Career opportunities
The job market in finance requires not only knowledge but competences in order to accommodate the ever changing market requirements. This study track does not only provide you state-of-the-art knowledge on Digital transformation but puts a strong emphasis on training competences to become an innovator in your workplace. Business innovation or product development units as well as Fintech ventures provide opportunities to start your career with.
Objectives
Career perspectives
Luxembourg offers a dynamic and international job market. Graduates from this Master, based on their second-year specialisation, will be prepared for different career paths in Luxembourg or abroad, for example with:
– Banks and other financial institutions
– Asset management firms
– Consultancy companies
– Industrial companies
– Insurance companies
– European or national financial institutions
– Financial administration
– Academia
The different tracks allow students to pursue their chosen field of specialisation while also offering a common foundation and the opportunity to explore the basics of each field. The result is a well-rounded education in finance and economics enabling graduates to successfully enter the job market.
This particular track enables you to become a front runner in the context of digital transformation in the financial sector.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the track, you shall be able to:
– Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of contemporary, state-of the art academic knowledge regarding digital transformation in Finance, including among others theoretical representations of, and empirical findings related to blockchains and their financial applications;
– Demonstrate up-to date, applicable knowledge regarding the impact and implications of the changing regulatory landscape on financial markets, instruments and institutions;
– Demonstrate up-to date, applicable knowledge regarding the impact and implications of digitisation on households, including among others the effect of digitisation on financial inclusion, on debt management and on retirement planning;
– Demonstrate up-to date, applicable knowledge on the fundamental technological concepts regarding digital transformation in Finance, such as blockchains, smart contracts, cryptography, (truly) distributed architectures and systems engineering;
Employability
We are training highly skilled and employable graduates: 100% of past year cohort is currently employed! Discover the career paths of our former students with our employability survey.