1. World-Class Economics Education and Research in Ukraine

2. Economics Education & Research Consortium (EERC)
KSE founders:
Economics Education & Research Consortium (EERC)
The Victor Pinchuk Foundation

3. Scholarships and Other
KSE contributors
Core Sponsors:
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:
Citigroup Foundation
Concorde Capital
Dragon Capital
Finnish Embassy to Ukraine
Kytasty Foundation
SEB Bank
Swedbank
EERC/KSE Faculty

4. 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)

5. KSE MA mission To create a new generation of economists
To create a sustainable local capacity for economic research and education

6. 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

7. KSE Board of Directors Victor Pinchuk, Honorary Chair
Anders Aslund, Co-Chair; Peterson Institute for International Economics
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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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 , all students have the opportunity to study for free during their studies – tuition will be deferred

11. 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 11

12. Why is KSE different? Hard Work Modern, Advanced Economics
Western-trained Faculty

13. 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

14. Why is western-trained faculty important?
Best Guarantee for ‘Modern’ economics
Best Guarantee for international approach
Best Guarantee for quality education
Best Guarantee for quality research

15. KSE professors
Full-time faculty (name, degree, university where degree was obtained):
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

16. KSE professors Visiting professors (name, affiliation):
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

17. 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 17

18. KSE curriculum First Year Courses: Macroeconomics
Mathematics for Economists
Microeconomics
Statistics and Econometrics

19. KSE curriculum Second Year Courses: MA in Economic Analysis
Public Economics I
New Economic Geography
Issues in Financial Economics and Strategy
(Top Professors Course)
Economic Policy Analysis I
Labor Economics I
International Trade I
Issues in Microeconomics I: Information Economics
Advanced Macroeconomics I
Industrial Organization I
Economics of Europe
Game Theory
Demography and Transition
Research & Economic Policy Analysis
Thesis Workshop
Second Year Courses:
MA in Financial Economics
Monetary Economics
Issues in Financial Economics and Strategy
(Top Professors Course)
Theory of Corporate Finance
Financial Economics I
Emerging Capital Markets
Financial Economics II
Issues in Financial Economics
Money and Banking
International Finance
Research & Economic Policy Analysis Workshop
Thesis Workshop 19

20. 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

21. 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

22. KSE offers great knowledge and skills
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

23. 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%

24. KSE (EERC) graduates international

25. Recent alumni successes
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);

26. Recent alumni successes
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. 26

27. Main employers of our graduates (private sector)
Midland Group
Millennium Capital
Morgan Stanley
OTP Bank
Phoenix Capital
Princeton Partners Group
Raiffeisen Bank “Aval”
SARS
SigmaBleyzer
Troika Dialog
VAbank
UkrSibbank
UniCredit
Investment Funds and Banks
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 27

28. Main employers of our graduates (private sector)
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
Strategic Consulting
Bain & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Audit
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
KPMG
PricewaterhouseCoopers 28

29. Main employers of our graduates (Public sector)
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
Academia
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 29

30. Main employers of our graduates (Public sector)
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
International Organizations
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Monetary Fund
United Nations Development Program
World Bank 30

31. Positions that our graduates occupy
Vice President
Chief Economist
Deputy Director
Head of Research
Chief Consultant
Financial Analyst
Research Associate
Assistant Professor

32. KSE Public Lectures From left to right:
Dr. Robert Engle (Nobel Prize 2003), Dr. Francis Fukuyama and Victor Pinchuk

33. KSE Public Lectures From left to right:
Colin Powell (Former US Secretary of State) and Victor Pinchuk 33

34. Our Students and VIP-Persons
James Wolfensohn with our students
Victor Pinchuk,
with our students 34

35. Our Students and VIP-persons
Vitaliy Klichko (right) and our student (left)

36. Our Students and VIP-persons
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and Andriy Shevchenko with our students

37. How to apply to KSE?
Submit an application form –KSE application form is available online:
Admission Exams:
English Language, Mathematics, Economics, Ukrainian + Interview (in English)
Application Deadline: July 2, 2010.

38. 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

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