Master of Science in Finance

• 3 ECTS can by earned by conducting an internship of at least 6 weeks, full-time, including the writing of a report supervised by a professor of the Faculty of Economics and Business.
• Approval of the Director of the MScF in mandatory before the beginning of the internship.
• No internship can be carried out during the first semester of the MScF programme nor should the internship negatively affect other course work.

Supervisors

• Prof. Peter Fiechter
• Prof. Michael Hasler
• Prof. Carolina Salva
• Prof. Florian Weigert – Programme director

Programme administrator

• Kira Facchinetti

Step by step

Step 1. Before the internship

First, you must find a suitable internship position with a company.

Then you need approval from Prof. Weigert. Send him an email with the following information:

• Name of the company
• Link to the company website
• Contact person (tutor)
• Detailed topic and dates of the internship.

Step 2. Registration in IS-Academia

Register in IS-Academia for the course “Internship with report (5AF2040)” for the semester of which you will validate your report. This will automatically register you for the exam session immediately following the end of the course.

Report requirements:

• A4 format, Times New Roman 12, double-spacing
• 3 sections: 1. Introduction, 2. Core (motivation, job description, link with financial theory, main challenges), 3. Conclusion
• 10-15 pages (without appendices).

Step 4. When and how to submit the report

On the fist day of the exam session, send the final version of your report (pdf) to your supervisor.

At the same time send to the programme administrator the following documents (pdf) completed and signed:

Dates and deadlines