Economics and Finance

Overview

By the time you graduate from the Economics and Finance programme at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University  , you will have:

• a solid understanding of core and advanced principles, theories and models relevant to finance and financial management

• the ability to explain, understand and apply statistical and econometric techniques and their application to the analysis of financial information and data

• knowledge of portfolio selection, risk and risk management, and the macroeconomic context of international financial transactions

• skills in creative and critical thinking, problem-solving, data collection and analysis, and report writing.

Careers

Graduates from this programme are well prepared for roles such as portfolio manager, investment strategy analyst, director of research, market risk analyst, head of investor relations, senior economist and industrial economist. Graduates can find employment in the financial sector, and with central banks and other monetary financial institutions, as well as in international organisations, academia, research institutions and the wider business sector, especially within multinational enterprises. The programme also offers a solid foundation for pursuing a PhD.