Making sound investment decisions is essential for managing your resources effectively, maximizing your returns, and achieving the financial well-being you seek. However, finding clear, reliable, and trustworthy guidance isn't always easy.
Therefore, the University of Piura presents the Specialized Program in Investment Decisions, designed for professionals who wish to enter the world of investing without needing prior experience in finance. Its structure will allow you to understand the financial system and develop sound criteria for managing your money more securely and profitably.
Throughout the program, you will learn to interpret financial markets, identify opportunities, assess risks, and select the most suitable investment instruments for your goals. The approach is both theoretical and practical, clear, and geared towards real-world situations, making it easy to apply the knowledge to your financial life from the very first module.
The program also includes hands-on sessions in the Bloomberg Lab, a platform used by financial institutions worldwide. In these sessions, you'll work with real-world data and build an investment portfolio tailored to your goals.
At the end of the program, the participant will be able to:
- Understanding market behavior and the operation of the main investment instruments.
- Understanding the different investment structures and how to take advantage of them.
- Develop an understanding of the risks associated with investing and how to mitigate them according to the investment instruments and structures.
- Understanding the different investor profiles to add value to investment portfolios.
- Evaluate investment portfolios to promote investment strategies according to the profile and investment structures.
Our methodology combines theory and practice to offer a comprehensive learning experience. Sessions are conducted through conceptual presentations by instructors, complemented by practical case studies, applied exercises, and analysis of real-world business situations. Active student participation and class discussions are encouraged as integral parts of the learning process.
The program is developed in a blended learning format: 50 virtual hours, 6 face-to-face hours (4 correspond to the Bloomberg workshop and 2 to the presentation of the Capstone Project Personal Investment Plan), the last 2 classes are face-to-face at the Zest facilities.
The virtual classes will be recorded so that participants can review them.
- Professionals from any area or sector who want to learn how to invest from scratch, manage their resources and economic surpluses more strategically, without needing prior experience in finance.
- People with the capacity to save who seek to grow their money wisely, whether they are starting to build their surplus or already have capital available to invest gradually and in a planned manner.
- People interested in financial education who value the academic backing of a prestigious university to complement what they learn on social media or on their own, and who want to make informed and strategic investment decisions.
- Certificate of Specialization in Investment Decisions: It will be awarded to participants who pass the program with a minimum grade of twelve (12) and comply with more than 80% of virtual class attendance and 100% of face-to-face class attendance.
- Certificate of Participation in the Specialized Program in Investment Decisions: It will be awarded to participants who do not pass the program but who meet the 80% requirement for virtual class attendance and the 100% requirement for face-to-face class attendance.
*All certificates will be issued electronically and sent via email 20 business days after all grades are received. This program does not lead to an academic degree.