SDA Bocconi School of Management

Program Information

Degree Offered

Master in Corporate Finance

Program Description:

The mission of the Program is to prepare students to offer high quality solutions to financial problems, both operationally and strategically. The Program is designed to provide you with the most advanced techniques of Financial Management and with an accurate knowledge of the principlesthat lie behind sound financial decisions: a fine blend of leadership and respect for others, ethics and the appreciation of diversity.
We aim to bring out your best qualities, while supporting you with universal management techniques and know-how. You will form a clearer idea of your potential career paths during the Program: cutting no corners, but not ruling out any options. Our classes include participants from several countries and widely varied professional backgrounds: a hotbed for innovative solutions.The Program Learning Goals are:

* Theoretical financial knowledge: you will understand financial tenets and their interrelationships and appropriate applications.
* Practical financial knowledge and technical skills: you will gain exposure to independent problem solving, and synthesize the elements of comprehensive applied financial planning. In addition, you will learn how to use information technology and quantifiable skills appropriate to problem solving in a real world context.
* Critical thinking, analytical problem solving skills: you will become able to grasp facts and concepts and apply them to solve problems, draw conclusions and recognize consequences. Moreover, you will practice creative and non-traditional problem solving.

The business world demands balanced judgment that blends leadership with respect for others, ethics and the appreciation of diversity. Ethical behavior both during class time and during the internship period will be a can’t-do-without ability of a true Master.

CONTENTS

Online Pre-courses and Pillars

- Accounting
- Quantitative Methods
- Economics

Core Courses

* Financial Statement Analysis
* Financial Ratios
* Ex-ante and Ex-post Cash Flows
* Working Capital Management
* Key Tools in Financial Programming and Planning

Financial Management:

* Capital Budgeting and Investment Analysis
* Cost of Equity Capital
* Cost of Debt
* Capital Structure

Capital Markets:

* Capital Market Main Features
* Issuing Equity Securities
* The IPO Process
* The Bond Issuing Process
* Derivatives

Corporate Valuation:

* Basic Principles in Valuation
* Discounted Cash Flow
* DDM and other Techniques
* Relative Valuation Approaches
* Valuation for M&As

Mergers & Acquisitions:

* The Intersection of Strategy and Finance
* Using M&As to Grow, Reconfigure or Harvest
* Designing and Implementing M&A Deals
* VC and LBOs
* Corporate Restructuring

Financial Modelling:

* Statistics Review
* Linear Regression
* Time Series Forecasting
* What if Analysis
* Monte Carlo Simulation

Advanced Courses
Participants must attend all courses and take compulsory exams on 8 out of 8 of the following Advanced Courses; these courses are highly focused from a professional standpoint, for this reason professionals and managers with outstanding experience and skills are responsible for some of these courses.
- Real Estate Finance
- Project Finance
- Behavioral Issues in Valuation
- Corporate Financial Policies
- Financial Databases
- Economics
- Finance Function, Value Creation and Corporate Governance
- Negotiation & Leadership
- Streams and Seminars

Participants must attend all seminars and take compulsory exams on 10 out of 10 of the following Seminars.
- Asset Management for Corporates
- Equity Derivatives for Corporates
- Financial Modelling Techniques for Corporates
- Financial Performance Measurement
- Financial Sponsors & Leveraged Finance
- Global Wealth Management
- Hedge Funds
- Legal Finance
- Private Equity
- Risk Management for Corporates

On-the–Field Activities

Company Internship or Applied Research Project

Accreditation:

EQUIS; AMBA

Eligibility Requirements:

* A graduate degree (in any discipline) * An average of 2/3 years of relevant professional experience * GMAT, TOEFL scores * 2 letters of reference * Interview

Tuition & Financial Aid

Tuition In-State Full Time:

29000 EUR

Financial Aid Offered: Yes

Format: Campus