Department of Finance and Banking
About the Department
Department of Finance and Banking is currently admitting students in Bachelors, Masters, and PhD levels. Due to the urgent need for training specialised graduates in the areas of Finance and Banking, the Department has, ever since its establishment, tried to offer relevant degree programmes to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
To date, 11 full-time faculty members are teaching and researching in the Department. The faculty members are offering the latest advances in various branches and areas of finance and banking. Of the 11 faculty members, two members are associate professors, and the remaining nine members are assistant professors.
Moreover, there are currently about 361 students studying in the Department. Since 1991, a total of 213 students have graduated from the Department. In the 2019-2020 academic year, 113 freshers were admitted into the Department, and 49 students were graduated.
Degree Programmes
The programmes offered in the Department of Finance and Banking are introduced and specified below.
Bachelors Degree Programme
All Bachelors degree programmes in ATU last for four years, eight semesters.
— Financial Management. This Bachelors degree programme was established in 2018.
Masters Degree Programmes
All Masters degree programmes in ATU last for two years, four semesters. Students have to write a Masters thesis and defend it to pass the course and receive their degree certificate.
— Finance: Financial Engineering and Risk Management. This masters programme was established in 2018.
— Finance: Banking. This masters programme was established in 2018.
— Islamic Banking. This masters programme was established in 2012.
PhD Degree Programmes
All PhD programmes are offered at Allameh Tabataba'i University for four years, eight semesters. Students have to pass 18 taught credits, followed by another 18 dissertation credits, 36 credits in total. After passing the 18 taught credits, students have to sit a "comprehensive exam" and receive a minimum mark of 16 out of 20. After the Comprehensive Exam, the PhD candidates are allowed to choose their dissertation titles and prepare their proposals with the help of supervisors and advisors
— Financial Management: Financial Engineering and Risk Management.
— Financial Management: Banking.
Department Head
Dr Moslem Peymany
PhD in Financial Management from Allameh Tabataba'i University (2015).
Faculty Member
Email Address: m.peymany@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392959
Research Interests: Quantitative finance; Risk management; Derivatives.
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Faculty Members
To date, 11 full-time faculty members are employed and collaborating with the Department in providing educational and research services to the students and researchers. The faculty members of the Department are briefly introduced below. The names are sorted alphabetically.
For more detailed information about the faculty members, you can refer to ATUs SIMAP Portal.
Dr Meisam Amiri
PhD in ........ from University of (...)
Faculty Member
Email Address: amiry@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392963
Research Interests: To be announced
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Dr Mohammad Mahdi Bahrololoum
PhD in Financial Management from Allameh Tabataba'i University (2015)
Faculty Member
Email Address:bahrololoum@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: To be announced
Research Interests: Asset management; Financing; Corporate finance; Tool design and institutionalization.
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Dr Mohammad Hashem Botshekan
PhD in .......... from University of .............. (...)
Faculty Member
Email Address: botshakan@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392965
Research Interests: To be announced
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Dr Mohammad Ali Dehghan Dehnavi
PhD in Industrial Economics from Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (2011)
Faculty Member
Email Address: dehghandehnavi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392808
Research Interests: Macroeconomics; Financial markets; Monetary and Fiscal policy; Risk management.
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Dr Mohammad Hasan Ebrahimi Sarvolia
PhD in .......... from University of ... (...).
Faculty Member
Email Address: To be announced
Contact No.: +9821 48392891
Research Interests: To be announced
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Dr Amir Hossein Erza
PhD in Finance from Allameh Tabataba'i University (2014)
Faculty Member
Email Address: ah.erza@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: To be announced
Research Interests: Financial behaviour; Financial engineering; Financial instruments and institutions.
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Dr Mohammadreza Farzin
PhD in ............. from University of ............... (...)
Faculty Member
Email Address: farzin@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392933
Research Interests: To be announced
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Dr Mohammad Javad Mohaghaghnia
PhD in ............... from University of ............ (...).
Faculty Member
Email Address: ...@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392953
Research Interests: To be announced
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Dr Mohammad Rajaei Bagh Siaei
PhD in Economics: Islamic Banking from Durham University, UK (2011).
Faculty Member
Email Address: rajaei@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: 021 4839 2953
Research Interests: Islamic banking; Islamic economic system; Macroeconomy.
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Dr Mostafa Sargolzaei
PhD in Economics: Finance and Monetary from University of Tehran, Iran (2014).
Faculty Member
Email Address: mostafa.sargolzaei@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: -
Research Interests: Risk management in banking; Asset and debt management in banks; Financial econometrics.
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