Undergraduate Program in Finance and International Relations
Bogotá - presencial
4 años ( 10 semestres )
- Intellectually curious, disciplined and autonomous.
- Willingness and ability to carry out research, understand and analyze social, economic and political processes around the world.
- Mathematical skills and an understanding of their applicability.
- Enjoys reading and writing, interest in languages and open to people from other cultures.
- Desire to thoroughly understand logic, methods and practices of the pubic action of decision making.
- Appreciates the effort involved in academic excellence.
Structure and Study Plan
FIRST SEMESTER
SUBJECTS
Calculus I
Private Law
Languages I
Intro to Political Science
Intro to Economics
Intro to Finance
Intro to International Systems
Methodology and Current Affairs I
SECOND SEMESTER
SUBJECTS
Calculus II
Managerial Accounting
Commercial Law
History of Political Ideas
20th Century International History
Languages II
Methodology and Current Affairs II
Economic Theory
THIRD SEMESTER
SUBJECTS:
Linear Algebra and Game Theory
Calculus III
Cost Management
History of Colombian Geography
Language III
Microeconomics I
Merchandising Operations
FOURTH SEMESTER
SUBJECTS:
Financial Analysis
Colombia in the World
Law and International Institutions
Statistics I
Language IV
Political Institutions
Financial Mathematics I
Microeconomics II
FIFTH SEMESTER
SUBJECTS:
Financial Administration
International Political Analysis
Economic Law
Statistics II
Language V
Macroeconomics
Social Security Systems
SIXTH SEMESTER
SUBJECTS:
Business Law
Design of Financial Models
Econometrics
Formulation and Evaluation of Projects
Language VI
Financial Mathematics I
Seminar on International Relations I
Optional Workshop
SEVENTH SEMESTER—IN-DEPTH STUDIES ON CORPORATE FINANCE
SUBJECTS:
Financial Risk Analysis
International Economics
Financial Strategy
Language VII
Public Offering of Securities
Seminar in Economics
Seminar in International Relations II
SEVENTH SEMESTER—IN-DEPTH STUDIES ON CAPITALS MARKETS
SUBJECTS:
International Economics
Fundamentals of Risk
Language VII
Stock Market
Bond Markets
Seminar in Economics
Seminar in International Relations II
EIGHTH SEMESTER—IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN CORPORATE FINANCE
SUBJECTS:
Law and Tax Planning
Language VIII
Seminar on Law
Seminar on International Relations III
Optional Seminar I
Financial Asset Valuation
Business Valuation
EIGHTH SEMESTER—IN-DEPTH STUDY ON CAPITALS MARKETS
SUBJECT:
Risk Management
Conduct Standards in the Stock Market
Language VIII
Seminar on Law
Seminar on International Relations III
Optional Seminar I
Portfolio Valuation
EIGTH SEMESTER—INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
SUBJECTS:
Economic Development
Institutional Economics
International Finance
Language VIII
Seminar on Economics
Seminar on International Relations III
Optional Seminar I
NINTH SEMESTER—IN-DEPTH STUDIES ON CORPORATE FINANCE
SUBJECTS:
Risk Coverage with Derivatives
Investment Decisions
Language IX
Seminar on International Relations IV
Seminar on International Relations V
Optional Seminar II
Optional Seminar III
Optional Seminar IV
Optional Seminar V
NINTH SEMESTER—IN-DEPTH STUDIES ON CAPITAL MARKETS
SUBJECTS:
Derivatives
Forex
Language IX
Seminar on International Relations IV
Seminar on International Relations V
Optional Seminar II
Optional Seminar III
Optional Seminar IV
Optional Seminar V
NINTH SEMESTER—INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
SUBJECTS:
International Economic Studies I
International Economic Studies II
Language IX
Seminar on International Relations IV
Seminar on International Relations V
Optional Seminar II
Optional Seminar III
Optional Seminar IV
Optional Seminar V
TENTH SEMESTER
SUBJECTS:
Language X
*The Coterminal Program is made up of five subjects that would normally be taken during the first semester of the master’s programs offered by the faculties of Business Administration, Social Communication, Economics and Finance, Government and International Relations.
Here you will find the study program of Government and International Relations.
Profile of the graduate
A leader with a commitment to ethics in his/her professional practice and in their personal life.
Has a solid formation in finances that includes a deep understanding of the relation between risk and profitability.
Has broad legal, economic and political criteria.
Able to make investment decisions under situations of uncertainty.
Able to perform in national and international scenarios.
Areas in which a professional in Finance and International Relations may labor:
Financial Sector: banks, insurance, stock market and financial associations.
Business Sector: multinational, national and self-owned companies.
Public Sector: Treasury Ministry, National Planning Department, Proexport, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, National, Departmental and Municipal Administration.
International Organizations: World Bank, Interamerican Developmental Bank, World Trade Association, United Nations.
Consulting Firms.
These are the benefits of being a Figri student:
- CFA: for more information, communicate with us at the following email: mejiac@uexternado.edu.co
- UN Externado: for more information, communicate with us at the following email: onuexternado@uexternado.edu.co
- World Debate: for more information, communicate with us at the following email: gallego@uexternado.edu.co
- Sala Bloomberg (Bloomberg Room)
- Figri al Aire (Figri on the air)
- Library
- University Welfare and Well-being
- Capstone
- Colombia Project: more information
Our Professors

Figri
*Professors hired for services come from other academic units of the University
Characterization of the FIGRI professors by educational level:

The Universidad Externado de Colombia seeks the generation of strategies that support students in the financing of their educations.
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC TRAVEL
Academic Trip to Europe
The Faculty of Finance, Government and International Relations is organizing the fourth version of the academic trip to Europe, which has the objective of studying the transition of a continent devastated as a consequence of World War II to an international organization which has peace and solidarity as its core values.
Academic Trip to the United States
Among the cities that students of the Externadista community will visit on this trip organized by the Faculty of Finance, Government and International Relations are Washington D.C. and New York.
Summer Course in London at University College London
The Faculty of Finance, Government and International Relations, for the second consecutive year, shall carry out the summer exchange program with University College London (UCL), ranked as the sixth University of the QS World University Rankings, for the Global Management Summer School (GMSS).