Master in Statistics and Information Management

Statistics and Information Management

Specialization in Analysis and Risk Management

Master Degree

Become familiar with the operations and products that are part of the activity of financial institutions;

Identify and quantify the risks associated with financial and non-financial institutions;

Manage the various risks in institutions;

Make decisions based on economic value quantification techniques;

Manage in accordance with the new European solvency systems for banking and insurance services.

ObjectivesThis master degree course is aimed at training experts and managers to be able to identify, quantify and manage the risks of both financial and non-financial institutions. At the same time it is oriented to enable managers to make decisions at the level of risk management, according to the capital requirements established by Solvency II and Basel III.

The specific objectives of this course are the training of experts and managers who will be able to:

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ISEGI-NOVAThe NOVA School of Statistics and Information Management (ISEGI-NOVA) is an organic unit of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. It is a research based school and the first institution in the Iberian Peninsula to integrate iSchools, an international organization that brings together the best schools in research and teaching in the area of information management.

ISEGI-NOVA offers bachelor, post-graduate, master and doctoral courses in the areas of information management and information systems and technologies.

For more information please consult the following link: www.isegi.unl.pt/index.asp?lang=EN.

NOVA School of Statistics and Information Management

Statistics and Information Management

Specialization in Analysis and Risk Management

Master Degree

Mandatory Curricular Units

Banking and Insurance Operations

Value Quantification Techniques

Mandatory Curricular Units

Research Methodologies

Solvency Models

Risk Management

7,5

ECTS

7,5

7,5

ECTS

7,5

7,5

Study PlanFor the award of the Master degree in Statistics and Information Management with specialization in Analysis and Risk Management students have to complete 8 curricular units, five of which are mandatory and the remaining can be chosen from a list of more than 30 curricular units available.

Academic Calendar and Timetable The course lasts for three academic semesters (with the last one corresponding to the elaboration of a scientific or a project thesis, or a final report on a work placement), with each curricular unit having a lecturing load of two hours per week. Classes will take place after work (after 6pm), two to three times per week.

Applications and Applicants’ SelectionTo apply to this Master Program, students must have a bachelor degree (with at least 180 ECTS).

Applications must be submitted in the online Applications’ Portal of ISEGI-NOVA, during the application phase, in the following link: www.isegi.unl.pt/candidaturas.

The selection process is based on the analysis of the academic and professional curriculum of the candidates and on an interview.

Optional Curricular UnitsBusiness Intelligence I; Business Intelligence II; Business Process Management; Cartographic Sciences*; Customer Relationship Management (CRM); Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty Management; Data Analysis; Data Collection Methods; Data Mining I; Data Mining II; Databases; Decision Support Systems; Econometrics Methods; Enterprise Geographic Information Systems*; Experiential Marketing; Forecasting Methods; Geographic Information Systems; Geo-Spatial Data Mining*; GIS Applications*; GIS Modeling*; Information Projects Management; Information Systems Management; Information Technologies Services Management; Inquiry Methodologies; Knowledge Management; Market Research; Marketing Management; Marketing Quantitative Methods I; Marketing Quantitative Methods II; Marketing Strategy and Consumer Behavior; Remote Sensing*; Science and Geographic Information Systems*; Spatial Databases*; Statistics; Web and Internet Technologies; Web Marketing and e-Business.

* E-learning courses.

Requirements for obtaining the Degree This course is organized by the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). To complete the lectured part, students must obtain a minimum of 60 credits, equivalent to the completion of 8 curricular units. The lectured part takes place during the first two semesters and corresponds to the post-graduate diploma in Analysis and Risk Management.

To obtain the Master degree students must present and defend a scientific thesis or a project

work that has to be original and carried out specifically for this purpose, or a final report on a work placement, carried out in the third semester, which corresponds to 35 additional credits. ISEGI-NOVA will offer support to the realization of internships, both in Portugal and abroad.

The completion of this course provides a Master degree in Statistics and Information Management, with specialization in Analysis and Risk Management.

NOVA School of Statistics and Information Management

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