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| 2024-01-01 | - |
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| 2025-01-01 | - |
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Program Overview
The Master in Finance in Barcelona at GBSB Global equips students with a solid foundation in finance, controlling, and accounting, preparing them for diverse fields like business, banking, investments, and consulting. The program emphasizes cultural intelligence and awareness, enabling students to work effectively with people from various backgrounds. Graduates are well-positioned for successful careers in finance, with GBSB Global's close ties to the international business community opening doors to top positions.
Program Outline
Master in Finance in Barcelona
Degree Overview:
The Master in Finance in Barcelona at GBSB Global equips students with the knowledge and skills to thrive in the dynamic business world, particularly in finance, economics, and investments. The program focuses on providing students with a solid foundation in finance, controlling, and accounting, preparing them for diverse fields like business, banking, investments, and consulting. The curriculum emphasizes cultural intelligence and awareness, enabling students to work effectively with people from various backgrounds. Graduates are well-positioned for successful careers in finance, with GBSB Global's close ties to the international business community opening doors to top positions.
Outline:
The program employs a learning-by-doing approach, utilizing practical exercises, case studies, workshops, and guest lectures. Students also benefit from company visits and interactions with industry experts.
Key Modules:
- Business School in Barcelona with Strong Academic Partners in Finance
- International Faculty with Proven Experience in the Field
- Industrial Visits and Workshops Delivered by Finance Experts
- Diverse Student Body (100+ Nationalities)
Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge:
- Comprehensive understanding of principal current research issues in specialization area
- Multi-disciplinary theoretical and practical knowledge of management
- Identification and evaluation of theoretical approaches for planning and decision-making
- Relevant knowledge of organizations, their role in pursuing sustainable business, and management in compliance with ethical codes and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Critical understanding of business continuity management, including possible risks and regulatory environment.
- Identification and evaluation of key issues related to administering human elements in project management.
- Comprehensive knowledge of methods to manage innovation processes and digital technologies, and their implications for individuals and societies.
Skills:
- Capability in using knowledge and skills of the specialization area to make decisions, adapt to the fast-changing business environment, manage people and projects efficiently, and adopt to fast-changing business environment.
- Specialized problem-solving skills in the specialization area to develop new knowledge and procedures for practical problem-solving.
- Development of new skills in response to emerging knowledge and techniques, including digital skills and modern technologies.
- Capability in using knowledge and skills of management to conduct research within a specific industry or functional area of personal professional interest, taking into account the need for synthesis, setting objectives, methodological process and application of strategies.
- Development of an ability to identify and assess risks relating to the business, digital and financial environment and to design strategies to mitigate specific managerial risks within a specific industry or functional area of personal professional interest.
- Monitors and maintains compliance with appropriate business regulations and formulates practical responses to the legal and external environment challenges associated with operating a business within a specific industry or functional area of personal professional interest.
- Capability in using data referring to business analytics to better forecast and execute business strategies and operations.
- Demonstrates specialized knowledge of management that includes reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the execution of the managerial function.
- Capability in using knowledge and skills of management to conduct research within a specific industry or functional area of personal professional interest, taking into account the need for synthesis, setting objectives, methodological process and application of strategies.
Competencies:
- Autonomy in the direction of personal development and lifelong learning applicable to the business environment.
- Management and transformation of work or study contexts in the field of specialization that are complex and unpredictable and require new strategic approaches.
- Learning skills to allow continuation to study specialization area in a manner that may be largely self-directed or autonomous.
- Creation of a research-based diagnosis to problems in management by integrating knowledge from new or interdisciplinary fields chosen as an elective option in the graduate program and makes judgments with incomplete or limited information.
- Engagement in critical analysis in the area of specialization and demonstration of independent thought, evaluation and problem-solving underpinned by evidence-based arguments.
- Taking responsibility for contributing to professional knowledge in a specific industry/functional area of personal professional interest by identifying an existing business problem and by conducting original research.
Assessment:
Assessment methods may include exams, assignments, presentations, and class participation. Specific assessment methods may vary depending on the individual module.
Teaching:
The program is delivered by a team of experienced international faculty with expertise in finance and related fields. The teaching methods combine lectures, seminars, case studies, and group work.
Careers:
Graduates of the Master in Finance in Barcelona are well-positioned for careers in various finance-related fields, including:
- Accountant or Auditor
- Credit Analyst
- Financial Analyst
- Trader
- Budget Analyst
- Risk Specialist
- Investment Banker
- Finance Manager Graduates are also well-prepared to pursue further studies in finance or related fields.
Other:
- The program is offered full-time (9+3 months) or part-time (18+6 months).
- The program is taught in English.
- The program is offered on campus in Barcelona.
- The program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
- The program is awarded Five Stars for Business & Management Studies; Employability; Inclusiveness.
Tuition fee: € 13,490 an additional annual administrative fee (950 EUR) and registration fee (200 EUR) must be paid.
