Postgraduate Programme
Want to be a Master in Finance?
Master in FinanceThis is the first chance to attend Master in Finance Degree in Myanmar. |
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| Batch 5 just opens now | Registration deadline-28th February 2022 |
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What is University of Alcala?
University of Alcala (UAH) is a public university located in Henares, a city 35km northeast of Madrid in Spain and was founded in 1293 as a Studium Generale (i.e. a place where students from all over the world come to study). UAH is the one of the best universities in Spain and it has 5 stars ranking from the Qs organization which has very high power in education. Besides, Qs organization positioned UAH between 100 and 150 ranking in the world subject ranking and also ranked between 400 and 500 in the world university ranking.
Myanmar Institute of Business (MIB) became partner school with UAH in 2016 and since then MIB is an official partner for providing the learning. UAH has been delivering Master in Finance program to MIB, which provides opportunities for brilliant students and mature students can study.
Who should attend Master in Finance?
Everyone who is passionate to improve his/her work in business, financial and investment sectors, who is willing to drive the future financial and investment sectors, who is eager to build or start-up his/her own business stronger and bigger should join Master in Finance Program. The program will be delivered by foreign professional faculties at University of Alcala, Spain.
Continuous learning system at Master in Finance can foster your professional development to the highest ends.
Master in Finance teaching style
Every subject or module included in Master in Finance (MIF) program will be delivered by foreign professional lecturers. There are also exams or tests in every subject and every student has to do thesis to get the master degree.
Students can get ideas and mentorship from the professors and the whole process of thesis will be evaluated and analyzed by foreign professors.
Students will get the same quality education as the international standard at MIB because all the courses and lecturer are all from University of Alcala’.
MIF has 8 main modules which were taught by 100% foreign faculties and the whole MIF program takes around 15 months. You can learn the subjects as below.
List of (8) subjects
- Financial Markets and Products (6 weeks +1 evaluation week)
- International Economics (4 weeks +1 evaluation week)
- Corporate Finance (4 weeks +1 evaluation week)
- Analytical Methods in Finance (6 weeks +1 evaluation week)
- Risk Management (4 weeks +1 evaluation week)
- Portfolio Management (4 weeks +1 evaluation week)
- Investment Banking (4 weeks +1 evaluation week)
- Financial Innovation (4 weeks +1 evaluation week)
Thesis : http://masters-finance.com/
For Master in finance, it could take around 12 months for lectures and 3 months for thesis.
All the classes will be on the weekends.
Students don’t have to worry about taking a day off from their office since all the classes are on the weekends.
| SAT:1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.(100% Zoom Online Live) |
| SUN:1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.(100% Zoom Online Live) |
The whole program will be delivered by professional lecturers at University of Alcala’ (UAH) who have international teaching experiences and many industrial practical experiences.
Here is the list of professors.
Mr. IGNACIO OLMEDA
Master's Director
Tenured Associate Professor of Economics (Finance) and of Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) at the University of Alcalá. Fulbright Visiting Scholar in several US Universities and consultant for several Spanish Fortune 500 companies and for the Government. He has authored more than one hundred publications and has lectured in the USA, Asia and Latin America. Director of the Laboratory of Computational Finance and Head of the Chair in Big Data and Predictive Analytics in Banking of the University of Alcalá.
MR. MICHAEL PHIN, CFA
Lecturer
Co-founder and CFO of Valentis. He was as an Associate Director of KordaMentha, a leading Australian corporate advisory firm advising, among others, in an ~$2b rail procurement project, and a ~$200m coal-fired power station. He also acted as an advisor to Billabong International. He is a co-founder and board member of the Australia-Myanmar Chamber of Commerce.
MR. BEN KOO
Lecturer
Ben Koo has and extensive experience working at top tier institutions including Goldman Sachs, Macquarie Group and Deloitte. He is currently Advisor to the CEO of Yoma Strategic Limited, Co-Founder of Green Eastern Agri and financial advisor to several mid-sized companies in Myanmar. Ben was previously Co-Head of Pan Asia Financial Institutions and Co-Head of ASEAN Investment Research at Goldman Sachs (Singapore). He was recognized by Thomson Reuters as the most accurate investment analyst covering the financial services industry across Australia & New Zealand in 2011. Ben also served as a Non-Executive Director of a not-for-profit endowment fund in Australia.
Mr. JASON LOUGHNANE, CFA
Lecturer
Jason has over ten years of experience in financial institutions across the U.S., Africa, and Asia. He worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs (NY), attaining Series 7 and Series 63 certifications while working primarily on Debt Capital Markets transactions. He has taught Masters-level courses on Corporate Finance and Multinational Finance while in the U.S. He has advanced professional expertise in microfinance, impact investing, and digital financial services. He has a M.A. in International Finance and Development from Johns Hopkins University, and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Duke University.
