Master of Arts in Finance (MAF) / Master of Science in Finance (MSF) Academic Program

Regulations on the MAF education process

Regulations on the MSF education process

MAF program implementation requirements

MAF program description

Description of the academic disciplines for the academic year in 2023-2024 academic year

Regulations on the term paper and master’s thesis on MAF program in 2023-2024 academic year

Regulations on the Research and Methodological seminar on MAF program in 2023-2024 academic year

Regulations on the procedure of the NES state final examination

 

Mandatory orientation session for the first-year students: 1st of September

Apart from the finance courses, the first four modules have also two mandatory English courses, 2 credits each. The course assessed in 1 credit includes 14 lectures and (optionally) up to 7 seminars (every class lasts for 2 academic hours).

 

First year

Course Professor Language Credits Specialization
Module 1 (1 September 2023–  29 October 2023) 
Data analysis in Python* Sergei Golovan rus. 1 FIT
Macroeconomics* Oleg Shibanov rus. 1 EDA
Mathematics for Economists* Sergei Golovan rus. 1 -
Financial Accounting - 1* Alena Shigoreva rus. 1   CF
Financial Markets and Instruments* Alexei Goriaev rus. 1 -
Business Communication Yulia Danchina rus. M
 
Module 2 (30 October 2023 –  24 December 2023)
Corporate Finance* Oleg Shibanov rus. 1 CF
Econometrics - 1* Sergei Golovan rus. 1 EDA
Microeconomics* Marat Salikhov rus. 1 EDA, M
Structured Query Language* Natalia Ostroukhova rus. 1 FIT
Excel for Business Alexander Klyuka rus. 1 -
Financial Accounting - 2 Alena Shigoreva rus. 1 CF
 
Module 3 (9 January 2024 – 3 March 2024)
Asset Pricing* Oleg Shibanov rus. 1 AM
Econometrics - 2* Sergei Golovan rus. 1 EDA
Valuation* Nikita Ermakov rus. 1 CF
Applied Financial Technologies Ekaterina Semerikova rus. 1 FIT
Banking - 1 Sergey Teplov rus. 1 BRM
Economics of Renewable Energy Vitaly Kazakov rus. 1 RE
Global Petroleum and Gas Market Outlook Alexander Malanichev rus. 1 RE
Investment Analysis Mariia Petrova rus.
Money, Financial Systems and Central Banks Kseniya Yudaeva rus.
 
Module 4 (4 March 2024 – 28 April 2024)
Derivatives* Artem Bakulin rus. 1 QF
Microeconometrics* Olga Kuzmina rus. 1 EDA
Financial Modeling* Nikita Ermakov rus. 1 CF
Risk Management* Alexei Goriaev rus. 1 BRM
Banking - 2 Petr Dorozhkin rus. 1 BRM
Equity Investment Vitaly Kazakov rus. 1 AM
Investment Analysis Mariia Petrova rus.

Machine Learning - 1

Sergei Golovan rus. 1 FIT

Money, Financial Systems and Central Banks

Kseniya Yudaeva rus. 1
Strategic Thinking for CFO Artem Kudryavtsev rus. 1 M
Module 5 (6 May 2024 – 7 July 2024)
Venture Capital and Private Equity* Dmitri Alpin rus. 1 AM
Business Data Analysis Iliya Munerman  rus. 1 FIT
Business Law Roman Yankovskiy rus. 1 M
Investment Analysis Mariia Petrova rus. 1
Investment Strategies - 1 Alexey Debelov rus. 1 AM
Machine Learning - 2 Ivan Stelmakh rus. 1 FIT

Negotiations

Marat Atnashev, Yulia Danchina rus. 1 M
Project Finance Essentials Georgy Shapoval rus. 1 CF
Wealth Management Alexei Goriaev rus. 1 AM

 

Second year

Course Professor   Credits Specialization
Module 6 (1 September 2023 – 29 October 2023)
Methodological Seminar* Oleg Shibanov rus. 1 -
Applied Risk Management Denis Gavrilin rus. 1 BRM
Project Management and Project Evaluation in the Oil and Gas Industry Dmitry Perfiliev rus. 1 RE
 
Module 7 (30 October 2023 – 24 December 2023)
Advanced Professional Business English

Kevin Cancellaro

eng. 1 -
Introduction to Marketing Analytics

Daria Dzyabura

rus. 1 FIT
Long-term Asset Management Maksim Bouev rus. 1 AM
 
Module 8 (9 January 2024 – 3 March 2024)
Methodological Seminar* Oleg Shibanov rus.   -
Economics of Metals Konstantin Pravednikov rus. 1 RE
Investment Strategies - 2

Vyacheslav Gorovoy

Sergey Syntulski

rus. 1 QF
Professional Business English Tatiana Skopintseva eng. 1 -
 
Module 9 (4 March 2024 – 28 April 2024)
Blockchain and Its Application to Finance Ignat ShapkinSergey Prilutskiy rus. 1 FIT
Mathematics of Credit Risk Vadim Anpilogov rus. 1 QF
 
Module 10 (6 May 2024 – 7 July 2024)
Master's Thesis         

To complete a specialization it is necessary to obtain 4 credits by taking corresponding courses.

Specializations: AM = Asset Management, BRM = Banking and Risk Management, CF = Corporate Finance, EDA = Economics & Data Analysis, FIT = Finance and IT, RE = Resource Economics, M = Management, QF = Quantitative Finance.

*‒ a mandatory course

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