Department of Banking and Financial Management
26 January 2024 2024-01-28 18:02Department of Banking and Financial Management
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Contact:
Address: Karaoli and Dimitriou 80, Piraeus 18534
Email: xrh-secr@unipi.gr
Tel: +30 210 414-2090, 2093, 2184, 2226
The Department
To prepare students to enter the field of finance, this department offers a comprehensive degree with classes in investments, financial planning, derivative markets, corporate finance, banking, the macroeconomy and the financial sector, financial econometrics and many others. Finance is also one of the most practical majors where students can learn how to invest for their personal profits, how to get prepared for their retirement, how to finance a home purchase or the purchase of a brand new car.
In this department we expect our students to learn both the theory and applications of the many topics covered in class. For instance, our students will be prepared to deal with the viability of a new product, with trading in futures and options, with analyzing what price of housing they can afford or with modeling of a lease versus purchase problem.
I am more than sure you will have many questions as you seek information on the various topics offered in our
department. Feel free to use all the communication options you find in our site. Our department looks forward to helping you develop academically and professionally. After all, we cannot promise you the world. The only thing we can promise you is that upon graduation you can feel ready to change the (financial) world.
Undergraduate
The Department of Banking and Financial Management was created in 1989 and is the only one in the field of Finance in Greece.
The curriculum is comparable with the respective curricula of the foreign Universities, is adjusted to the Greek reality and aims at covering the educational needs of the financial sector of the country. In particular, apart from extended emphasis in Economic Analysis Quantitative Methods and Social Sciences, studies in the Department of Banking and Financial Management offer basic knowledge in the operation of enterprises, credit institutions and money and capital markets.
Special emphasis is given in the following aspects:
- the role of the financial manager of a modern corporation in achieving business targets, in financial planning and reporting and in rasing and using funds,
- the structure and functions of banking institutions,
- money and capital markets, particularly the functions of Stock Exchanges, portfolio management using options, futures, hedging and swaps,
- the structure and functions of investment banking firms with special emphasis in their activities concerning mergers, takeovers and divestitures,
- international banking and international banking institutions,
- the use of microcomputers and related applications for analysing and presenting data for solving financial problems.
The curriculum accommodates the professional needs of students who wish to become executives in private and state enterprises, banks and other profit-making and non-for-profit institutions.
With this curriculum, the Department deals with the present and future needs of the country in specialised administrative and business executives in all sectors of Department of Banking and Financial Management.
Postgraduate Programmes
The Department offers 3 Masters’ Programmes:
- M.Sc. in Banking and Finance
- M.Sc in Banking and Finance Law
- M.Sc. in Financial Management of Public Organizations and Units
Employment Projects
Wide scope of professional activity
In today’s working environment of international financial markets and multinational groups, the demands on executives are constantly increasing, as executives are the heart of every company and their quality determines its prospects. The globalised economy and international competition bring ever-increasing demands for quality, innovation and adaptation of knowledge on the part of managers.
In the financial sector in particular, changes are constant and rapid, which makes lifelong learning essential for those who wish to develop their careers.
Typical Career Paths
- Immediate integration or advancement in the professional arena, either in positions of responsibility in companies and organizations in the private or public sector, or as self-employed.
- Postgraduate studies in internationally renowned universities, possibly leading to doctoral studies and an academic career.
Research
Seminar Series
The departmental academic seminar series in Finance is organized by Assistant Professor Michail Anthropelos (anthropel@unipi.gr ) and Professor George Skiadopoulos (gskiado@unipi.gr ). It runs since 2005 and part of the series is supported by Piraeus Bank (February 2018 – December 2018). It takes place over the academic terms on Thursdays 16:15-18:00 at the main building of University of Piraeus. The seminars treat topics in asset pricing, asset management, corporate finance and accounting, financial econometrics, market microstructure, risk management and other areas of finance. Our guest speakers from leading universities, research centers, and central banks in Greece and abroad present their latest research. Seminars are well attended by faculty members, academics from other universities, doctoral students and practitioners.
In the past, well-known researchers from leading universities like Cornell, Chicago, Columbia, ECB, HEC Lausanne, INSEAD, LBS, LSE, McGill, New York University, National University of Singapore, Northwestern, Oxford, UCLA, University of Southern California, University of Vienna, University of Zurich, University of Warwick, Wharton, etc and institutions such as Bank for International Settlements, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, New York Fed, etc have presented their papers.
The department of Banking and Financial Management of the University of Piraeus is the oldest department in Finance in Greece and has awarded honorary doctorates to Professor George Constantinides (University of Chicago) and Professor Stephen Ross (MIT). The departmental stuff has published in journals like American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Finance, Review of Finance, Journal of Business, etc.
Faculty and Staff
Dimitrios Voliotis
Assistant Professor, Ph.D Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Ιστοσελίδα
Message from the Chair
To prepare students to enter the field of finance, the Department of Banking and Finance offers a comprehensive degree with classes in investments, financial planning, derivative markets, corporate finance, banking, the macroeconomy and the financial sector, financial econometrics and many others. Finance is also one of the most practical majors where students can learn how to invest for their personal profits, how to get prepared for their retirement, how to finance a home purchase or the purchase of a brand new car.
In this department we expect our students to learn both the theory and applications of the many topics covered in class. For instance, our students will be prepared to deal with the viability of a new product, with trading in futures and options, with analyzing what price of housing they can afford or with modeling of a lease versus purchase problem.
I am more than sure you will have many questions as you seek information on the various topics offered in our
department. Feel free to use all the communication options you find in our site. Our department looks forward to helping you develop academically and professionally. After all, we cannot promise you the world. The only thing we can promise you is that upon graduation you can feel ready to change the (financial) world.
Sincerely,
Seraina Anagnostopoulou
Professor and Chair
Department of Banking and Financial Management
University of Piraeus
Research
The Department of Banking and Finance is the top Faculty in Greece in Management and Economics (according to the IDEAS ranking).
A list of its members’ publicationscan be found at REPEC.
A large part of the Department’s Research is carried out within the institutes and laboratories of the Department.
