Department of Finance

The Department of Finance is the leading finance department in Sweden with about 20 faculty and 25 PhD students. A large proportion of the faculty and PhD students have an international background. The Department is located at the Swedish House of Finance’s facilities at Bertil Ohlins Gata 4, Stockholm.

The Department’s faculty regularly teaches in SSE's Bachelor and Master programs, in general, and the finance specializations, in particular. We are also involved in the MBA program and give courses in several Executive Education programs. Our highly regarded PhD program in Finance is integrated into the Stockholm Doctoral Program in Economics and is also a part of the Nordic Finance Network.

The Department’s research is both theoretical and empirical and covers the main areas of asset pricing and corporate finance. Indeed, our expertise lie within all major areas of finance, including banking, behavioral finance, corporate governance, derivatives, financial econometrics, household finance, international finance, market microstructure, real estate finance and venture capital & private equity.

Bachelor courses in Finance

The series of finance courses taught in the Bachelor program has been designed with the goal in mind to educate students in the most important areas within financial economics.

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Master program in Finance

The MSc program in Finance is consistently one of the top ranked programs across various rankings. The Financial Times have ranked the SSE Finance Masters as no. 23 in the world.

PhD program in Finance

The PhD program in Finance (240 ECTS) follows the standard US format: rigorous coursework in the first two years, and independent work on research projects that will make up the doctoral dissertation...

Seminars

The Department of Finance regularly arranges two types of academic seminars, Brown Bags and seminars. During January to March the seminars are usually used for job talks in our recruitment process....

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Job market candidates

On this page, you will find all current PhD candidates who are currently on the job market.

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MFIN

SSE welcomed into CFA Institute University Affiliation Program

02 September 2024

SSE has become the latest university to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program. The MSc program in Finance has been acknowledged as incorporating at least 70 percent of the CFA Program curriculum and placing emphasis on the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct within the program.

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Paolo Sodini

Paolo Sodini awarded new professorship in finance

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SSE researchers receive SEK 54 million in funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation

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Job talk - Valentina Rutigliano (University of British Columbia), "Minding Your Business or Your Child? Motherhood and the Entrepreneurship Gap"

Room Ragnar, SSE main building, entrance via Bertil Ohlins Gata 4 at 10:30 CET

Job talk - Valentina Rutigliano (University of British Columbia), "Minding Your Business or Your Child? Motherhood and the Entrepreneurship Gap"

Room Ragnar, SSE main building, entrance via Bertil Ohlins Gata 4 at 10:30 CET

Job talk - Win Monroe (Imperial College London), "Dealers, Information, and Liquidity Crises in Safe Assets"

Room Ragnar, SSE main building, entrance via Bertil Ohlins Gata 4 at 10:30 CET

Job talk - Oksana Smirnova (LBS), "Learning About the Stock Market: Asset Allocation Spillovers from Defined Contribution Pension Plan Access"

Room A550, SSE main building, entrance via Bertil Ohlins Gata 4 at 10:30 CET

Job talk - Miguel Oliveira (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), "Capital Structure and Employee Consumption"

Room Ragnar, SSE main building, entrance via Bertil Ohlins Gata 4 at 10:30 CET

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