Finance

Bachelor
Master
PhD

 

Studying Finance enables you to obtain knowledge in public and private finance, banking and insurance, cash turnover (money circulation), financial management, securities market, taxation etc.
Many of famous billionaires are financiers, and this is no coincidence – who can know more about money? This profession is always well paid and prestigious. Graduates of this specialization field must have a good understanding of financial management, insurance, crediting, pricing and many other aspects.
In this program students will learn about financial models and tools, study the processes of formation and fulfillment of budgets at different levels, the order of planning accounting and reporting procedures, organization and management of cash flows of the company and risk management, acquire practical skills in finance and business.

 

Code: 6В04106

 

Academic degree: bachelor’s degree in economics and business

 

The subject to choose for admission exam: geography

 

Form of education: full-time, full-time with a shortened period of study

 

Study period:

 

  • 4 years after secondary education
  • 3 years after vocational/secondary-specialized education
  • 2 years after higher education (for second higher education)

The features of the program

 

  • Availability of the full cycle of education: bachelor’s degree – master’s degree – PhD
  • Availability of Bloomberg terminal, incorporated into the educational process.

 

Bloomberg Agency is one of the main provider of financial information for professional participants of financial markets.
The main product of the agency is Bloomberg Terminal, which provides access to the current and historical prices in almost all global exchanges, news of the Bloomberg Agency and other leading mass media, electronic trading platform of bonds and other securities. The system also provides access to the news, quotations, e-mail, messaging system through its own secured network.
Bloomberg Terminal is a unique product of Bloomberg, which is available to the brokers of the Wall Street, and now also available to students and employees of Turan University.

 

Possibility of obtaining international professional certification (CIPA/EIСРА/СFА) along with university diploma.

 

Students will have the opportunity to get additional qualification in addition to university diploma and get prepared for professional certification (CIPA/EIСРА/СFА) during the educational process.

 

  •  Possibility to take certain courses instructed in English language.
  •  Possibility to improve your English and practice it throughout the whole period of study, as well as the possibility to successfully pass TOEFL/TOEIC examinations at Turan University.
  • Interesting and dynamic practice-oriented academic program.
  • Possibility to choose the most useful, relevant, necessary and practical academic courses,  as well as entrepreneurship  courses instructed in Kazakh, English and Russian languages.
  • Opportunity to learn from the best practitioners and business leaders.
  • Opportunities to undertake internships abroad and participate in academic exchange programs.
  • Possibilities to participate in various contests, win grants from commercial banks, receive scholarships and awards from companies, as well as to go in for sports.
  • Opportunity to realize your business idea in our “Turan Entrepreneurship” school.
  • Possibility to become our best graduates!!!

 

Our partners

 

  • Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan
  • Bloomberg
  • Chamber of Professional Accountants of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Association of Professional Accountants and Auditors of Kazakhstan
  • Eurasian Institute of Certified and Public accountants
  • Association of Triple Helix
  • European Business Association of Kazakhstan (EUROBAK)

 

Leading technoparks and companies

 

  • “SKOLKOVO” (Moscow, Russia)
  • Almaty Tech Garden (PIT Alatau)
  • ID-group International Entrepreneurship Academy

 

Career prospects

 

A degree in Finance allows graduates to become successful businessmen, pursue a career in private enterprises, banks, stock exchanges, finance and insurance companies, investment and pension funds, public financial agencies, treasury and tax authorities.

 

Our alumni are successful in establishing their own business, as well as work as:

 

  • financial and tax managers or analysts;
  • risk managers;
  • brokers and dealers;
  • investment and loans managers;
  • insurance agents;
  • bank employees;
  • accountants and cashiers;
  • auditors

 

They can grow in their career paths and become CFOs, managing directors and independent financial consultants.

 

 

The Master’s program is aimed at preparing a new generation of leaders capable of ensuring sustainable development of the company in an innovative economy.

 

Master’s studies in the specialty “finance” will expand the horizon of opportunities and provide a chance to get an interesting and highly paid position.

 

Graduates with a master’s degree in finance specialize in accounting and financial matters, managing cash flows of companies in the real and financial sectors. Training in the Master’s program on this program provides the necessary knowledge and skills for the work of senior managers, and also qualifies for work in other areas of business in the field of financial management, banking business.

 

Master of Science in Finance is a necessary degree for accelerated advancement in the career ladder in finance.

 

Code:

 

7M04104 – Scientific and pedagogical direction

7M04111 – Profile direction

 

Features of the program

 

We create the best opportunities for our undergraduates:

 

  • FINANCE specialty – is a full cycle of training:
    Master’s program (professional, scientific and pedagogical directions) – Doctoral PhD
  • Bloomberg laboratory in the educational process
    provides access to financial business cases, financial information and tools that are widely used in the world financial markets
    Bloomberg Terminal is a unique product of Bloomberg, which is available to the brokers of the Wall Street, and now also available to students and employees of Turan University
  • Preparation of the master’s project for solving a real strategic task
  • Preparation for professional certification of CFA and TOEFL / TOEIC language certification
  • English and PRACTICE throughout the study period;
  • the opportunity to successfully pass the TOEFL / TOEIC exams at Turan University
  • Flexible approach to learning: the possibility of mastering individual modules and disciplines remotely
  • Business-oriented program on finance, training in the most modern methods of financial and economic analysis: more than 20 elective courses
  • Combining theoretical high-level courses and applied business disciplines in Kazakh, English and Russian
  • Extensive attraction to teaching of Kazakhstan and foreign business and finance leaders
  • You will be able to study in the atmosphere of business trainings and “business games”, engage in financial science
  • You can go on foreign internships, as well as participate in academic exchange programs
  • Financial support of partners: scholarship and grant programs from banks (SD Savings Bank JSC, Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, etc.
  • Passage of internships and practices in the largest companies in the financial and real sector of the economy
  • You will be able to REALIZE YOUR RIGHT TO BUSINESS at our school of entrepreneurship “Turan Entrepreneurship”
  • You can be among our best alumni!!!

