Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration

Field of study: Finance

Form of organization: MASTER, full-time education

Specialization: FINANCE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY (FINTECH)

Who is it for?

• To those who want to be part of the digital transformation in a society of knowledge and interconnections, disintermediated, social environments and artificial intelligence, in which we will all be part, economic actors, employees, citizens to ensure the facilitation of new businesses, sustaining competitive and sustainable economic advantage, developing new products and services, increasing operational efficiency, worldwide interconnection;
• Current and future economists specialized in the application of new technologies in the economic or financial-banking field (banks, insurance, investments, pension systems, alternative non-banking systems), from the perspective of future specialists, the development and promotion of products and services, of new segments business, alternative distribution channels, technology modernization of lending, retail, corporate and treasury activities;
• Non-IT specialists who need to communicate and ensure that IT becomes a business enabler, managers and business specialists to keep control of digital developments and communication with IT specialists;
• Specialists engaged in the development of new digital economic ecosystems, new payment systems, the application of blockchain technologies, artificial intelligence, robotics, Big Data, IoT, cloud computing and much more;
• Entrepreneurs who want to apply new digital technologies through the development of start-ups, innovation hubs and other facilitators;
• Company managers, intermediate level managers, in establishing and applying the mission and vision of the company, orientation towards the needs of customers, in the implementation of the projects necessary to achieve their needs using digital technologies;
• For those who want to adapt to the changes of the future, who want to add a new specialization to the already existing one;
• Economic actors, private entities and public institutions who want to have a future in the new digitally transformed world, to develop their businesses and train their own staff in this regard.

What do they get?

• Competences - specialized knowledge and skills, theoretical and practical notions, the methods and tools of new technologies in the financial and banking fields, with their use in economic practice;
• The ability to successfully integrate and manage changes/adapt to situations arising in social and economic activity in general, in new business models and specific to economic entities;
• Knowledge and skills in risk management, of ecosystems with diluted control, in the management of crisis periods and cyber risks;
• Adapting the knowledge and skills of graduates for the jobs of the future, adapting to the requirements of employment or career development;
• Identifying trends and immediate or long-term opportunities.

What is the curriculum?

How does the didactic training take place?

• By using advanced forms of knowledge transmission, in online/hybrid format, based on modern technologies;
• The adoption of effective teaching methods (involvement of specialists in the field, courses in the form of debates, courses focused on the presentation of concrete cases, rich in examples, inviting experts with experience in the development of new technologies and their application in economic and financial activity);
• Various forms of education, full-time, part-time, or distance learning.

What are the advantages of the graduate?

• Adapting easily to the rapid transformations to which the national and global economy is subject, adapting to the labor market, to the jobs of the future, through a broad specialization in the field of new digital technologies applied in the economic field;
• Performance and appreciation at the workplace, supporting career development, ensuring success at the current or future workplace;
• Efficiency, power of coordination, initiative and control in professional activity;
• International equivalence, university training at an international qualitative level and capitalizing on skills in any economic entity in Romania or abroad;
• Ensuring the basis for the development of personal and family well-being, appreciation/respect in society and the development of future plans, through the knowledge and skills that are acquired, as determining factors of personal success.

What are the main professional skills acquired?

• Appropriate use of concepts, theories, methods and tools of an innovative, digital nature in the economic, financial-banking fields, of the activities of private and public entities/organizations;
• Collecting, analyzing and interpreting data and information related to the issues of new technological and economic-financial developments;
• Carrying out works of an applicative nature to the digital, economic and financial ecosystem at the level of private and public entities/organizations;
• Execution of entity/organization specific modeling;
• Application of financial decisions within entities/organizations using new technologies, electronic commerce, intellectual assets, etc.

Professional competencies of the program:

• In-depth knowledge of the area of specialization and within it, the theoretical, methodological and practical developments specific to the financial field and digital innovation;
• Planning, organizing, coordinating and controlling financial activity and digital innovation;
• The integrated use of the conceptual and methodological apparatus, under conditions of incomplete information, to solve new theoretical and practical problems;
• Nuanced and relevant use of evaluation criteria and methods to make value judgments and inform constructive decisions in finance and digital innovation;
• Development of professional and/or research projects, innovatively using a varied spectrum of quantitative and qualitative methods in financial and digital innovation activity.

Transversal skills offered:

Transversal competencies of the program are embodied in:

• Execution of complex professional tasks, in conditions of autonomy and professional independence in the field of finance and digital innovation;
• Assumption of leadership roles/functions of the activity of professional groups or institutions regarding the financial and digital innovation fields;
• Self-control of the learning process, diagnosis of training needs, reflective analysis of one's own professional activity;
• Ethics and professionalism - Applying the principles, norms and values of professional ethics within the framework of one's own rigorous, efficient and responsible work strategy; solving a real/hypothetical problem at work in real time, under conditions of qualified assistance, respecting the rules of professional ethics;
• Project management - identification of roles and responsibilities in a multi-specialized team and the application of communication techniques and effective work within the team; carrying out a work/project, responsibly assuming tasks specific to the role in a team;
• Personal development - Identifying opportunities for continuous training and effectively capitalizing on learning resources and techniques for your own development.

