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Faculty and Branch / الكلية والفرع

Major / الإختصاص

Degree / الشهادة

Major description

This program provides students with a deep specialization in the tools of financial economics sought by financial institutions, companies, and public institutions, and provides them with a comprehensive understanding of how money, banking and finance interact in the local and international economy.

 

It prepares students to:

1. Apply the concepts of financial economics to major financial and banking activities;
2. Perform advisory services for leading banking and financial institutions;
3. Perform key activities related to asset pricing, economics, corporate finance, and financial econometrics to facilitate decision making;
4. Conduct economic analysis of financial and banking issues;
5. Hold leadership positions in banks, companies, NGOs, and government institutions.

 

First year provided in all branches

Second year provided in Branches 1, 2 and 3

 

Requirements

General conditions + special conditions

 

First: Admission to the first year

• Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Lebanese University - Faculty of Economics & Business Administration;
• Students of the following majors (management, marketing, management informatics, finance, accounting) who have completed the bachelor’s degree, are allowed to change to management or marketing in M1, provided they pass the CEE. They are also allowed later to apply exclusively to professional M2, and they are not allowed to apply for the research master;
• Succeeding in the Competitive Entrance Exam (CEE) for students holding a Bachelor's degree in Economics from other universities.

 

Second: Admission to the second year

• Students of the Faculty of Economics & Business Administration who succeed in their M1 (among the first 35%) are exempt from the CEE;
• Remaining students from inside or outside the faculty within the aforementioned specialization are subject to a CEE or conditions determined annually by the Faculty Council.