Sustainability
Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987).
To ensure global sustainability over time, the green transition focuses on responding to the challenges of climate change and environmental degradation but also to the need to work for an economic and societal transformation, integrating all three pillars of sustainable development – economic, social, and environmental.
That is the goal of this Area of Expertise, which will be taught in partnership with Nova’s School of Science and Technology (FCT). This area of expertise is common to the Master’s programs in Management, Economics and Finance.
- Fundamentals on Environment and Sustainability (CORE)
- Climate Finance
- Energy and Climate Change
- Environmental Policy
- Finance and the Transition to Net Zero
- Global Energy Markets
- Impact Investments
- Policy Evaluation
- Public Finance
- Sustainability Evaluation of Policies, Plans and Projects
- Sustainable Finance
International development
Successful graduates will be well-equipped to work in international organizations, governmental and private institutions, and NGOs, with the objective of designing, evaluating, and implementing policies related to international development, trade, and migration policies.
- Advanced Behavioral Economics
- Behavioral Economics and Finance
- Development Economics (CORE)
- Economics of Education
- Economics of Immigration
- Environmental Policy
- Global Energy Markets
- History of Economic Analysis
- International Migration
- Labor Economics
- Policy Evaluation (CORE)
- Political Economy
- Politics for Policy
- Private Sector Development
- Public Finance
- Public Policy
- Sovereign Advisory
Macroeconomics and financial markets
Successful graduates will be able to take up roles as policy analysts in central banks and other governmental national or supra-national institutions, private financial institutions, and large multinational companies.
- Asset Management
- Auditing
- Banking
- Behavioral Economics and Finance
- Behavioral Finance
- Credit Risk
- Derivatives
- European Union: Governance and Crises
- Finance and the transition to net zero
- Financial Intermediation
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Fintech Ventures
- Fixed Income
- Hedge Funds
- History of Economic Analysis
- Impact Investments
- Investments (CORE)
- Macroeconomic Theory (CORE)
- Macroeconomics of Financial Markets
- Numerical Methods for Economics and Finance
- Political Economy
- Private Equity
- Real Estate Finance
- Risk Management
- Sovereign Advisory
- Sustainable Finance
Public policy
Successful graduates will be able to take up roles as policy analysts in governmental national or supra-national institutions, consulting firms with departments dedicated to the public sector and public policies, medium and large companies working in sectors where government action is pervasive, and national and supra-national lobbying groups.
- Advanced Behavioral Economics
- Behavioral Economics and Finance
- Competition Policy
- Development Economics
- Economics of Education
- Economics of Health and Health Care
- Economics of Health Systems
- Economics of Immigration
- Environmental Policy
- European Union: Governance and Crises
- Global Energy Markets
- History of Economic Analysis
- International Migration
- Labor Economics
- Policy Evaluation (CORE)
- Political Economy
- Politics for Policy
- Power and Social Change
- Private Sector Development
- Public Finance
- Public Policy (CORE)
Banking, financial regulation, and supervision
Successful graduates will be able to take up jobs in financial institutions, and in central banks and other governmental or supra- national institutions with a concern for the supervision of the financial sector.
- Advanced Financial Transactions in M&A
- Auditing
- Banking (CORE)
- Credit Risk
- Financial Intermediation
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Fixed Income
- Investments (CORE)
- Macroeconomics of Financial Markets
- Private Equity
- Public Finance
- Real Estate Finance
- Risk Management
Please take note of the following:
— Students can qualify for only one area of expertise; however, it isn’t mandatory for students to choose one.
— Areas of Expertise and respective courses might be subject to change from one academic year to the next.
— Some courses might not be offered every academic year.
— Students may attend elective courses from other masters’ programs (up to 7 ECTS), subject to availability.
— Each Area of Expertise has Core courses that you must complete, as well as a list of Elective Courses from which you can choose.
— You need a total of 21 ECTS to obtain the Area of Expertise mentioned on the final MSc Certificate.
— This information may be subject to changes.