The Banking, Finance and Compliance Program at Lauder Business School combines contemporary knowledge and concepts in the field of international banking and finance with the relevant topics of law and policy as well as the tools and techniques of compliance management. The drastic changes to the regulative frameworks within which international organizations operate (Basel III, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Corporate Governance codes, valuation and accounting regulations, etc.) mean that contemporary business professionals need a new and very special profile.

Professionals in the finance sectors must become critical thinkers, dealmakers and investors as well as understand management in leading financial institutions and companies. Students will acquire expert knowledge in the fields of banking and finance and in managing institutions within this industry, in consulting and in auditing organizations in terms of compliance with a complex framework of regulations.

The LBS combines American and European educational methods and is connected to the Harvard MOC (Microeconomics of Competitiveness) Network, which includes more than 100 major business schools from 65 different countries.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The prerequisite for admission to a FH masters degree program (cf. section 4, sub-section 4 FHStG, as amended) is a

• completed FH bachelor degree program in the same field of at least 180 ECTS
• or a completed equivalent program at a recognized domestic or foreign post-secondary education institution. This must be an education institution offering programmes that last at least six semesters, which require the general matriculation standard pursuant to this federal statute for admission, and known as a post-secondary education institution pursuant to the legislation of the country where it is located.
• Adequate command of English

In the case of Bachelor’s programs not regulated by accreditation, the director of studies of the degree program or the Council will decide whether the other program fulfills the relevant admission requirement. Information about which bachelors or post-secondary programs qualify as relevant admission requirement for certain FH masters degree programs is available from administrators or the director of studies.