Dear members of the CATÓLICA-LISBON community,
I am pleased to share that the Financial Times ranked CATÓLICA-LISBON’s Masters in Finance as the 26th best in the world! According to the rankings published this morning, our graduates have full employment (97% have a job 3 months after graduation) and receive a 47% increase in salaries in three years, with an international career progress that is the 16th best in the world. These results make us proud, particularly because they compare with hundreds of top programs globally and reflect the experience and performance of all our 2016 graduates in Finance, and not a selected sample. A thank you to all our dedicated staff and professors, in particular our Dean for Degree Programs, Professor Guilherme Almeida Brito, and our Academic Director of the MSc in Finance, Professor José Faias, for their exemplary dedication. For this year, we have received excellent Masters applications, in quantity and quality, and we are looking forward to welcoming in September the most international class ever.
This week is an important one for Católica. Our staff returns to campus, working in shifts, to prepare for next School year, while executive education sessions continue to take place on campus, as Knowledge, Learning and Impact have never been more important. We will also continue our digital conferences: this Tuesday June 16th at 17h I host an outstanding alumnus for the Dean’s Speaker Series - Luís Amaral – international business leader, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist, for a conversation (in Portuguese) on how business is changing due to COVID-19, digital transformation, consumer trends and impact projects. Please register here to join us online for this insightful session.
This is also an important week for Europe due to the Friday meeting of European Leaders to discuss the new European Recovery Fund. Please read here my analysis about the importance of the Commission’s proposals and how they may transform Europe.
We have much to share at CATÓLICA-LISBON and #WeStandUNITED. United as a community and united in support of a healthy economy capable of fulfilling the needs and aspirations of all citizens.
Filipe Santos, Dean of CATÓLICA-LISBON