Master Welcome Day 2020Tutor Presentation (QF)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Non-profit alumni club aiming to enhance knowledge exchange between active

students and alumni

• Open for all alumni and current students of the MSc UZH ETH in Quantitative

Finance (resp. MAS in Finance)

• The club acts in the interest of its members and aims to strengthen the reputation

and impact of our program

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Who are we?

Master Welcome Day 2020

• Regular casual meetings of students and alumni in Zurich

• Invited talks by industry experts and academic researchers

• Database of all ZQFA members

• Job board where companies and alumni can publish job postings exclusively to

members of ZQFA

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What do we offer?

Master Welcome Day 2020

• Become a member on www.zqfa.ch. It’s free!

• Attend events to meet and connect with alumni

• Upload job vacancies

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How does one get involved?

Master Welcome Day 2020

✓ Welcome and introduction by your tutor

✓ Official welcome address by the Dean and the Co-Head of Studies

Prof. Dr. Harald Gall and Martina Hedinger

✓ Presentation by your tutor

Most important information about your studies, incl. sandwich lunch (afternoon groups)

✓ Campus Tour

Both inside and outside the main building, incl. Sandwich lunch on the way (morning groups)

Plan for today

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• In general: Official websites provide a lot of valuable information

• Boring but important: Print out and read the program regulations: www.oec.uzh.ch/regulations/

Official information online...

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UZH ETH

Official Program website www.msfinance.ch

Official website of the Faculty

Program Regulations, News, Study program, Deadlines

www.oec.uzh.ch

Departments

Course information, Publications, Professors / Assistants

Contacts

www.bf.uzh.ch www.math.ethz.ch

Students Administration – «Kanzlei»

Address, Module Booking, Semester Enrollment

www.students.uzh.ch www.mystudies.ethz.ch

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• Course catalogue: https://studentservices.uzh.ch/uzh/anonym/vvz/index.html

How to plan your studies

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• Sometimes inofficial information helps more...

– Uniboard (largest University forum with answers in minutes): www.uniboard.ch

– Fachverein Oekonomie (official student representatives, large portfolio of events, informal

information online): www.fvoec.ch

– ICU (official student representatives, file/experience exchange, informal information online):

www.icuzh.ch

– FinanceClub (looking for a free lunch & a new job?): www.financeclub.ch

– Business Club (get to know companies and have a beer): www.zurichbc.ch

– JobEye or CareerServices (new jobs [without lunch]): www.jobeye.ch and

www.careerservices.uzh.ch

Students help students...

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Deadlines are deadlines!

− Module booking: Be on time for booking your courses

− UZH: until October 9, 2020, 24:00

− ETH: until October 11, 2020

− Exam registration:

− UZH: module booking is registration to the exam and binding!

− ETH: module booking is registration to the course, one can deregister from an exam

before the given deadline. Deadlines are reminded in MyStudies usually by email

• Number of failed attempts: not more than a total of 6 failed attempts for

exams are allowed

– Don’t take too many courses at first and be aware: some courses have high failing rates

(ask tutor/peers).

• Fulfilling the program requirements: start early in setting up a «master

plan», begin with core courses

Pitfalls and how to avoid them (1/2)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Number of seminars: at most 6 ECTS can come from seminars

− Good seminars are often popular at UZH. Register early! Information about the seminars can be found on the program

website.

• Courses outside curriculum: at most 15 ECTS can come from courses not included in the curriculum – petition

for that has to be submitted

− Similar programs (ETH Stats Master, UZH Econ, ETH MTEC, …) offer courses on related subjects which may not included in

our curriculum. Check course catalog of ETH and UZH.

• Exchange semester: As the program consists of only 90 ECTS an exchange semester is usually very difficult to

organise and get approval for inside the regulations (e.g. 15 ECTS from courses outside of the curriculum). Best

possibility to go abroad is probably with the master thesis.

– Note that an exchange program at a partner university of ETH is generally not possible unless you hold a bachelor’s

degree from ETH.

– Information events see website: www.oec.uzh.ch/en/studies/general/mobility

Pitfalls and how to avoid them (2/2)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Digital identity

– www.identity.uzh.ch

– www.idn.ethz.ch

– Organize and setup your accounts /

passwords (Mail, VPN (ETH, UZH) ,

Shortname, WLAN, etc.)

• Printing at ETH

– 18CHF on your ETH Print Service account

(1.200 black and white pages).

– Upload your files here.

– Check your current balance here.

Technical advices (1/6)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Webmail

– https://webmail.uzh.ch

– www.mail.ethz.ch

– Official e-mail addresses:

name.surname@uzh.ch and

username@student.ethz.ch

– Check regularly or setup a forward

mechanism

Technical advices (2/6)

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• Launchpad

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Technical advices (3/6)

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• OLAT

– www.olat.uzh.ch

– Official Learning Management System

– Used by most lecturers to provide course

material, information, forum, enrolling

– OLAT ≠module booking!

