PostGraduate Risk Analysis and Management
Cycle
Curso de Pós-graduação
Degree
Not awarded
ECTS Coordinator
Roberto Henriques
Education objectives
The postgraduate program in Risk Analysis and Management aims to train technical and management staff to be able to identify, quantify and manage the risks of institutions (whether financial or not).
The program aims to train staff of financial institutions or of a different nature, enabling them to make decisions, according to the capital requirements established by Solvency II and Basel III.
It is aimed at managers of financial and non-financial companies as well as other professionals with duties of risk management in organizations. It is especially for financial analysts, financial controllers, auditors, chartered accountants, among others.
The goal of this program is to train technical staff and managers to:
- Become familiar with operations and products that are part of the activity of financial institutions;
- Identify and quantify risks associated with financial institutions;
- Manage various current risks in institutions;
- Take decisions based on quantifying techniques of economic value;
- Manage the new European solvency systems for banking and insurance in a balanced way.
Applications - academic year 2018-2019
To complete the application, the applicant must register in NOVA IMS' Applications Portal, fill the form, upload their Curriculum Vitae, pay the application fee (€ 51), and submit the application in the end, from April 3rd to May 10th, 2018. The selection process is based on the analysis of the applicant's academic and professional curriculum.
Access conditions
The requirements for the applications are: a degree in a compatible field (complete until September 2018); analysis of the applicants' academic and professional curriculum.
Degree pre-requisites
To earn the postgraduate program diploma in Risk Analysis and Management, students complete 8 course units, of which 5 are mandatory and the 3 elective course units will be chosen by the students from a wide range of available course units.
Access to other courses
The postgraduate program gives access to the master degree program in Statistics and Information Management, with a specialization in Risk Analysis and Management, upon the development and presentation of a scholarly thesis, or work project or undertake an internship (subject of a final report) and the approval of the course unit Research Methodologies.
The Master degree program in Statistics and Information Management, with a specialization in Risk Analysis and Management, is ranked as the best master degree program in Insurance in Portugal, the 2nd best in Europe and the 4th in the World by Eduniversaly Eduniversal, international agency that publishes an annual ranking of the best Master degree programs and MBA in the world.
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