The department has been in existence since 2003 and has 447 graduates. Areas of master research: the strategy of the development and the architecture of the international financial market; the hedging and methods of the financial risk management in international companies; the international portfolio investment in conditions of the globalisation.

Key specifics:

study of mechanisms of the operation of the international financial market:

• skills in the analysis of investment risks on the international financial market and ways of the minimisation thereof;
• the analysis of specific features of the formulation of the development strategy of the financial system of a specific country;
• skills in the application of methods of the management of financial risks in international companies;
• the analysis of the situation on international financial markets, the formulation of efficient financial strategies for business entities;
• the understanding of the nature of the management of the implementation of an international investment project;
• the study of specific features of the operation of international exchanges, the system of organising and holding exchange bidding;
• skills in the analysis of exchange prices and stock indices.

 
Competitive advantages:

the application of innovative teaching technologies
the active and interactive mode of work between a teacher and a student.

Graduation department:
  International Finance Department

Professional focus of special disciplines:

• the development and the implementation of financial strategies at international markets;
• activities in the field of the management of international investment projects;
• the development of investment projects, the design analysis and the compilation of business plans;
• the management of financial risks in international companies;
• the development and the implementation of novel financial instruments;
• the generation of innovative strategic decisions in the international finance;
• the preparation and the performance of exchange transactions on the international market;
• the work of a state officer in the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the State Commission for Securities and Stock Market, the State Financial Service Markets Regulation Commission.

Interdisciplinary Training: a 36-hour training course with the involvement of the financial market practitioners and representatives of state authorities regulating the financial market.

Areas of master research: the development strategy and the architecture of the international financial market; the hedging and methods of the financial risk management in international companies; the international portfolio investments under conditions of the globalisation; activities of banks and non-banking financial institutions on the international market; mechanisms of the improvement of the financial management of multinational corporations; strategies of the entry of companies to the international stock market; the development of major segments and the infrastructure of the international stock market; the management of assets of institutional investors on the international investment market; strategies of domestic, foreign and multinational banks on the international financial market; financial crises and ways of the mitigation of negative consequences.

The major bases for the internship include: the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine; the Securities and Stock Market State Commission; the State Financial Service Markets Regulation Commission; leading banks of Ukraine; insurance companies; financial companies; audit firms.

Job placement in the future: as analyst in financial companies; manager in a multinational corporation; a banking officer; the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine; the Securities and Stock Market State Commission; the State Financial Service Markets Regulation Commission;
specialist in the management of international investment projects.