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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Eurasia Foundation
Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Open Society Institute
Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Agency for International
Development (SIDA)
The Global Development Network
Scholarships and Other
Support Providers:
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Citigroup Foundation
Concorde Capital
Dragon Capital
Finnish Embassy to Ukraine
Kytasty Foundation
SEB Bank
Swedbank
EERC/KSE Faculty
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
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Professor Robert Baldwin, University of Wisconsin, USA
Professor Charles Becker, Duke University, USA
Professor Irwin Collier, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
Professor Paul Gregory, University of Houston, USA
Professor John Earle, Central European University, Hungary
Professor Peter Kennedy, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Professor Larysa Krasnikova, NaUKMA, Ukraine
Professor Joseph Pelzman, George Washington University,
USA
• Professor Mark P. Taylor, Global Market Strategies Group, UK
• Professor Jürgen Wolters, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
KSE Board of Directors
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Victor Pinchuk, Honorary Chair
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Max Alier, International Monetary Fund
Anders Aslund, Co-Chair; Peterson Institute for International Economics
Tom Coupe, Ex officio, KSE
Richard Ericson, Chairman of the Research Network IAB; East Carolina University
Paul Gregory, Chairman of the KSE IAB; University of Houston
Sten Luthman, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hryhoriy Nemyria, Vice Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs
William Newton-Smith, Open Society Institute (OSI)
Gerardo della Paolera, Global Development Network
Leonid Petukhov, Geo Alliance Concern
Irina Paliashvili, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A.
Regina Yan, Co-Chair; Eurasia Foundation
Yuriy Yekhanurov, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat
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
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
Valentin Zelenyuk, Ph.D., Oregon State University
KSE professors
Visiting professors (name, affiliation):
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Roy J. Gardner, Indiana University
Iikka Korhonen, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration
Lilia Maliar, University of Alicante
Seguei Maliar, University of Alicante
Aaron Mehrotra, Economist, Institute for Economies in Transition/ Bank of Finland
(BOFIT)
Arne Melchior, NUPI
Topi Miettinen, Research Fellow, Stockholm School of Economics (SITE)
Bent Sorenson, University of Houston
Robert Swidinsky, University of Guelph
Matti Viren, Professor, University of Turku
KSE professors
Part-time faculty, residing in Ukraine (name, degree, university where
degree was obtained; affiliation):
• 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
The tuition fee at the Kyiv School of Economics is Euro 3,000 per student per year.
For Ukrainian Students:
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For the first year of studies (2010-11 academic year), KSE provides:
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10 full first-year scholarships covering the full first-year tuition fee of the top 10
students based on the admission exams
• 20 partial first-year scholarships covering half of the first-year tuition fee (i.e. Euro
1,500) of the students ranked from 11 to 30 on the admission exams.
For the second year of studies (2011-12 academic year), KSE provides:
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For the MA in Financial Economics: 3 full second-year scholarships (covering the
full second-year tuition fee) and 7 partial second-year scholarships (covering half
of the second-year tuition fee, i.e. Euro 1,500).
For the MA in Economic Analysis: 7 full second-year scholarships (covering the
full second-year tuition fee) and 13 partial second-year scholarships (covering
half of the second-year tuition fee, i.e. Euro 1,500).
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: 442
• Went to study abroad: more than 100 graduates
(already obtained a Ph.D. degree: 46 individuals)
• Current Placement:
- Working in government & public sector: 23%
- Working in private sector: 60%
- Studying at PhD programs abroad: 17%
KSE (EERC) graduates international
Recent alumni successes
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Recent KSE alumni continue to excel both in academia and business. For
example, eleven students of the class of 2009 have been accepted by top PHD
programs in Western Europe and the United States.
• PHD Placement of the Class of 2009:
1. Bostashvili Davit – University of Houston (USA);
2. Croitorov Olga – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)
3. Gerasymenko Iuliia – Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain);
4. Grygorenko Oleksandr – CERGE-EI;
5. Grynkiv Galyna – PennState University (USA);
6. Iurchenko Oksana – CERGE-EI;
7. Ponomar’ova Yana – ESSEC (France);
8. Pypko Sergii – PennState University (USA);
9. Sikora Iryna – University of Alicante (Spain);
10. Yatsynovich Yury – University of California, Berkeley (USA).
11.Olha Zadorozhona - Bocconi University (Italy);
Recent alumni successes
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In 2009 “Business” Magazine featured the macroeconomics forecasts of the most reputed
Ukrainian think tanks. Three out of these 4 thinks tanks are represented by KSE graduates:
Dmytro Boyarchuk, KSE’2003, Executive Director, CASE; Ildar Gazyzulin, KSE’2003, Chief
Economist, ICPS; and Veronika Movchan, KSE’1999, Research Director, IER.
Also in 2009, Eugen Dubogryz, KSE'2003, was named among the top three investment
analysts - European Emerging Markets Metals and Mining, according to the 2009 Extel
Survey
According to the 2009 Thomson Reuters Extel Survey, the analytical team of Dragon Capital,
which includes 3 KSE alumni, has been recognized as the best analytical team in Ukraine.
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, KSE’2004, and Alexander Parashiy, KSE’2004.
Alina Slyusarchuk, KSE’2008, has been appointed as an Associate in the Research
Department of Institutional Sales and Trading Division of Morgan Stanley (London).
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, KSE’2001, is Assistant Professor at the University of California,
Berkeley.
Andriy Norets, KSE’2002, is Assistant Professor at Princeton University.
Victor Tsyrennikov, KSE’2002, is Assistant Professor at Cornell University.
Bogdan Povoroznyk, KSE’2004, has been appointed as Economic Analyst at the Office of the
Chief Economist, EBRD.
Iryna Ivaschenko, EERC’1998, has been appointed as IMF Resident Representative in
Budapest.
Main employers of our graduates (private sector)
Investment Funds and Banks
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Alfa Bank
Alfa Capital
Castle Finance
Citi Ukraine
Concorde Capital
Dragon Capital
Foyil Asset Management
Horizon Capital
Hypovereinsbank Ukrayina
Index Bank
ING Bank Ukraine
KINTO
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Midland Group
Millennium Capital
Morgan Stanley
OTP Bank
Phoenix Capital
Princeton Partners Group
Raiffeisen Bank “Aval”
SARS
SigmaBleyzer
Troika Dialog
VAbank
UkrSibbank
UniCredit
Main employers of our graduates (private sector)
Strategic Consulting
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Bain & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Audit
• Deloitte
• Ernst & Young
• KPMG
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
Industry and Other Private Sector
• Colliers International
• Consortium "Industrial Group"
• DTEC
• FedEx Corporation
• General Electric
• Kraft Foods Ukraina
• Kvazar Micro
• Metinvest Holding
• Nescafe
• PBN
• Procter & Gamble
• Prudens
• SCM
• Studio 1+1
• Tetra Pak
• Ukrtransnafta
Main employers of our graduates (Public sector)
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
Maastricht University, Netherlands
Princeton University, USA
State University of Pennsylvania, USA
SUNY - Stony Brook, USA
University of Alberta, Canada
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University of California Berkeley, USA
Warwick Business School, UK
University of British Columbia, Canada
University of Bonn, Germany
University of California, Irvine, USA
University of Memphis, USA
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Yale University, USA
Main employers of our graduates (Public sector)
International Organizations
• European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Monetary Fund
• United Nations Development Program
• World Bank
Local Policy Institutes
• BEST
• Institute for Economic Research and
Policy Consulting (IER)
• Institute for Social and Economic
Research (CASE)
• International Centre for Policy Studies
(ICPS)
Government Agencies
• Ministry of Finance of Ukraine
• National Bank of Ukraine
• National Electricity Regulatory
Commission of Ukraine
• State Tax Administration
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
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
Houston MA Degree
Admission Exams
• The criteria for admission include meeting a minimum score on
the KSE General Admission Test which consists of three parts mathematics, economics and English. An overall score,
including interview results, will be assigned to each applicant
who has been admitted to the interview.
• Maximum number of points an applicant can receive is 100, among
which:
• KSE General Admission Test – 70 points. Out of which:
- Economics Part – 30 points
- Mathematics Part – 30 points
- English Language Part – 10 points
• Interview – 30 points
KSE admission requirements
Admission to the KSE is based on merit and is open to
any citizen of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova who meets
the basic eligibility requirements:
• Completed specialist’s or bachelor’s degree
• Proficiency in English
• Strong mathematical skills
• Submission of required documents for admission by
the specified deadline
• A prior specialization in economics is not essential.
How to apply to KSE?
Deadline for receipt of the applications is June 28, 2010.
The KSE General Admission Test and interviews will be
held in Kyiv on July 5-7, 2010.
All information is available online: www.kse.org.ua
Visit our web site
www.kse.org.ua