CFA programme - Department of Finance

The Faculty of Economics, VŠB-TU Ostrava is involved in the international University Affiliation Program of the CFA Institute. Part of this program is the master's study field of Finance, which means that the study plans of this field must overlap at least 70 percent with the topics of the CFA program.

The CFA program is one of the most demanding qualifications in finance and the holders of the CFA (Certified Financial Analyst) title have a significant advantage in finding employment with the best companies both in the Czech Republic and abroad. In many countries, the place of brokerage or other professional examinations is also recognized, and its advantage is that CFA examinations are uniform worldwide. The faculty may also award scholarships to six selected students each year for these prestigious exams.

For more info see www.cfainstitute.org and www.cfasociety.org/czechrepublic/Pages/default.aspx.

Are you ready for a successful career in finance and investment? With the CFA® Program you will learn how to apply the knowledge and skills employers most value. Join us to hear how the CFA® Program can accelerate your global career in finance. Access key career information and free resources for students.

Wednesday 8^th March 3pm UK/GMT, 4pm CET - https://global.cfainstituteevents.org/d/wlqr3n/

Tuesday 14^th March 3pm UK/GMT, 4pm CET - https://global.cfainstituteevents.org/d/0lqrd3/

Wednesday 15^th March 10am UK/GMT, 11am CET - https://global.cfainstituteevents.org/d/1lqrdt/

Thursday 16^th March 3pm UK/GMT, 4pm CET - https://global.cfainstituteevents.org/d/tlqrcd/Yulia

The students of the faculty of Economics participate every year at CFA Institute Research Challenge, which is organized in cooperation with CFA Society Czech Republic. The aim of the competition is to prepare an investment recommendation for a selected company. The competition is conducted in English and so far the greatest success has been the participation of the student team in the European finals in Madrid.

Rules CFA Scholarship for 2022-2023 are available here (PDF file, 854 kB).

General info on CFA Institute Research Challenge is available here and here (PDF file, 987 kB and 4.6 MB).

Special Events CFA:

Following the popularity of previous events, CFA is happy to announce some additional information sessions for students in April: CFA Program: ready, steady win!

We’re looking forward to sharing important changes to the content of the CFA® Program and provide access to resources and guidance we have found are most useful for finance students.

The 60-minute webinar students will discuss:

CFA Program: its value, and contents

Important updates on the CFA Program
Career guidance and other free resources for students

Wednesday 19^th April 3pm UK/ 4pm CET - https://global.cfainstituteevents.org/d/4lq6x0/

Thursday 20^th April 10am UK/ 11am CET- https://global.cfainstituteevents.org/d/qlq63b/

Tuesday 25^th April 10am UK/ 11am CET- https://global.cfainstituteevents.org/d/zlq630/

This Practitioner Insights session for universities will provide a dispassionate look at Cryptoassets from the point of view investment professionals. Olivier Fines, CFA, Head of Capital Markets Policy at CFA Institute will report on research conducted over the past year with a variety of investment practitioners and crypto experts—some enthusiastic, some skeptical, many cautious but curious. The research seeks to go beyond the hype and understand what investment professionals are thinking and doing. In this session we invite both university academics and students from the CFA Institute® University Affiliation Program global network to hear practitioner perspectives on this controversial topic and to hear your questions and views.

Tuesday 18^th April 10am UK / 11am CET - https://global.cfainstituteevents.org/d/z0qjr9/

Tuesday 18^th April 3pm UK/ 4pm CET - https://global.cfainstituteevents.org/d/v0qkkp/