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Quantitative Finance

JULY 27 - AUGUST 07, 2020

Do you manage money or money manage you?

Choice the right side and join to our summer school!

Are you ambitious to pursue a career in finance sphere? As a student on the Summer School course you’ll be able to expand your experience, enhance your qualifications and get necessary skills in the framework of society digitalization.

Why should you choose this course? You will have knowledge in the field of asset and risk management; experience in financial modeling using various software tools; interpretation of available information and making informed decisions in the field of management and analytics.

Quantitative Finance
Quantitative Finance

Our intensive modules are designed to boost your skills in specific areas of finance, with modules appropriate for current undergraduate students, prospective MSc students and those already working in industry.  

The course combines theoretical and practical blocks, including team working, discussions and cases.

Theoretical block Portfolio Theory and Asset Management Dr Natasha Todorovic, Senior Lecturer in Investment Management, City, University of London
Practical block (block to choose) Matlab programming for finance Dr Dirk Nitzsche, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Course Director for the Quants Masters Programmes, Associate Dean for International Relations, City, University of London
Applied Financial econometrics Dr Anton Tichomirov, Expert in Financial Markets and risk Management, Associate Professor of SpbPU

Angi Skhvediani, Expert in econometrics, Leading lecturer of °ʷʼ¼


For successful mastery of the practical block, students do not need special skills in MatLab programming or Stata modeling.

You’ll also benefit from a social program that includes networking events to meet with fellow summer school students. We’ve designed the teaching schedule to give you the chance to explore this great city, and those nearby, at weekends.

Quantitative Finance
Quantitative Finance

Program dates:

Arrival: Jul 25 – 26, 2020
Classes: Jul 27- Aug 07, 2020
Departure: Aug 08 – 09, 2020

Duration: 2 weeks

ECTS credits: 4.0

Participation fee:

  • Early bird registration fee: 450 euro 
  • Regular registration fee: 480 euro

Participation fee includes tuition fee, study materials, visits to companies and cultural program.

Quantitative Finance
Quantitative Finance

Deadline for registration:

Early bird deadline: April 20, 2020

  • for non-EU citizens: May 11, 2020
  • for EU and visa-free countries’ citizens: June 01, 2020

Request the application form and submit the application package via e-mail: summerschool@spbstu.ru

Course description:

Partners:

City, University of London
Business School Cass
Stock Exchange "St. Petersburg"

Contacts

Program coordinator:
Department of International Educational Programs