The mission of the study program is to train specialists capable of an interdisciplinary approach of economic operations, with an ability to analyze complex quantitative and qualitative information referring to the financial management of entities.

Among the studied subjects we find: Direct Fiscality, Aspects concerning Fiscal Procedure, Compulsory Social Contributions, Sanctions and Appeal Methods, Customs Procedures and Legislation, Tax on the Income Obtained in Romania by Non-Residents and the Tax on the Branches of Foreign Companies Opened in Romania

Professional Competencies

Profound knowledge of the area of specialization and of the theoretical, methodological and practical developments specific to financial management in public and private institutions.

 Planning, organization, coordination and control of financial activity in public and private institutions

Integrated use of the conceptual and methodological apparatus, in incomplete information circumstances, to solve new theoretical and practical issues

Refined and pertinent use of criteria and evaluation methods to formulate value judgments and found constructive decisions in the financial activity in public and private institutions

Elaboration of professional and/or research projects, innovatively using a varied array of quantitative and qualitative methods in the financial activity in public and private institutions

Transversal Competencies

Performing some complex professional tasks, in conditions of professional autonomy and independence in the field of public and private financial management

Taking on some leadership roles/functions of the activity of professional groups and institutions concerning the management of financial activity

The specialty practical internship takes places during the first year of study, totaling 84 hours and during the second semester of the university year / one day per week 6 hours. The specialty practical internship takes places in public and private entities, with the direct guidance of the teaching staff in charge and of the tutors from the entities where the internship takes place, according with the agreements concluded with the university to this purpose. Students looking for a special practical experience are invited to visit the website ERASMUS Mobilities for placement. Here they will find some of the available destinations as well as the open positions. Additional details will be offered by the ERASMUS Team.

Career opportunities:

• Financial analyst
• Management researcher, accounting, financial control
• Management researcher assistant, accounting, financial control
• Organization specialist/analyst
• Assistant analyst

The faculty has its own specialty laboratories (IT, multimedia labs), with adequate equipment for all subjects with such activities, with licenses for all necessary software, allowing the optimal performance of the classes for those subjects.

The university library is equipped with reading rooms and its own book collection for the subjects included in the study plans, for each university study cycle, and the resources necessary for the development of activities are included in the income and expenditure budgets. Also, in the library, students have free online access to data basis and specialty magazines from the country and from abroad.

The mission of the study program is to train specialists in the field of auditing and public and private control with solid professional training, based on the consistent acquisition of the know-how of auditing and control and on the comprehension of the spirit that articulates into a whole all the sciences that ensure the specialty training in this field.

In this program students will study subjects such as: Financial Auditing Standards, Public Auditing and internal control, Management and auditing of human resources, Management and auditing of European projects, Procedures for the elaboration of working papers and of the financial audit file, Sampling in auditing, Internal Auditing of Public Institutions.

Professional Competencies

Profound knowledge of the area of specialization and of the theoretical, methodological and practical developments specific to auditing and control in public and private institutions.

Planning, organization, coordination of auditing and control in public and private institutions

Integrated use of the conceptual and methodological apparatus, in incomplete information circumstances, to solve new theoretical and practical issues

Refined and pertinent use of criteria and evaluation methods to formulate value judgments and found constructive decisions in the activity of auditing and control in public and private institutions

Elaboration of professional and/or research projects, innovatively using a varied array of quantitative and qualitative methods in the activity of auditing and control in public and private institutions

Transversal Competencies

Performing some complex professional tasks, in conditions of professional autonomy and independence in the activity of auditing and control in public and private institutions

Self-control of the learning process, diagnosis of training needs, reflexive analysis of one’s own professional activities

The specialty practical internship takes places during the first year of study, totaling 84 hours and during the second semester of the university year / one day per week 6 hours. The specialty practical internship takes places in public and private entities, with the direct guidance of the teaching staff in charge and of the tutors from the entities where the internship takes place, according with the agreements concluded with the university to this purpose. Students looking for a special practical experience are invited to visit the website ERASMUS Mobilities for placement. Here they will find some of the available destinations as well as the open positions. Additional details will be offered by the ERASMUS Team.

Career opportunities:

• Financial auditor
• Management controller 
• Internal auditor
• Management researcher, accounting, financial control
• Financial analyst
• Public sector internal auditor

The faculty has its own specialty laboratories (IT, multimedia labs), with adequate equipment for all subjects with such activities, with licenses for all necessary software, allowing the optimal performance of the classes for those subjects.

The university library is equipped with reading rooms and its own book collection for the subjects included in the study plans, for each university study cycle, and the resources necessary for the development of activities are included in the income and expenditure budgets. Also, in the library, students have free online access to data basis and specialty magazines from the country and from abroad

The mission of the study program is to train specialists in the field of public and private financial management with solid professional training based on advanced knowledge of the field of financial management and the interdisciplinary approach of economic operations in order to ensure the possibility to offer consultancy services necessary to found financial decisions.

