Master in Business and Quantitative Methods
Deadline: 22.04.2013.
| Scholarship administrator: | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
| Level: | postgraduate |
| Field of study: | Social Sciences |
| Place of study: | Spain |
Master in Business and Quantitative Methods
Madrid, Spain
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The Master in Business and Quantitative Methods is offered jointly by the Departments of Business Administration and Statistics. It is conceived as the main way of entry into the PhD program in Business and Quantitative Methods. Outstanding faculty, flexibility in learning, research with deep impact, and the finest resources in academia qualities enable our departments to offer an outstanding program.
The language of instruction is English. The program is full-time and starts in September. A minimum of two years in residence is required for complete the Master phase, and it is expected that students will complete the full graduate program (Master plus Doctorate) in four to five years.
The main aim of the program is to prepare students to conduct original research in finance, management, and statistics. Coursework for the entering class is organized along three different but overlapping tracks
- Finance
- Management
- Statistics
See the program section for details. It is designed to prepare students for their doctoral dissertation within the Doctoral program in Business Administration and Quantitative Methods.
The mission of the graduate program (Master plus Doctorate) is to develop leading scholars in finance, management, marketing, accounting, operations research, actuarial science, statistics and econometrics for careers in research and teaching at leading universities and business schools. A broad knowledge of business ensures that students fully appreciate the interdependencies and complexity of management problems. At the same time, a strong training in quantitative methods introduces them to the possibility of interdisciplinary and qualified empirical research.
Students profile:
The student’s profile of this master's degree is one with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics or Business Administration (with a quantitative basis) or Statistics, Mathematics or Engineering, who wishes to acquire quantitative training in the different areas in finance and management. The candidate should possess intellectual curiosity, advanced communication skills in English and a robust quantitative background.
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