Global Finance and Economics Goethe Business School

Overview

Professionals in today’s financial markets and economic analysis encounter numerous complex challenges. 

Key Features

The Global Finance and Economics program at Goethe Business School addresses these challenges directly by:

• offering comprehensive training in advanced finance methods, microeconomic theory, monetary economics, international macroeconomics, econometrics, data science, and programming, consequently providing its participants with the tools and methodologies needed to tackle current and future challenges in global finance and economic analysis.
• combining academic rigor with a focus on current financial and economic policy challenges while fostering communication, teamwork, and leadership skills.
• including insights from leading financial market practitioners and economic analysts through its faculty.

• offering participants the chance to gain international experience through the optional "Experience Frankfurt" module, with an opportunity to conduct in-depth academic research at Goethe University for their Master’s thesis.

• select a state-of-the-art modeling approach that is conducive to the question being addressed
• successfully apply the selected modeling approach
• assess the substantive value of the results obtained based on the selected modeling approach
• craft concise analyses and give structured and well-reasoned presentations
• Graduates will be well-equipped to drive crisis-resilient financial markets and sustainable economic development. They will be highly competitive for roles in the financial industry, including positions at banks, insurance firms, regulatory bodies, or economic analysis positions. Alternatively, they may pursue advanced research in top Ph.D. programs in Economics or Finance at leading institutions like Goethe University or other prestigious universities in Europe and North America.