Banking and Finance in The University of Management "TISBI"

Master’s program

Economics Faculty,

Department of Securities and Financial Engineering

Natalia APPALONOVA,

Head of the Department

Tel. + 7 843 294-83-04

E-mail: tisbi@tisbi.ru

Achievements. In April 2020 the University of Management “TISBI” reaffirmed its status of an educational organization with high-level educational activities, having undergone expert evaluation proving compliance of the quality of the university’s educational programs with the requirements of FSES HE and having obtained state accreditation until 2026. The department of Securities and Financial Engineering integrated the learning process into the global learning process by involving Master students in the international project X-Culture Global Collaboration Course.

Teaching staff. Personnel conditions for implementing the Master’s program considerably exceed the FSES HE requirements; 99% of the academic staff have academic degrees and titles. The heads and specialists of banking and finance companies that have discipline-related work experience are engaged in the implementation of the principal educational program. The educational program supervisor, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor A.A. Svirina is a current guest lecturer at European universities. The teachers of the Master’s program undertook retraining to apply interactive educational technologies abroad and using guest lecturers, have their papers published in the journals indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases, present their research findings at international and national scientific and practical conferences.

Facilities and resources. Master students have access to the ELS IPRbooks and electronic content of disciplines in the ISU VUZ system, which is an exclusive development of the University of Management “TISBI”. Training through innovative methods (business games, case study, cross-cutting cases, business games, workshops, etc) is an advantage of the educational program.

Education. The program is aimed at training highly professional financiers who are knowledgeable about methods of financial and economic analysis, technology, methodology and tools for making finance and investment decisions in the field of financial innovations, development and design of complex financial products, risk management, portfolio and fiduciary asset management. Masters’ research activities are related to financial economy performance, analysis of processes in financial markets and particular characteristics of financial institutes’ performance. Practical skills are developed during internships at specialized companies. Training includes academic lectures of Doctors of Economic Sciences, master classes of chief financial officers and representatives of banks, major enterprises and investment companies, computer simulation business games, team project work. Participation in the international online project X-Culture Global Collaboration Course and in the International project COST FinAI implemented by the European Union promotes publication of Masters’ research findings in the journals peer-reviewed by the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles of the RF, Scopus, Web of Science.