Reyes Calderón, dean of the School of Economics at the University of Navarra. PHOTO: Manuel Castells

The School of Economics and Business Administration of the University of Navarra has launched a new Master's Degree in Banking and Financial Regulation for recent graduates. partnership The postgraduate program will start next academic year 2010-2011 and is created in close collaboration with entities such as BBVA, Caja Navarra, Telefónica, La Caixa and Banco Popular. The latter two will also grant scholarships for the course.

The degree scroll will be taught at campus in Pamplona and at the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra by academics and professionals from different companies and institutions such as BBVA, Caja Navarra, La Caixa, Banco Popular, Moody's, the Bank of Spain, the University of Navarra and Stanford University, and the International Monetary Fund, among others.

As for the Study program, the Master's Degree will include advanced statistical and econometric subjects applied to the banking business, advanced bank accounting, corporate finance, risks and banking business, programming in SAS (Statistical Analysis Systems), tool computer science for the management of companies, or economic environment; along with a broad module of financial and accounting regulation that addresses the evolution of the regulatory framework and new perspectives such as macro-prudential analysis.

Finally, it includes another part focused on financial ethics and corporate social responsibility. The theoretical sessions will be complemented by case studies relevant to the banking world.

Future banking and new technologies

In this sense, it is the only program in this field taught jointly by professionals in the sector and academics, and which emphasizes knowledge about the banking of the future - characterized by the use of technology and the Internet - for which it will have the support of Telefónica S.A. In addition, all students will carry out an internship in one of the collaborating entities and an end of project Master's Degree .

As the Dean of the School of Economics and Business Sciences, Professor Reyes Calderón, explains, "the goal of this postgraduate program is to train professionals for the banking business of the 21st century, a business that is definitely focused on the customer, an increasingly demanding person who seeks trust, honesty and efficiency. We are convinced that trust emerges from the symbiosis between the deep knowledge of the business and ethics as a transversal variable, as review the motto of Master's Degree: Trust through Ethics and Knowledge".

Interview with Professor Fernando Pérez de Gracia, director of Master's Degree, on 98.3 Radio: