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International Banking and Finance (English)

International Finance Leaders: Mastering Banking

The acquisition of relevant practical management skills, tailored to the needs of the international banking and finance industry, lies at the core of the internationally focused, English-language International Banking and Finance master degree programme. Career parallel lecturers from leading international banking and financial institutions and the UAS BFI Vienna’s highly qualified full-time lecturers pass on their expert knowledge to students and encourage in-depth discussions.

The international nature of the programme and the resulting professional exchange lay the foundations of the academic education of highly qualified graduates with international mindsets.

Online info sessions

Would you like to learn more about the International Banking and Finance degree programme and have your individual questions answered? Then register now for our online info sessions! The degree programme team will inform you about application and admission, study contents and career opportunities.

Dates:

Mon, 03.03.2025, 6 - 7 pm
Tue, 18.03.2025, 6 - 7 pm
Mon, 07.04.2025, 6 - 7 pm
Tue, 06.05.2025, 6 - 7 pm

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You can spontaneously join our online info sessions without registering. Just click on the link below:

>>Direct link for spontaneous participants

Q&A Sessions for International Applicants:

Join our online info session tailored for international students interested in joining our University of Applied Sciences. Our International Office colleagues will answer your questions about, for example, programs, campus life, accommodation, visa requirements, and cultural integration. Whether you're curious about admissions or settling into campus, we've got you covered!

Dates:

Wed, 19.02.2025, 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Tue, 11.03.2025, 6:00 - 7:00 pm

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As a graduate you will be able to:

Apply methods and ideas in customer and product management, treasury, cost accounting, controlling, liquidity and risk management at master’s level
Analyse the connections and effects of central banking processes, plan measures to steer these processes, and implement them in an international environment
Identify and analyse key topics of bank management in order to infer context-specific recommendations and measures
Realise ideas and methods of modern management theories (Corporate Social Responsibility, Systemic Organisation Development, Collaboration, Change and Innovation Management) and apply them appropriately
Collaborate in implementation and research projects in banking and finance

Typical career fields open to you after graduation:

Asset Manager
Relationship Manager
Bank Auditor
Finance Analyst
Treasury Manager

You can find more information in the current brochure of the degree programme

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Brochure International Banking and Finance

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Curriculum MA International Banking and Finance Download icon
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Banking Finance ALM Handbook Chapter 1 Download icon
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Preperation material MA International Banking and Finance Download icon
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Guide Master Application and Admission Download icon
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The programme at a glance

Degree/Title:

Master of Arts in Business, MA

Length of programme

3 semesters

Mode of study

Career parallel programme: three times a week and Saturdays during the day

Place of study

Campus Wohlmutstrasse
Wohlmutstrasse 22
1020 Vienna

Language of instruction

English

Credits

90 ECTS

Tuition fee

€ 363.36 / semester (+ student union fee)

Semester Abroad

Students have various possibilities to go abroad and spend time at one of our partner universities. The degree programme recommends completing a semester abroad in the 3rd semester.

Admission procedure

Application video
Online MC test

Preparation for admission procedure

For preparation, we recommend our preparatory script. You can also find more information in our "Master Application and Admission Guide" under the info materials. No external courses are required.

Application period for EU/EEA-citizens

1 October until 15 May

Application period for non-EU/EEA-citizens

1 October until 30 April

Admission requirements

Secondary school leaving-certificate (High school Diploma) and

Completion of a bachelor degree in business studies in Austria or equivalent degree abroad (The legalization list can be found here.)
For this degree programmes you require English CEFR-competence level C1. German language competence is not necessary for this programme.

AND

proven qualifications in

Business Administration (4 ECTS)
Accounting and Controlling (4 ECTS)
Economics (4 ECTS)
Mathematics and Statistics (4 ECTS)

For further information on the entry requirements, click here.

Bridging courses

Take advantage of the free bridging courses offered by the UAS BFI Vienna (May to July)
to acquire missing ECTS and qualify for admission to a master programme.

Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework

NQR 7

Field(s) of study (e.g. ISCED-F)

0412 Finance, banking and insurance

Access to further studies

Graduates of UAS master programmes are entitled to enroll in relevant doctoral programmes (pursuant to § 6 para. 4 FHG, as amended) or university courses.

Contact

Magdalena Schlichtinger

Coordinator
magdalena.schlichtinger@fh-vie.ac.at
+43 1 720 12 86-231

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Lehrveranstaltung Academic English

ECTS Credits 2.00 ECTS Credits

Sprache Englisch Sprache

Studienplan BB Studienplan

Semester 2 SS Semester

After successful completion of the course, students can
· formulate research questions
· paraphrase, and quote from the relevant literature
· produce excerpts and abstracts
· draft academic texts in English (e.g. research proposal, master's thesis).
· use formal academic register and vocabulary
· structure their papers in a coherent manner
· use formal spoken academic English register to present their papers.

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Lehrveranstaltung Business Model Challenge

ECTS Credits 4.00 ECTS Credits

Sprache Englisch Sprache

Studienplan BB Studienplan

Semester 2 SS Semester
After this integrated course, students can
- do systematic literature research
- describe impacts of technology changes in strategic and operational banking
- apply case study approach as a methodology for answering a research question properly
- analyse and evaluate these impacts on specific banking business cases
- write scientific papers.
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Lehrveranstaltung Current issues and innovations in international Finance

ECTS Credits 6.00 ECTS Credits

Sprache Englisch Sprache

Studienplan BB Studienplan

Semester 2 SS Semester

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After successful completion of the module, the students can
- describe the components of the income statement and alternative presentation
- describe the elements of the balance sheet: assets, liabilities, and equity
- describe uses and limitations of the balance sheet in financial analysis
- describe relationships among ratios and evaluate a company using ratio analysis
- explain benefits of securitization for economies and financial markets
- describe securitization, including the parties involved in the process and the roles they play
- describe characteristics of the major asset classes that investors consider in forming portfolios
- describe the major types of securities, currencies, contracts, commodities, and real assets that trade in organized markets, including their distinguishing characteristics and major subtypes
- define spot rates and calculate the price of a bond using spot rates
- compare and calculate cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities
- describe and calculate the flat price, accrued interest, and the full price of a bond
- identify, calculate, and interpret activity, liquidity, solvency, profitability, and valuation ratios
- calculate and interpret the mean, variance, and covariance (or correlation) of asset returns based on historical data
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Lehrveranstaltung Economics tutorial

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Sprache Englisch Sprache

Studienplan BB Studienplan

Semester 2 SS Semester

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After the successful completion of this course the students are in the position to describe important current issues in selected aspects of monetary and financial developments and link them to developments in the real economy in order to assess current and future developments in order to evaluate them properly.

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Lehrveranstaltung Emerging Markets

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Sprache Englisch Sprache

Studienplan BB Studienplan

Semester 2 SS Semester

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After successful completion of this course, the students can describe social, financial and economic dynamics in different types of emerging markets. In addition, students are able to explain different theoretical perspectives that describe the development processes of emerging markets. Moreover, students are able to assess different development models and their implications as well as the conditions that enable alternative future development paths.

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Lehrveranstaltung International Bank Management

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Sprache Englisch Sprache

Studienplan BB Studienplan

Semester 2 SS Semester

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After successful completion of the lecture, the students can
- describe the roles of the IMF, the BIS and the OECD
- distinguish between fixed and floating rate regimes, recognize the graduated nature of floating regimes, and explain the basic economic rationale for each type of regime
- explain why and how central banks intervene in the foreign exchange market and in their domestic money market, and understand their targets of monetary policy
- identify the economic and financial indicators that are proxies for the main items in the national income accounts and explain the connection
- understand the impact of a change in the spot rate on an FX swap
- describe how interest is managed in matched-principal FX swaps
- distinguish domestic, foreign and eurobond markets
- understand and distinguish different bond types such as ABS and covered bonds, index-linked bonds, bonds with puts, calls, etc.
- explain the importance of government bond markets
- explain the impact of credit risk (and credit spreads) on bond prices and swap rates
- define a Repo
- understand the logic underlying the Black-Scholes theory
- outline some of the alternative pricing models available, including the binomial theorem for major underlying asset classes (Cox-Ross-Rubinstein, Monte Carlo, etc.)
- describe the exclusive roles of the front office, middle office (risk management
- function) and back office, and explain the need for the segregation of their duties
- describe the role of the ALCO
- describe the role of the credit committee
- describe the role of audits
- define risk capital, explain its role in covering unexpected losses, distinguish
- between economic and regulatory risk capital, and outline how capital is raised and reinvested
- explain the the architecture of the Basel III Accord
- define VAR
- understand VAR and other sensitivity measures for managing the bank book
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Lehrveranstaltung International Banking Business