 

Actual and exclusive courses

 

  • Project management
  • Financial instruments and financial services
  • English (certified course)
  • World financial markets
  • Strategic banking management
  • Financial management (advanced course)
  • Tax consulting
  • Tax audit
  • and others

 

Our partners

 

  • Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan
  • CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute (USA)
  • Bloomberg
  • Chamber of Professional Accountants of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Association of Professional Accountants and Auditors of Kazakhstan
  • Eurasian Institute of Certified and Public accountants
  • Association of Triple Helix
  • European Business Association of Kazakhstan (EUROBAK)

 

Leading technoparks and companies

 

  • “SKOLKOVO” (Moscow, Russia)
  • Almaty Tech Garden (PIT Alatau)
  • ID-group International Entrepreneurship Academy

 

International cooperation

 

Within the framework of double-diploma and academic mobility programs students have the opportunity to study at the following partner universities:

 

  • University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
  • Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov (Russia, Moscow),
  • SolBridge International School of Business (South Korea),
  • Economics University (Varna, Bulgaria).
  • Šiauliai University (Lithuania)
  • Graduate School of Management in Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
  • University of Kuala Lumpur (Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia)
  • University of Central Bohemia (Prague, Czech Republic)
  • Saint-Petersburg State Economic University (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
  • Institute of Economics and Anti-crisis Management (Moscow, Russia)
  • Istanbul Arel University (Instanbul, Turkey)
  • University of Pécs (Budapest, Hungary)

 

Career prospects (professions)

 

For graduates of the master’s degree doors are open to the sphere of financial management, they can find themselves in the positions of chief accountant, cash manager, department head or financial director.
Masters are not only suitable for managerial positions, they also have the appropriate qualifications for work as a specialist in management analysis. As a rule, those positions for which a master’s degree are required for employment are very highly paid.
Diploma in Finance specialty allows graduates to become successful businessmen, to make a career in private enterprises and organizations, banks, stock exchanges, financial and insurance companies, investment and pension funds, finance departments of akimats and treasuries, tax authorities.
Professionals in this field are designed to work with the financial component of the company’s long-term goals. Possible positions:

 

  • Chief Accountant
  • Credit manager
  • Cash manager
  • Risk Manager and Insurance Manager
  • Manager of foreign economic banking operations
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Financial Specialist
  • Head of Department

Graduates of the specialty also successfully conduct their own BUSINESS

Career growth – financial director, company manager, independent financial adviser

 

Doctoral PhD in Finance is a professional educational program of postgraduate education for the training of PhD doctors of international level for scientific, educational and entrepreneurial activities – the business elite of modern financial science.

 

The program is aimed at preparing a qualitatively new generation of financial managers with key competencies, modern technologies and financial management tools.

 

The degree of doctor PhD will open to you new career opportunities in the Kazakhstan and financial world markets.

 

PhD is a degree that will allow you to contribute to financial science. Exactly your research can become an important link in solving modern issues of financial science and practice.

 

Code: 8D04103

 

The features of the program

 

We  create the best opportunities for our Philosophiae Doctor

 

  • The Bloomberg laboratory provides access to financial business cases, financial information and tools that are widely used in the financial world markets during research and in the educational process . Bloomberg Terminal is a unique product of Bloomberg, it is a system which is  available to WallStreet brokers and undergraduates and employees of the TURAN University
  • Full access to all library resources and electronic catalogs;
  • the opportunity to consult with their scientific director , other professors;
  • The opportunity to communicate and consult with leading scientists from many foreign universities;
  • Fundamental educational, methodological and research training and in-depth study of the disciplines of finance and economics in Kazakh, English and Russian;
  • The preparation of doctors of philosophy (PhD) is conducted at a high international level with the involvement of scientists and professors from foreign universities and partners.

 

Practice-oriented and exclusive courses

 

  • Research management
  • Business risks insurance
  • Modern strategic analysis
  • Current trends in Kazakhstan business
  • Financial Dealing
  • Islamic financial instruments
  • The theory and methodology of modern finance
  • Foreign management experience
  • The theory and practice of modern leadership
  • and others

 

Our partners

 

  • Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan
  • Bloomberg
  • Chamber of Professional Accountants of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Association of Professional Accountants and Auditors of Kazakhstan
  • Eurasian Institute of Certified and Public accountants
  • Association of Triple Helix
  • European Business Association of Kazakhstan (EUROBAK)

 

Leading technoparksand companies

 

  • “SKOLKOVO” (Moscow, Russia)
  • Almaty Tech Garden(PIT Alatau)
  • ID-group International Entrepreneurship Academy

International cooperation

 

Within the framework of double-diploma and academic mobility programs students have the opportunity to study at the following partner universities:

 

  • University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
  • Moscow State Universitynamed after M. V. Lomonosov (Russia, Moscow),
  • SolBridge International School of Business (South Korea)
  • Economics University (Varna, Bulgaria).
  • Šiauliai University (Lithuania)
  • Graduate School of Management in Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
  • University of Kuala Lumpur (Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia)
  • University of Central Bohemia (Prague, Czech Republic)
  • Saint-Petersburg State Economic University (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
  • Institute of Economics and Anti-crisis Management (Moscow, Russia)

 

Career prospects

 

Professional activities of doctoral candidates include not only scientific research, but also teaching at the university  for example, business consulting for large companies. Doctoral students in the economic and financial spheres are making great progress in business consulting. Graduates of the specialty also successfully conduct their own BUSINESS. Career growth – financial director, company manager, independent financial adviser.

The admissions committee