Centers

In the Center of Competence for Sustainable Finance the Department of Finance combines forces with researchers from informatics, geography mathematics, law, psychology, philosophy, and political sciences.

CCSF was launched in January 2020 and is dedicated to the following activities:

• The creation of scientific knowledge
• The strengthening scientific interdisciplinarity
• The development and support of educational opportunities for students as well as professionals

The Department of Finance is host to several subject-specific or interdisciplinary research centers.

The Center for Finance and Insurance (CFI), founded in 2013, is engaged in research and teaching in the application of financial market theory and mathematics to insurance topics.  The CFI forms a bridge between the financial and insurance sectors.
Website Center for Finance and Insurance

The Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP), founded in 2017, investigates issues in both areas of sustainable finance and private wealth and their intersection in research, teaching, continuing education and services.
Website Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth

The Center for Urban & Real Estate Management (CUREM), founded in 2003, is dedicated to real estate education and research. It offers part-time courses in Real Estate and Urban Management as well as compact courses and tailor-made company courses.
Website Center for Urban & Real Estate Management

The Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab is a cross-disciplinary research program on the global phenomenon of innovation in the financial industry induced by "Financial Technology” (FinTech). It involves researchers from banking and finance, business informatics, innovation management, strategic management, marketing, social sciences, economics, and many other disciplines.
Website Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab