Transcript Слайд 1 - Kyiv School of Economics

World-Class Economics
Education and Research in Ukraine
KSE founders:
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Economics Education & Research Consortium
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The Victor Pinchuk Foundation
KSE contributors
Core Sponsors:
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The Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Eurasia Foundation
Global Development Network
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
• Open Society Institute
• Swedish Ministry for Foreign
Affairs
• Swedish Agency for International
Development (SIDA)
Scholarships and Other
Support Providers:
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Citigroup Foundation
Concorde Capital
Dragon Capital
Kytasty Foundation
SEB Bank
Swedbank
TNK-BP in Ukraine
Tetra Pak Ukraine
US Embassy to Ukraine
EERC/KSE Faculty and Alumni
KSE MA Program
As an international consortium of donors, 12 years ago, in Kyiv,
EERC created the western-standard Master’s Program in
Economics, similar to other schools, also created by
international donors:
• Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education
(Prague)
• Central European University (Budapest)
• New Economic School (Moscow)
KSE MA mission
• To create a new generation of economists
• To create a sustainable local capacity for economic
research and education
KSE International Advisory Board
• Professor Anders Åslund, Peterson Institute for International
Economics
• Professor Robert Baldwin, University of Wisconsin
• Professor Charles Becker, Duke University
• Professor Irwin Collier, Freie Universitat Berlin
• Professor Paul Gregory, Chair; University of Houston
• Professor Peter Kennedy, Simon Fraser University
• Professor Larysa Krasnikova, NaUKMA
• Professor Joseph Pelzman, George Washington University
• Professor John Earle, Central European University
KSE Board of Directors
Victor Pinchuk, Honorary Chair
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Anders Åslund, Co-Chair; Peterson Institute for International Economics
Oleksandr Chalyi, Ukraine's President Secretariat
Tom Coupe, Ex officio, EERC/KSE
Richard Ericson, Chairman of the Research Network IAB; East Carolina University
Thomas Eymond-Laritaz, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Paul Gregory, Chairman of the KSE IAB; University of Houston
Natalia Izosimova, Effective Governance Foundation
Sten Luthman, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Gobind Nankani, Global Development Network
William Newton-Smith, Open Society Institute (OSI)
Boris Preskovic, The World Bank
Regina Yan, Co-Chair; Eurasia Foundation
Yuriy Yekhanurov, Ukraine’s Minister of Defence
KSE VIP-persons
• The Honorary Chairman of the Kyiv School of
Economics: Victor Pinchuk
• Co-Chairs of the KSE Board of Trustees:
Anders Åslund (Peterson Institute for International
Economics) and Regina Yan (Eurasia Foundation)
• KSE Director: Tom Coupé
The Kyiv School of Economics is
• an internationally recognized Centre of Excellence
that ranks with the best schools in Central and Eastern
Europe
• competitive on the world market, in both
economics education and research
• a school that produces the future generation of
economists in the region.
• financially stable: in addition to support from
international and local donors, the Victor Pinchuk
Foundation has committed to support KSE with 10
million dollars for 10 years.
KSE offers students
• KSE offers 2 MAs: MA in Financial Economics and MA in Economic
Analysis
• KSE provides unique training in economics modelling and analysis
• All classes taught in English
• An academic curriculum modelled on the best economics and financial
economics graduate programs in North America and Western Europe
• A joint program with the University of Houston that provides KSE
students with a master’s degree in economics accredited in the US
• In the academic year 2009-10, all students have the opportunity to study
for free during their studies – tuition will be deferred
KSE offers students
• Active partnerships with foreign educational and research institutions
(Stockholm School of Economics, Norwegian Institute of International
Affairs, CERGE-EI, Prague and many others)
• Opportunities for internships at the best Ukrainian companies,
government structures and international institutions
• Unmatched access to economics literature, Western textbooks, statistical
databases, econometrics software, and modern computing facilities
Why is KSE different?
• Hard Work
• Modern, Advanced Economics
• Western-trained Faculty
What is special about KSE?
• KSE faculty include experienced Western and
Western-trained professors (with Ph.D. degrees from
abroad, great teaching experience and publications in
international journals)
• KSE invites top professors to teach at the program
or visit the program to give a public and academic
lectures
Why is western-trained faculty important?
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Best Guarantee for ‘Modern’ economics
Best Guarantee for international approach
Best Guarantee for quality education
Best Guarantee for quality research
KSE professors
Full-time faculty (name, degree, university where degree was obtained):
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Elena Besedina, Ph.D., Bocconi University
Tom Coupé, Ph.D., Free University of Brussels
Olena Nizalova, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Denys Nizalov, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Pavlo Prokopovych, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Oleksandr Shepotylo, Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park
Hanna Vakhitova, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Volodymyr Vakhitov, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Olesia Verchenko, Ph.D., University of Virginia
KSE professors
Visiting professors (name, affiliation):
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Christopher F. Baum, Boston College
Roy Gardner, Indiana University
Paul Gregory, University of Houston
Hartmut Lehmann, University of Bologna
Igor Livshits, University of Western Ontario
Lilia Maliar, University of Alicante
Seguei Maliar, University of Alicante
Arne Melchior, NUPI
Tymofiy Mylovanov, PennState
Robert S. Pindyck, MIT
David H. Reiley, University of Arizona
Gianpaolo Rossini, University of Bologna
Bent Sorenson, University of Houston
Robert Swidinsky, University of Guelph
Fredrick Wilhelmsson, NUPI
Yuri Yevdokimov, University of New Brunswick
Andriy Zapechelnyuk, University of Bonn and KSE
KSE professors
Part-time faculty, residing in Ukraine (name, degree, university where
degree was obtained; affiliation):
• Irina Akimova, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Kharkiv State
University; Bureau for Economic and Social Technologies (BEST) and
Member of Parliament
• Larysa Krasnikova, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Institute of
Cybernetics; NaUKMA
• Irina Lukyanenko, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Kyiv National
Economic University; NaUKMA
• Edilberto Segura, MBA, Stanford University and Ph.D., Columbia
University; SigmaBleyzer
• Volodymyr Shportyuk, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences,
Kyiv State University; NaUKMA
KSE curriculum
First Year Courses:
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Macroeconomics
Mathematics for Economists
Microeconomics
Statistics and Econometrics
KSE curriculum
Second Year Courses:
MA in Financial Economics
MA in Economic Analysis
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Monetary Economics
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Issues in Financial Economics and Strategy
(Top Professors Course)
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Theory of Corporate Finance
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Financial Economics I
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Emerging Capital Markets
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Financial Economics II
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Issues in Financial Economics
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Money and Banking
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International Finance
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Research & Economic Policy Analysis
Workshop
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Thesis Workshop
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Public Economics I
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New Economic Geography
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Issues in Financial Economics and Strategy
(Top Professors Course)
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Economic Policy Analysis I
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Labor Economics I
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International Trade I
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Issues in Microeconomics I: Information Economics
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Advanced Macroeconomics I
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Industrial Organization I
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Economics of Europe
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Game Theory
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Demography and Transition
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Research & Economic Policy Analysis
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Thesis Workshop
Tuition at KSE
• All students have the opportunity to study for free during their
studies – tuition will be deferred. Second-year students who choose
the MA in Financial Economics will be asked to pay tuition during
their second year of study (Euro 300 per month), those who choose
the MA in Economic Analysis will have automatically deferred
tuition.
• Students are expected, in return for the deferred tuition option, to
start contributing to the program after six month of their graduation
from the program, for a period of 2.5 (MA in Financial Economics)
respectively 5 years (MA in Economic Analysis), at a rate of Euro
100 per month.
