Courses in Financial Economics major

Select courses equivalent to 45 ECTS according to the plan below for a major in Financial Economics. Together with your master thesis (30ECTS), this constitutes your major.

The core courses in the master's programme provide a foundation for the elective courses in finance. You are encouraged to take the core courses and the course in empirical methods during the two first terms to have flexibility in your choice of electives.

Please note: All students starting in the autumn of 2024 and later are required to take at least 7,5 ECTS credits from the courses designated "Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability" (ERS).

Select your starting year/semester

Major in Financial Economics

Minimum 15 ECTS credits

Code Name Stp Semester
FIE400E FIE400EInvestments 7.5 Autumn
FIE400N FIE400NInvestments (N) 7.5 Autumn
FIE402 FIE402Corporate Finance 7.5 Autumn

Empirical methods - choose one

Code Name Stp Semester
ECN402 ECN402Econometrics 7.5 Autumn
FIE401 FIE401Financial Econometrics 7.5 Autumn

Electives - 22,5 stp

Code Name Stp Semester
ACC421A ACC421AValuation (N) 7.5
ACC421B ACC421BValuation (N) 7.5 Autumn
ACC421E ACC421EValuation with financial statement analysis 7.5
BAN432 BAN432Applied Textual Data Analysis for Business and Finance 7.5
ECN430 ECN430Empirical Macroeconomics and Finance 7.5
ECO420 ECO420Corporate Governance 7.5
ECO421 ECO421Asset Pricing 7.5 Autumn
ECO422 ECO422Advanced Corporate Finance 7.5 Autumn
ECO423 ECO423Advanced Derivatives 7.5
FIE403 FIE403Business Cycle Analysis and Macroeconomic Policies 7.5 Autumn
FIE420 FIE420Money and Banking (N) 7.5 Autumn
FIE421 FIE421Macroeconomic Analysis and Sustainability 7.5
FIE423 FIE423Fixed Income (N) 7.5
FIE425 FIE425Derivatives and Risk Management 7.5 Autumn
FIE426 FIE426Asset Management 7.5
FIE431 FIE431Crashes and Crises (N) 7.5 Autumn
FIE432 FIE432Private Finance 7.5 Autumn
FIE432E FIE432EPersonal Finance and Taxation 7.5
FIE433 FIE433International Finance 7.5 Autumn
FIE434 FIE434Behavioural Finance and Wealth Management 7.5
FIE435 FIE435Financial Modelling with Excel 7.5
FIE436 FIE436Venture Capital, Private Equity and IPO's 7.5
FIE437 FIE437Valuation 7.5 Autumn
FIE441 FIE441Taxes and Business Strategy 7.5
FIE442 FIE442Growth and Architecture of Financial Systems 7.5 Autumn
FIE443 FIE443Mergers and Acquisitions 7.5
FIE445 FIE445Infrastructure and Project Finance 7.5
FIE446 FIE446Financial Engineering 7.5
FIE447 FIE447Trading, Liquidity, and Pricing in Securities Markets 7.5
FIE448 FIE448Banking and Fintech 7.5
FIE450 FIE450Programming with Applications in Finance 7.5
FIE451 FIE451Asset Management with Programming Applications (not offered) 7.5
FIE453 FIE453Big Data with Applications to Finance 7.5
FIE457 FIE457Entrepreneurial Finance 7.5
FIE458 FIE458Deep Learning and LLMs with Applications to Finance 7.5
FIE459 FIE459Sustainable Finance 7.5 Autumn
FIE460 FIE460Ship Finance and Marine Insurance 7.5 Autumn
FIE461 FIE461Risk and Insurance 7.5
FIE462 FIE462Finance Innovations in Insurance 7.5
FIE463 FIE463Numerical methods in Macroeconomics and Finance using Python 7.5

Master's Thesis

Code Name Stp Semester
FIETHE FIETHEIndependent work/thesis 30.0