Program Description

Within the framework of the Elite Network of Bavaria the Elite Graduate Program “Finance & Information Management” has been started at the University of Augsburg with the academic year 2004/05, in close cooperation with renowned colleagues from the faculty of Mathematical Finance, Business and Information Systems of the Technische Universität München and other reputable (inter-) national scientific partners. The program addresses students holding a bachelor's degree in the fields of business sciences, computer science, business & information systems engineering, (industrial) engineering, finance and mathematics or other related disciplines.

Through the combination of an excellent professional education in the fields of Financial Management, Business & Information Systems Engineering, Operations Management, Quantitative Finance and Resource Management with soft skills, multidisciplinary studies and international scientific and corporate partnerships, the aim of the Elite Graduate Program is to provide very gifted and ambitious students with an exceptional academic education. Admission to this specific educational program with intensive and individual support will provide for a concentrated, international, efficient and, at the same time, cross-linked, practical study.

The program is designed in order to enable its students to fill responsible leadership-positions in business, science and administration.