Master of Science in Global Finance
Master of Science in Global Finance (MSGF) program is a one-year executive-format master degree program jointly offered by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and NYU Stern School of Business since 2007.
Academics
The MSGF program takes place over one year, which consists of seven modules - four in Hong Kong, two in New York City and 1one in Shanghai. Students receive a Master of Science issued jointly by the two universities. Topics covered include:
- Global Macro & Asian Markets
- Foundations of Corporate Finance
- Foundations of Investments
- Asset Allocation
- Derivatives Markets
- Fixed Income Instruments & Markets
- Applied Corporate Finance & Valuation
- FinTech
- Financial Markets and Corporate Finance in China
- Risk Management in Financial Institutions
- Topics in Financial Markets & Innovation
Students have access to resources at both schools and are members of each school's alumni network.
Students
The current cohort comes with an average work experience of 10 years, and represent 17 nationalities from 12 work locations.
Professors
Professors who teach and have taught in the MSGF program include:
NYU Faculty
- Thomas Pugel
- Menachem Brenner
- Jennifer Carpenter
- Ingo Walter
- Marcin Kacperczyk
- Edward Altman
- Richard Levich
- Mike Pinedo
- David Yermack
- Marti Subrahmanyam
- Aswath Damodaran
HKUST Faculty
- Kasper Nielsen
- Jialin Yu
- Vidhan Goyal
- Xi Li