ECTS Credits 6.00 ECTS Credits

Sprache Englisch Sprache

Studienplan BB Studienplan

Semester 2 SS Semester

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After the successful completion of this practical course students can
- illustrate different roles of the IMF, the BIS and the OECD
- analyse the reasons why and how central banks intervene in the foreign exchange market and in their domestic money market
- calculate both sides of the theoretical swap points from a two-way spot and the bid and offered interest rates
- calculate a FX cross-rate swap
- calculate the profit or loss on a spot, forward FX and FX swap position
- calculate the fair value of plain vanilla and zero-coupon bonds from yield-to-maturity
- calculate the expected change in portfolio value for a given change in yield out of a given modified duration
- calculate a zero-coupon yield from a series of yields-to-maturity using the “bootstrapping” method and calculate a par yield from zero-coupon yields
- evaluate the price of an IRS
- calculate the price of an option with Black-Scholes model
- decompose Caps and Floors
- calculate the exact cost of borrowing or return on lending that is hedged with an FRA
- calculate VAR of portfolios
- calculate liquidity risk measures
- hedge FX, interest rate and liquidity risk of a given portfolio
- evaluate the impact of trading activities on balance sheet, P/L- and CF statement
- calculate and interpret risk adjusted performance measures
- choose trading activities according to given management goals
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Lehrveranstaltung International political economy and finance

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Sprache Englisch Sprache

Studienplan BB Studienplan

Semester 2 SS Semester

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After successful completion of this course, the students can describe central aspects such as international finance and international trade and different theoretical approaches in international political economy. Moreover, students are able to explain and compare different theoretical perspectives such as neoclassical and Keynesian perspectives on the international financial architecture. Based on these theoretical perspectives, students are able to analyse historical and contemporary developments in the international political economy. In addition, students are able to assess important international dynamics such as the rise of China and the international implications.

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Lehrveranstaltung Banking Business Game

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Sprache Englisch Sprache

Studienplan BB Studienplan

Semester 3 WS Semester
After the successful completion of this course, the students can
- describe and explain the Asset & Liability Management (ALM) process in their bank
- explain how the key focus areas of ALM affect day-to-day decision-making in the bank
- identify and analyse the bank’s exposure to the Key Sources of Financial Risk
- identify the various strategies and frameworks the bank employs in order to control risks within specified limits
- identify the key drivers of performance
- reorganize team structure, if it is necessary to increase decision performance
- decompose given management goals into sub-goals
- Infer from subgoals to the right Management actions
- manage the loan portfolio and bank book in respect to erformance and risk
- manage the Balance Sheet of their bank
- manage economic value of equity of their bank
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Lehrveranstaltung Final Examination

ECTS Credits 6.00 ECTS Credits

Sprache Englisch Sprache

Studienplan BB Studienplan

Semester 3 WS Semester

Legende: VZ = Vollzeit, BB = Berufsbegleitend, SS = Sommeremester, WS = Wintersemester

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"Living in a beautiful city, acquiring skills relevant to professional practice, analysing real company cases in real time, with experts as speakers - a truly great experience. Invaluable unique insights and perspectives can also be expected from the multifaceted international student group. This Master's program has best combined my professional experience in Canada with my education, giving me a professional competitive edge!"

Mandy Sandhu, MA, Alumna