Mr. NIKHIL KHAJURIA, CFA, FRM
Lecturer
Nikhil is an expert in Business & Financial analysis with innovative solutions across diverse industries for Corporate Finance and Investment & Financial management. Currently, he is an Independent Financial Analyst for High-Net worth Investors and business groups to provide solutions for their Investments, Portfolio and Risk Management. After graduating in Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology, He started his career as Financial Engineer with HSBC Global Technology, India and later worked with US based Winsoft as Business Analyst in providing Financial solutions to top most banks, institution and brokerage houses in USA.
Mr. ENRIQUE ASCORDEBEITIA
Lecturer
Enrique is a lecturer at several Finance programs of the University of Alcalá. He has lectured in Europe, Asia and Latin America. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Masters in Quantitative Finance. He was a Senior Analyst at ING and is currently a researcher at the Laboratory of Computational Finance where he has consulted for companies such as Repsol or Santander.
Mr. MIGUEL ANGEL GARCIA-RAMOS, CFA
Lecturer
Miguel Angel is CIO-Investments Director at Lignum. He previously worked at Ecclestone Partners and Bankia. Miguel Angel is a seasoned Portfolio and Wealth manager. He holds a BS in Business Administration, an MS in Finance and currently he is pursuing his PhD in Cryptocurrency investments.
Ms. MARÍA ÁNGELES ROMERO
Lecturer
Degree in Economics (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Master in Economics and Finance (CEMFI 2003-2005), Executive Master in Quantitative Finance (AFI); she also holds a Programme of Management (Instituto de Empresa 2014). She is currently working in BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking – Global Markets (as Senior interest rate volatility trader). Previously, she worked as Interest rate volatility sales in Banco Santander.
Mr. JORGE MUÑOZ
Lecturer
Jorge Muñoz is a Fixed Income Senior Trader at BBVA (covering both linear and non-linear payoffs), where he has worked at several positions throughout his career, holding responsibilities in the Trading Floor and QBS areas. EIA by EFPA, Telecommunications Engineer by UPM, Master in Quantitative Finance by AFI.
Mr. GREGORIO CARRASCAL, CFA, FRM
Lecturer
International professional committed to excellence and adding maximum value to the financial industry, with 6 years experience in credit risk, model analysis, credit portfolio management, business valuation, audit functions, consultancy and client service, with exceptional qualifications and motivation. He has two first degrees in Business and Law, four master’s degrees in Business, Law, Auditing and CSR, the academic basis for becoming a chartered accountant and the CFA charter and the FRM certificate.
Mr. JAVIER VACA
Lecturer
Graduate in Business Studies and Technical Engineer in Computer Science, University of Oviedo. Master in Business Administration (MBA), IMD Lausanne, Switzerland. He has spent most of his professional career at the Santander Group in Madrid, London and Latin America, in numerous functions and responsibilities. After several years dedicated to foreign and structured trade finance, he was Senior Banker of the Financial Institutions Group (Corporate & Investment Banking) as responsible for the global relationship with a select number of European financial institutions. He is currently Managing Director and global head of credit risks with Institutional Clients (Insurers, Asset Managers & Funds) for the Santander Group.
Mr. IÑIGO MERLADET
Lecturer
Industrial Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Master in Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD. He is currently responsible for the Portfolio Sales Unit of Banco Santander, from where in the last years he has closed more than 40 transactions for the sale of Non-Core Assets of the Group in Spain, Portugal, UK, Brazil and Mexico. Previously, he has held different positions within Santander Global Banking & Markets, in the Strategy team and in Corporate & Investment Banking as Account Manager of Private Equities and Infrastructure Funds.
What will you need for program admission?
There are just 2 steps in applying the program.
Step (1)
As per requirements of the University of Alcala’(Spain), students only need to provide 3 personal documents to MIB as follow.
(1) Color scanned of Bachelor Degree
(If the bachelor degree is officially awarded by universities which are under Myanmar Ministry of Education, university transcripts are not essential. If the bachelor degree is not under Myanmar Ministry of Education, transcripts of all academic years or all academic subjects are vital.)
(2) Curriculum Vitae or Resume
(3) A short motivational letter of why you want to apply the Dual program
Shortly after MIB has received all these 3 documents, MIB will sent to the UAH within a couple of days.
Step (2)
When UAH informed us that you are qualified in the 1st step, you are pretty sure to have higher chance to attend the program. In step (2), You need to provide your
(1) Clear scanned of valid Passport
(2) English notarized bachelor degree
(3) Approval stamp of MOFA( Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Myanmar) on authenticity of the bachelor degree.
Please note that we will not be refunded the enrollment fee when you have qualified the second step and you can’t join the program.
After the second step is passed, Students will have a chance to pay 12 months installment with no interest rate. Normal fee of Master in Finance at University of Alcala is 6,900 Euro. Students who registered before February will have 1,900 Euro Scholarship.
| 12 months installment plan with 1,900 Euro Scholarship. | |
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| Enrollment fee | 450 USD |
| Monthly installment plan | 416 Euro per month for 12 months |