Technical advices (4/6)

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• WLAN

– https://www.zi.uzh.ch/de/support/netzwerk/wireless/mobiles

wlan.html

– University campus: Use «UZH» with your credentials

– ETH buildings: Use «eth» with your ETH credentials

– «eduroam» available as well (e.g. ETH credentials):Login: username@student-net.ethz.ch Password: VPN/WIFI password

Technical advices (5/6)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Informatics Services

– https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en.html

– www.ethz.ch/services/en/it-services

– Provide free software, online storage space (ETH polybox),

and help with IT problems

Technical advices (6/6)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Learning Places

– Several hundred learning places distributed in all ETH

and UZH libraries

• Journals

– Access to large database of academic journals like

JSTOR, ScienceDirect, LexisNexis, etc. via VPN (ETH,

UZH) at home or at UZH and ETH workstations

• Information

– https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/outreach/libraries.html

– www.ethz.ch/en/campus/getting-to-know/learning-

and-working/libraries.html

Learning places / Databases (1/2)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Main libraries of ETH and UZH

www.library.ethz.ch, www.zb.uzh.ch

• D-MATH library (MathBib)

www.math.ethz.ch/library.html

• Market Data

– Get market data from Bloomberg / Thomson

Reuters / Datastream in the Business

Administration Library of UZH

• Courses

– The main library (Zentralbibliothek,

https://www.zb.uzh.ch/en) offers literature

research courses

Learning places / Databases (2/2)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• You can apply your student discount at all ETH and UZH mensas and cafeterias just by presenting your UZH card

– More infomation about the mensas, cafeterias, and their locations can be found at www.mensa.uzh.ch/index and www.gastro.ethz.ch

• You can download ETH Zurich mobile app for all smartphones

– Read ETH News, find the right building, check on the events calendar which public events are taking place at ETH Zurich, compare what’s

on the menu in the various cafeterias and find contact details for all staff.See: www.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/apps

• You can also download UZH nowThe app shows you your next lectures or appointments, what’s for lunch in

in the different cafeterias, public transport schedules, interactive site maps, telephone numbers as well as the latest stories and public events at UZH.

The app also doubles as your ASVZ access authorization.

See: www.app.uzh.ch

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Mensas and cafeterias

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• ASVZ

– https://www.asvz.ch/en/634-welcome-asvz

– Tremendous amount of courses (>

80 different sports, nearly 600 courses per week)

and infrastructure

– Accessible with your UZH card

Sports

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich

– www.sprachenzentrum.uzh.ch/en

– broad range of language courses (e. g. Arabic,

Greek, German, Swedish)

– For all students, exchange students, holders of

Swiss federal government scholarships, doctoral

students, researchers, teachers and staff of the

University and the ETH Zurich

– Low prices for students (CHF 80-100 per course)

Languages

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Your official representatives:

fvoec www.fvoec.ch and ICU

www.icuzh.ch

• Business Brown Bag Lunches every

week and mailing list: Finance Club

www.financeclub.ch

• Beer and Networking: Business

Club www.zurichbc.ch

Student Engagement (1/2)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• International Internships: AIESEC www.aiesec.ch

• Zurich Quantitative Finace Alumni: www.zqfa.ch

• Uniboard (largest inoffical UZH board): www.uniboard.ch

• ETH Entrepreneur Club: www.entrepreneur-club.org

• VMP (association of students of mathematics and physics at ETH) www.vmp.ethz.ch

• VSUZH and VSETH (Students’ parliaments): www.vsuzh.ch, www.vseth.ethz.ch

• More on www.uzh.ch/en/studies/studentlife/organizations

Student Engagement (2/2)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Info about Health insurance

• Housing:

– Official housing office

– Comparis flat search, aggregates multiple platforms

• Mobile phone contract

– Also check Comparis mobile phone comparison

• Giro account

– Postfinance is very cheap

– ZKB and UBS have interesting student offerings

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For international students

Master Welcome Day 2020

− On Facebook: www.facebook.com/uzh.oec

− On Instagram: www.instagram.com/uzh.oec

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Join us…

Master Welcome Day 2020

• Consult website of the Dean's Office (read the regulations)

– www.oec.uzh.ch

• Contact the Dean's OfficeDean’s Office is closed until further notice. Please contact the Dean’s Office team by e-mail.

– Office hours: http://www.oec.uzh.ch/en/aboutus/organization/deansoffice.html

– Location: KOL-G-207

− If you go to the counter: Take all important material with you!

• Ask peer students / post on uniboard.ch / ask tutor

• Visit information centers / desks for psychological, financial and/or legal help, all free ofcharge: http://www.uzh.ch/studies/infoadvice_en.html

Having troubles?

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QUESTIONS?

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