• The tuition, for a given term, of the 3 top students of the class in that
term (based on the GPA ranking) will be forgiven
Scholarships for international students
The students from Belarus and Moldova accepted to KSE are
awarded with full scholarships funded by the Swedish
International Development Agency (SIDA) and the
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
KSE opportunities
• KSE offers great knowledge and skills
• KSE provides great career opportunities:
- Public sector (think tanks, government)
- Private sector (consulting, banks, investment, audit,
industry)
- International organizations (IMF, World Bank, etc)
• KSE provides opportunities for continuing
studies at the Ph.D. level abroad
KSE (EERC) graduates
• Total graduates: 408 (11 classes)
• Went to study abroad: more than 100 graduates
(already obtained a Ph.D. degree: 46 individuals)
• Current Placement:
- Working in government & public sector: 19%
- Working in private sector: 60%
- Studying at PhD programs abroad: 21%
KSE (EERC) graduates international
Recent alumni successes
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Alina Slyusarchuk, EERC’2008, has been appointed as an Associate in the Research
Department of Institutional Sales and Trading Division of Morgan Stanley (London)
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Viacheslav Sheremirov, EERC’2008, has been accepted to the Ph.D. Program in Economics
of the University of California, Berkeley
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According to the 2008 Thomson Reuters Extel Survey (Focus CIS), the analytical team of
Concorde Capital has been recognized as the best analytical team in Ukraine. The leaders of
the team are Vladimir Nesterenko, EERC’2004, and Alexander Parashiy, EERC’2004
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Yuriy Gorodnichenko, EERC’2001, has recently accepted a job offer from the University of
California, Berkeley
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Andriy Norets, EERC’2002, works for Princeton University
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Victor Tsyrennikov, EERC’2002, has received a job at Cornell University
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Ivan Yuryk, EERC’2004, has been appointed as the Head of the Analytical Group and
Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Victor Pynzenyk
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Bogdan Povoroznyk, EERC’2004, has been appointed as Economic Analyst at the Office of
Chief Economist, EBRD
Main employers of our graduates (private sector)
Investment Funds and Banks
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Alfa Bank
Alfa Capital
Avrora Capital
Bear Stearns International
Castle Finance
Citi Ukraine
Concorde Capital
Credit Suisse First Boston
Credit Collection Group
Delphi Capital
Dragon Capital
Foyil Asset Management
Foyil Securities
Golden Gate Capital
Horizon Capital
Hypovereinsbank Ukrayina
Index Bank
ING Bank Ukraine
Keystone Advisers
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KINTO
Microfinance Bank
Midland Group
Millennium Capital
Morgan Stanley
OTP Bank
Phoenix Capital
Princeton Partners Group
Raiffeisen Bank “Aval”
SARS
SigmaBleyzer
Troika Dialog
VAbank
UkrSibbank
UniCredit
XEROX
Main employers of our graduates (private & public sectors)
Strategic Consulting
Government Agencies
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Bain & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Audit
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Deloitte
Ernst & Young
KPMG
PricewaterhouseCoopers
International Organizations
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
International Finance Corporation
International Monetary Fund
United Nations Development Programme
World Bank
Agency on Averting Bankruptcy
Ministry of Finance of Ukraine
National Bank of Ukraine
National Deposit Insurance Fund
National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine
Parliament of Ukraine
State Tax Administration
Local Policy Institutes
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BEST
Bleyzer Foundation
Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting
(IER)
Institute for Reforms
Institute for Social and Economic Research (CASE)
International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS)
Ukrainian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre
Positions that our graduates occupy
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Vice President
Chief Economist
Deputy Director
Head of Research
Chief Consultant
Financial Analyst
Research Associate
Assistant Professor
KSE Public Lectures
From left to right:
Dr. Robert Engle (Nobel Prize 2003), Dr. Francis Fukuyama and Victor
Pinchuk
Main employers of our graduates (academia)
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Auburn University, USA
Cornell University, USA
DIW – Berlin, Germany
Florida Atlantic University, USA
Georgia State University, USA
Hebrew University, Israel
Lviv Academy of Commerce
Maastricht University, Netherlands
NaUKMA
Princeton University, USA
State University Pennsylvania
SUNY - Stony Brook, USA
University of Alberta, Canada
University of British Columbia, Canada
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University California Berkeley, USA
University of Bonn, Germany
University of California, Irvine, USA
University of Memphis, USA
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Yale University, USA
Warwick Business School, UK
KSE Public Lectures
From left to right:
Colin Powell (Former US Secretary of State) and Victor Pinchuk
Our Students and VIP-Persons
Victor Pinchuk,
with our students
James Wolfensohn with our
students
Our Students and VIP-persons
Vitaliy Klichko (right) and our student (left)
Our Students and VIP-persons
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and Andriy Shevchenko with our students
How to apply to KSE?
• Submit an application form –KSE application form
is available online: www.kse.org.ua
Admission Exams:
• English Language, Mathematics, Economics,
Ukrainian + Interview (in English)
Application Deadline: June 19, 2009.
KSE admission requirements
• Specialist's or bachelor's degree (minimum) by the
time of graduation in any field
• Proficiency in English
• Strong mathematical skills
• Submission of required documents for admission
by the announced deadlines
Visit our web site
www.kse.org.ua