ARIMA is a Joint Master Degree Programme in Quantitative Asset and Risk Management provided by:

During the first two semesters students follow the courses at the Faculty of Finance and Insurance in Katowice. The third semester is an obligatory exchange semester at one of the partner universities (two blocks of three weeks each). The programme is completed by a written thesis and diploma exam. As a result the graduates receive a master degree diploma awarded by all partner universities.

Graduate's profile

The graduates are supposed to fulfil specialist functions - and eventually leading functions with corresponding specialist background knowledge.

The graduates' fields of professional activity lie in banking and insurance, enterprise-related services, market authorities and public administration.

The graduates will administer tasks in the following fields of expertise:

Risk Management
Asset Management
Asset Liability Management
Risk Controlling and Internal/External Auditing

The qualification profile required to realise these tasks comprise in-depth knowledge on risk management (risk quantification, risk steering, risk aggregation, integrated global bank management etc.) and asset management (asset classes, portfolio selection, asset liability management etc.). These are complemented by methodical-analytical skills, above all in financial mathematics and statistics, user knowledge in relevant software and basic programming knowledge.

Since both the tasks of risk management and the significance of asset management will increase in future, it is likely that graduates will find good career prospects.