Программа обучения Banking and Finance

Программа обучения "Banking and Finance" в Technische Hochschule Köln

Banking and Finance

Students in the Banking and Finance course acquire knowledge in the financial and banking sectors. One focus is on quantitative methods, i.e. the application of mathematical and statistical methods in the financial sector. Students develop a wide range of skills and have the knowledge necessary to survive in the business world.

Общая Информация по Программе обучения "Banking and Finance"

  • Уровень: Бакалавриат
  • Диплом: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
  • Язык обучения: Немецкий
  • Начало обучения: Зимний семестр
    Летний семестр
  • Срок обучения: 6 семестров
  • Форма обучения: Полная
  • Учебные кредиты: 180 ECTS
  • Стоимость: € 0 / Семестр
  • Семестровый взнос: € 276.70 / семестр
  • Правила приема: На основе конкурса
  • Количество мест: 49
  • Минимальный уровень немецкого: C1

Описание программы обучения "Banking and Finance"

Students can confidently navigate the business world, which is characterized by global markets, complex business areas, changing financial market structures and complex legal frameworks.

In the Bachelor's degree program in Banking and Finance (B. Sc.), students acquire specialist skills, knowledge of scientific working methods and methods as well as knowledge of the practical application of the theory they have learned. This means you gain professional competence. In projects, they learn to set and achieve goals together as a team; They learn what it takes to survive in an intercultural environment and they understand the economic and ethical connection between society and the business world.

Карьерные перспективы по завершению программы обучения "Banking and Finance"

The course offers a first professional academic degree that is well above vocational schools, vocational colleges and vocational academies. Students are taught the technical, methodological and social skills they need to work independently in their careers.

After graduating, students are able to work independently based on scientific findings and methods. Our study objectives correspond to the relevant qualification profile required by companies for young, self-employed employees for initial specialist and management tasks who want to further distinguish themselves in the professional environment. Foreign language skills and social skills such as teamwork, rhetoric, presentation skills and intercultural competence round off the professional qualifications of our graduates. In collaboration with our partner companies from our International Board of Advisors, we regularly check whether the course of study addresses practical requirements.

Thanks to our chosen focus on banking and finance, our graduates find themselves working in banks, insurance companies, management consultancies and financial departments of companies after their studies.

Международный обмен по программе обучения "Banking and Finance"

During a semester abroad, students can develop their intercultural and linguistic skills. The students learn to find their way in other socio-economic systems and expand their flexibility and independence. Ideally, you develop tolerance and openness towards other cultures.
During the semester abroad, you can take courses that are not offered in the curriculum of the degree program or complete courses that impart comparable skills to modules from your degree program. When you return from abroad, these courses can either be recognized as courses from the curriculum (if possible) or noted as additional skills on the certificates.

The Faculty of Economics and Law offers many options for students who would like to spend a semester abroad. The faculty has over 60 partnerships with universities abroad to promote intercultural skills. There are two deadlines for applications (April 15th and November 30th).

If students do not find something suitable from the partner universities, they also have the opportunity to look for a place at a state-recognized university on their own initiative.

Стажировки и практика в программе обучения "Banking and Finance"

Students have the opportunity to increase their skills in terms of the practical application of acquired knowledge during a practical semester. The students who complete such a practical semester switch to a seven-semester bachelor's degree program.

Учебный план программы обучения "Banking and Finance"

The students of the Banking and Finance degree program have professional skills in the areas of banking and financial economics. In 6 semesters you have laid a solid foundation for your future career.

In the first four semesters, students acquire the basic skills in business administration, banking management, economics, business law and quantitative methods as well as business informatics. In the fifth semester, the focus of acquiring skills is on the basics of banking and finance. In addition, in the fourth and sixth semesters, students acquire skills that have been selected from the elective courses offered according to their inclinations and interests.

In-depth skills/differentiation

In the fourth and sixth semesters, students have the opportunity, in addition to expanding their basic methodological knowledge, to select modules from a range of elective modules according to their inclinations and interests. This elective offering is variable and adapts to developments on the capital and financial markets. This compulsory elective currently includes modules such as:

  • Capital market
  • Digital Finance & FinTech
  • Start-up and growth financing
  • Green & Sustainable Finance
  • Development Economics & Banking behavior in a corporate crisis
  • Case studies on financing/M&A
  • International Money, Banking & Finance
  • Financial market econometrics
  • Company analysis and valuation
  • Asset Management II

The other skills, such as presentation skills or the ability to work scientifically, are expanded and developed.
In-depth knowledge of quantitative methods is particularly essential in the financial sector. In the fourth and fifth semesters, the specialist skills are supplemented in further compulsory modules:

  • Quantitative risk management for banks
  • Qualitative risk management for banks
  • Credit management
  • External accounting for banks
  • Asset Management I
  • Corporate Management I: Organization and Planning

Basic competencies

The course is designed to build on one another. The skills taught in one semester are a prerequisite for acquiring the skills of the following semester. For this reason, students should follow the module sequence suggested in the course plan.

In the first four semesters, students acquire basic methodological knowledge in the following disciplines:

  • Banking management theory
  • Business administration and economics
  • Commercial and banking law
  • Quantitative methods
  • Business informatics.

You apply the theoretical knowledge you have learned to practical examples (transfer skills). Furthermore, the students receive a special teaching unit on scientific work and are repeatedly supervised by research assistants and tutors on scientific work when preparing presentations and term papers. You can research, read, understand, scientifically present and cite the necessary scientific literature. Afterwards, they are able to present their work results in front of an audience. In addition, they can reflect on themselves and also evaluate the performance of others. The students therefore have:

  • basic methodological knowledge of the respective discipline
  • the ability to create a formally correct scientific work and presentation
  • Self-, social and reflective skills
  • Presentation and discussion skills
  • Communication skills

Thesis

The final thesis is written in the sixth semester. With the final thesis, the competence for scientific work is finally checked.

  • Учебный план / модули: https://www.th-koeln.de/wirtschafts-und-rechtswissenschaften/praxissemester-am-schmalenbach-institut_34694.php
    https://www.th-koeln.de/mam/downloads/deutsch/studium/studiengaenge/f04/bafin_ba/modulhandbuch_banking_and_finance_2020.pdf
  • Факультет

    Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
    Technische Hochschule Köln

    With more than 3,400 students in over 11 degree programs, 65 professors and over 20 staff, the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law is one of the largest faculties of business and economics in Germany. It consists of two institutes: the Institute Insurance Studies and the Schmalenbach School of Business and Economics.

    Методика оценки заявок

    NC value:

    • SS 2023 - 2.1
    • WS 2022/23 - 2.2

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