CORE 3:

Investment Challenge

In this challenge, you'll step into the role of investor, managing real or simulated investment funds to make strategic decisions that maximize returns while managing risk.

AT A GLANCE:


  • Challenge: Business analysis

  • 3 core courses

  • Skills workshops: Communication + Critical Thinking

  • 1 Enrichment elective

  • Required for all

Core courses

Strategy

Macroeconomics

Finance

You’ll research and analyze investment opportunities across various asset classes, including stocks, bonds, venture capital, and alternative investments. You will work in a team to evaluate financial metrics, market trends, and investment risks, and will be required to make informed decisions on where to allocate capital.

CHALLENGE:

Drive investment strategy

Throughout the challenge, you’ll apply financial theories and models to real-world investment scenarios, while gaining insights from industry professionals.

The culmination of the challenge will be a final pitch, where your team will present your investment strategies and results to a panel of experts, simulating the investor-client relationship.


Skills workshops

Skills workshops are intensive, hands-on classes integrated throughout your core program. Focused on developing essential soft skills—such as public speaking, teamwork, and leadership—these workshops are fundamental to excelling in core challenges and for long-term professional success.  

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I developed a special way of confronting challenges and doing business. Together with my career advisor and alumni connections, I secured an internship at Tesla.

Mehjahr Khayyati

Germany

Class of 2017