master’s study programs and provides subsidies for health insurance and living expenses in Czechia.

You can find more information on this on our Scholarships and Tuition Fees website.

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