MGT-482: Principles of financeThe course provides a market-oriented framework for analyzing the major financial decisions made by firms. It provides an introduction to valuation techniques, investment decisions, asset valuation, financing decisions, and sustainable finance. ...
ENG-430: Risk managementThis course provides students with the opportunity to acquire the methods and tools necessary for modern risk management from an engineering perspective. It emphasizes stakeholders, resources, and objectives, while ensuring economic and social sustainabili ...
FIN-401: Introduction to financeThe course provides provides an introduction to valuation techniques, investment decisions, asset valuation and portfolio choice, financing decisions, derivatives pricing, and sustainable finance. ...
FIN-420: Financial intermediationThis course provides a theoretical and practical overview of what financial institutions do, how they manage their risks, and how they are regulated. The course also discusses the causes and effects of financial crises, and how financial intermediation is ...
MGT-301: Foundations in financial economicsThe aim of this course is to expose EPFL bachelor students to some of the main areas in financial economics. The course will be organized around six themes. Students will obtain both practical insights through real-world examples and understand how one can ...
FIN-429: Sustainable & entrepreneurial financeThis course deals with the role of finance in the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy. Students learn how to apply asset allocation techniques to build sustainable portfolios, understand the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and discover the emerging ...
EE-570: Power system restructuring and deregulationThis course presents different types and mechanisms of electricity markets. It addresses in particular their impacts on power/distribution systems operation and consequently the appropriate strategies capable to ensure a secure and reliable functioning. ...
ENV-524: Risques hydrologiques et aménagementsLe cours est une introduction à l'hydrologie statistique avec un accent mis sur l'hydrologie des petits bassins-versants de montagne. Le cours comprend une introduction générale à la gestion des risques. Puis il présente la théorie des valeurs extrêmes et ...
FIN-416: Interest rate and credit risk modelsThis course gives an introduction to the modeling of interest rates and credit risk. Such models are used for the valuation of interest rate securities with and without credit risk, the management and hedging of bond portfolios and the valuation and usage ...
MGT-426: Logistique et analyse de la demandeLa logistique, fonction transversale par excellence, intègre toutes les dimensions des processus industriels à ajout de valeur, de l'approvisionnement à la distribution aux clients et au-delà en intégrant le développement durable. Un focus particulier sera ...
ENV-471: Environmental economicsIntroduction to economic analysis applied to environmental issues: all the necessary basic concepts, including cost-benefit analysis, for environmental policy making and its instruments (examples: climate, waste, mobility). Introduction to financial calcul ...
FIN-415: Probability and stochastic calculusThis course gives an introduction to probability theory and stochastic calculus in discrete and continuous time. The fundamental notions and techniques introduced in this course have many applications in finance, for example for option pricing, risk mana ...
FIN-619: Financial Econometrics and Machine LearningThis course consists of three parts: an introduction to financial time series data characteristics and analysis, a discussion on econometrics techniques (eg, GARCH models, cointegration, extreme values, truncation), and an exploration of machine learning t ...
FIN-609: Asset Pricing (2011 - 2024)This course provides an overview of the theory of asset pricing and portfolio choice theory following historical developments in the field and putting
emphasis on theoretical models that help our understanding of financial decision
making and financial mar ...
FIN-474: Advanced risk management topicsThe students learn different financial risk measures and their risk theoretical properties. They learn how to design and implement risk engines, with model estimation, forecast, reporting and validation elements. The students will also overview regulation ...
FIN-406: MacrofinanceThis course provides students with a working knowledge of macroeconomic models that explicitly incorporate financial markets. The goal is to develop a broad and analytical framework for analyzing the interaction of financial decisions, macroeconomic events ...
