Course

FIN-700: Empirical Corporate Finance (2009 -2024)

The course provides an overview of empirical methods for corporate finance research, seminal contributions in theoretical and empirical corporate finance, and recent advances in empirical corporate fi

MGT-301: Foundations in financial economics

The aim of this course is to expose EPFL bachelor students to some of the main areas in financial economics. The course will be organized around six themes. Students will obtain both practical insight

MGT-482: Principles of finance

The course provides a market-oriented framework for analyzing the major financial decisions made by firms. It provides an introduction to valuation techniques, investment decisions, asset valuation, f

FIN-401: Introduction to finance

FIN-405: Investments

The course covers a wide range of topics in investment analysis

ENG-410: Energy supply, economics and transition

This course examines energy systems from various angles: available resources, how they can be combined or substituted, their private and social costs, whether they can meet the energy demand, and how

MGT-201: Introduction to entrepreneurship

This course provides an introduction to the field of entrepreneurship, in particular the process of new venture creation and the commercialization of technologies. It integrates theories of entreprene

HUM-471: Economic growth and sustainability I

This course examines growth from various angles: economic growth, growth in the use of resources, need for growth, limits to growth, sustainable growth, and, if time permits, population growth and gro

FIN-429: Sustainable & entrepreneurial finance

This course deals with the role of finance in the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy. Students learn how to apply asset allocation techniques to build sustainable portfolios, understand t

FIN-411: Accounting for finance

The objective of the course is to provide participants with accounting mechanisms for understanding and anaalyzing the financial statements of a company.