Gain the skills necessary to effectively manage a corporation’s finances. Learn to use discounted cash flow, rate-of-return analyses and other financial management tools to evaluate projects, investments, and financial instruments. Want to learn how to make your corporation’s money make money? In this...

A mathematically rigorous framework to understand financial markets delivered with data-driven insights from MIT professors. This is a two-part course, and part of the MicroMasters® Program in Finance. It provides a rigorous and comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of modern finance and their...

Decent work is thecritical engine of sustainable development. This course explores the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and mechanisms for developing decent and sustainable work. The United Nations' Sustainable Development 2030 Agenda gives us the opportunity to change and improve the lives...

How financial regulation responded to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and its implications for regulating Fintech and responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. The course stresses the interplay between the financial industry and its regulators in shaping regulations and their effectiveness. This course...

You will learn how to analyse China’s one-of-a-kind economy, what the key characteristics of China’s development model are and how its policy levers – monetary, fiscal and regulatory – work. China’s economy is a unique amalgam of top-down planning and capitalism red in tooth and claw. A state-controlled...

Learn a systemic approach to utilizing classical machine learning models and techniques to gain insights from data sets, and master the tools used in this task. Classical Machine Learning refers to well established techniques by which one makes inferences from data. This course will introduce a systematic...

Make your organization’s business strategy and model, as well as your own career path, future-proof by using big data’s disruptive power. While big data infiltrates all walks of life, most firms have not changed sufficiently to meet the challenges that come with it. In this course, you will learn how...

This course guides you through a step-by-step process to create an acceleration plan to grow your business, building on insights from Applied Entrepreneurship Course 1. Eligible learners can choose to participate in an acceleration plan competition, too. Applied Entrepreneurship II is a follow-on course...

Dive into the economic strategies for promoting the energy transition: technologies, policies, pricing, emission trading and more. How can economic strategies bring our current, fossil fuel based energy system into a carbon neutral future? According to the International Panel on Climate Change, we have...

Learn what it takes to hold a company’s financial future in your hands, as you learn how financial managers respond to the long-term financial needs of a corporation and the roles of capital markets. Want to be ahead of your competitors? Learn to employ long-term strategic financial management tools...

Learn fundamental principles of modern finance, including valuation models, methods for risk analysis, derivative instruments and investment management. Many of the most important financial decisions in business are done under uncertainty. This is the second course in the Foundations of Modern Finance...

You will gain a thorough understanding of how China’s political system works, find out what Xi’s “China Dream” really means and how China sees its role in the world The Chinese Communist Party is the biggest, best-organised and most powerful political force in the world. Understanding what motivates...

Learn the key strategies used by project managers to generate crucial funding for their projects. Are you involved in the development and execution of technical projects and eager to know what it takes to fund a project successfully? Would you like to be more in touch with the latest developments in...

You will learn how China’s financial markets really operate, how to find opportunities and how to avoid the pitfalls of investing in a market with distinctly Chinese characteristics. Over the past couple of years, the Chinese government has finally started to open China’s financial system and its equity...

How do investors, creditors, and other users analyze financial statements to assess corporate performance. Learn financial accounting, how to read financial statements, and input valuation models for better corporate finance decision-making. Accounting is the language of business. It is difficult to...

Learn the mathematical foundations essential for financial engineering and quantitative finance: linear algebra, optimization, probability, stochastic processes, statistics, and applied computational techniques in R. Modern finance is the science of decision making in an uncertain world, and its language...

Financial derivatives are ubiquitous in global capital markets. Students will obtain a sophisticated understanding of valuation methods; tools for quantifying, hedging, and speculating on risk; and a basic familiarity with major markets and instruments. Financial derivatives are ubiquitous in global...

Our 4-week advanced course considers how to design interactions between agents in order to achieve good social outcomes. The course -- which is free and open to the public -- considers three main topics: social choice theory (i.e., collective decision making), mechanism design, and auctions. More...

Regression modeling is the standard method for analysis of continuous response data. This course provides theoretical and practical training in statistical modeling with particular emphasis on linear and multiple regression. Statistical modeling is a fundamental element of analysis for statisticians...

Learn how to classify projects by deal structure and customer type by examining global PPP mega-deals. The Alaska Oil Pipeline is one example of a massive public private partnership. Learn how project finance principles and concepts are used in this deal and others, as well as how the legal and operating...