International Finance

The International Finance program at University of Galway provides both a rigorous foundation in the theory of international finance and necessary technical skills used in applied financial market analysis, with a particular emphasis on fundamental tools for financial analysis such as R, Python, and Excel.

It provides an emphasis on current issues in international economic policy and on recent developments in the areas of multinational investment flows, dynamics of exchange rates, risk management and asset pricing. Students gain a deeper understanding of both the microstructure and macroeconomic implications of these issues, and necessary technical skills for analysing financial data using computer simulation-based models.

The financial services industry, which is a part of the internationally traded services sector, has been identified by the Irish government as one of the key sectors for the delivery of high value-added jobs in Ireland and a crucial sector in the further development of Ireland’s knowledge-based economy.

The program provides a special emphasis on current issues in international economic policy and on recent developments in the areas of multinational investment flows, dynamics of exchange rates, risk management and asset pricing.

Careers

Graduates with the skills taught in this program are highly valued by commercial banks, investment banks and other financial institutions, by public institutions such as Central Banks and by multinational corporations. Employers of graduates of this program include Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, First Derivatives, European Central Bank, and Central Bank of Ireland.

As a graduate of this program, you will combine your knowledge, skills and competences to evaluate investment opportunities, carry out research to develop financial solutions, and leverage your numerical and analytical skills to communicate technical information in a simple format to your clients, employers, and public sector agencies. This program can also be a stepping stone to a PhD program.

Courses include

• Macroeconomic Theory and Policy

• Microeconomic Theory

• Applied Portfolio Management

• Derivatives and Risk Management

• Economics and the Global Economy