Finance and Information Management (FIM)
M.Sc.
Overview
In the Finance and Information Management (FIM) Master’s program, students learn how to push digital technologies in finance forward and how to deal with Big Data by integrating technologies. Students also learn the methods of financial mathematics in the area of financial contract valuation, risk management, the construction and analysis of investment strategies, and gain insight into current developments in science and practical application. In addition, students deal with the management of the digital transformation of companies and digital disruption, the application of methods in the field of data processing, analysis and preparation as well as the design of sustainable business models and network structures.
The wide range of courses guarantees excellent academic and professional training. By combining subject- and practice-oriented excellence in the fields of finance and information management with interdisciplinarity as well as close networking with entrepreneurial practice, particularly high-performing and committed students are addressed, who are to be trained for appealing and challenging tasks in business and society.
Which further expertise and skills will I acquire?
The Master in Finance and Information Management provides holistic skills and links the fields of financial management, (financial) mathematics, and information management. You will be able to recognize interrelationships and problems of financial management against the background of the potentials and design options of digitalization, to independently present them in an appropriate manner, to analyze them using scientific methods, and to solve them. Likewise, the focus is on how challenges of the digital transformation of companies can be solved by methods of financial management.
You will learn how
- to combine knowledge from different disciplines - finance, digitalization, innovation, entrepreneurship - and apply them to the important business activities of companies. This cross-disciplinary understanding enables you to act as an intermediary across several disciplines.
- to recognize potentials and trends and use available information optimally to make evidence-based decisions.
- to develop and successfully implement problem-solving strategies. You will use methods from mathematics, statistics, data analysis, and information management.
- to think and act entrepreneurially to define innovative strategies and achieve goals.
- to work, present, and communicate professionally in teams.
Which professional opportunities can I take up with this qualification?
Graduates act as mediators between the professional and technical worlds. They become key figures in digital transformation processes who succeed in mastering challenges on a personal and professional level, combining practice and science, identifying future-oriented opportunities for new (digital) business models, and shaping society and the economy.
Structure
The first two semesters focus on:
- Relevant fundamentals of finance and strategic financial management
- Potentials and opportunities through digitalization, business analytics, machine learning, and digital innovation & transformation
- Mathematical, stochastic, and econometric knowledge for modeling financial management problems
- Understanding of the mutual economic dependencies between financial markets and the behavior of market players, as well as the importance of digitalization in this area
In the third semester, the focus is on courses in the elective areas “Quantitative Finance”, “Financial Management”, “Business & Information Systems Engineering”, and “Sustainability and Technology”.
The program is completed with the Master’s Thesis in the fourth semester.
Costs
Tuition
HK$97,031.16
(international)
HK$0.00
(home)
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
Selection takes place through an aptitude assessment procedure. The aptitude assessment is a two-part procedure after the submission of an official application to a program. In this procedure, the TUM school determines whether you meet the specific requirements for its Master’s degree program.
In the initial stages, the grades you obtained during your Bachelor's program, as well as your written documents, will be evaluated using a point system. Depending on the amount of points accumulated, applicants are either immediately admitted, rejected or invited to an admissions interview.
Language requirements
TOEFL
88