Some of the subjects studied are: Strategic Management of Public Administration, Management of Financial and Banking Risks, Management of Information Systems, Accounting Policies according to International Standards of Fiscal Reporting, European Public Policies, Financial Markets et Stock market Transactions, Management of Information Systems, Comparative Fiscal Systems, Fiscality and Fiscal Policy, Financial and Accounting Expertise, Company Diagnosis and Evaluation, Management of public and private portfolios, Ethics and Academic Integrity.

Professional Competencies

Profound knowledge of the area of specialization and of the theoretical, methodological and practical developments specific to financial management in institutions

Planning, organization, coordination and control of financial activity in public and private institutions.

Integrated use of the conceptual and methodological apparatus, in incomplete information circumstances, to solve new theoretical and practical issues

Refined and pertinent use of criteria and evaluation methods to formulate value judgments and found constructive decisions in the financial activity of public and private institutions

Elaboration of professional and/or research projects, innovatively using a varied array of quantitative and qualitative methods in the financial activity of public and private institutions

Transversal Competencies

Performing some complex professional tasks, in conditions of professional autonomy and independence in the field of public and private financial management

Taking on some leadership roles/functions of the activity of professional groups and institutions concerning the management of financial activity

Self-control of the learning process, diagnosis of training needs, reflexive analysis of one’s own professional activities

The specialty practical internship takes places during the first year of study, totaling 84 hours and during the second semester of the university year / one day per week 6 hours. The specialty practical internship takes places in public and private entities, with the direct guidance of the teaching staff in charge and of the tutors from the entities where the internship takes place, according with the agreements concluded with the university to this purpose. Students looking for a special practical experience are invited to visit the website ERASMUS Mobilities for placement. Here they will find some of the available destinations as well as the open positions. Additional details will be offered by the ERASMUS Team.

Career opportunities:

• Financial-Banking inspector
• Bank Manager
• Banking/leasing analyst
• Budget Consultant
• Treasurer
• Expert in the management of investment activities
• Evaluator
• Censor

The faculty has its own specialty laboratories (IT, multimedia labs), with adequate equipment for all subjects with such activities, with licenses for all necessary software, allowing the optimal performance of the classes for those subjects.

The university library is equipped with reading rooms and its own book collection for the subjects included in the study plans, for each university study cycle, and the resources necessary for the development of activities are included in the income and expenditure budgets. Also, in the library, students have free online access to data basis and specialty magazines from the country and from abroad

The necessity of this study program resides in the constant need for specialists trained to answer competition challenges and to improve sustainable economic development from the perspective of tourism, commerce and services.

In this program, students will study subject like: Business Management in Commerce and Tourism, International Commerce, Financing Businesses in Commerce and Tourism, Business and entrepreneurship in Commerce and Tourism, Management of Tourist Destinations, Quality Management in commerce and tourism.

Professional Competencies

Profound knowledge of the area of specialization and of the theoretical, methodological and practical developments specific to business management in commerce and tourism

Planning, organization, coordination and control of business management in commerce and tourism

Integrated use of the conceptual and methodological apparatus, in incomplete information circumstances, to solve new theoretical and practical issues

Refined and pertinent use of criteria and evaluation methods to formulate value judgments and found constructive decisions in business management in commerce and tourism

Elaboration of professional and/or research projects, innovatively using a varied array of quantitative and qualitative methods in business management in commerce and tourism

Transversal Competencies

Performing some complex professional tasks, in conditions of professional autonomy and independence in the field of business management in commerce and tourism

Taking on some leadership roles/functions of the activity of professional groups and institutions regarding business management in commerce and tourism

Self-control of the learning process, diagnosis of training needs, reflexive analysis of one’s own professional activities

The specialty practical internship takes places during the first year of study, totaling 84 hours and during the second semester of the university year / one day per week 6 hours. The specialty practical internship takes places in public and private entities, with the direct guidance of the teaching staff in charge and of the tutors from the entities where the internship takes place, according with the agreements concluded with the university to this purpose. Students looking for a special practical experience are invited to visit the website ERASMUS Mobilities for placement. Here they will find some of the available destinations as well as the open positions. Additional details will be offered by the ERASMUS Team.

Career opportunities:

Graduates of the study program develop their entrepreneurial abilities in the field of tourism and services managament, management of commerce, in the field of tourism marketing and merchandising and they occupy positions of financial analyst, assistant analyst, organization specialist, organization analyst.

The faculty has its own specialty laboratories (IT, multimedia labs), with adequate equipment for all subjects with such activities, with licenses for all necessary software, allowing the optimal performance of the classes for those subjects.

The university library, as well as the faculty library, is equipped with reading rooms and its own book collection for the subjects included in the study plans, for each university study cycle, and the resources necessary for the development of activities are included in the income and expenditure budgets. Also, in the library, students have free online access to data basis and specialty magazines from the country and from abroad.