Lectures and courses
Bachelor / Master Thesis Research for students at the University of Zurich
yourSRI Database Access for CMF Students

Lectures and courses

The Center for Microfinance offers several lectures and courses both for full time students at the University of Zurich and industry executives. The CMF is interested in expanding collaborations to offer additional learning opportunities (for questions, please contact us).

Executive Courses:

• Socially Responsible Investments:
  Department of Banking and Finance executive course in collaboration with Weiterbildungsstelle of University of Zurich and CSSP Vaduz. The next course will be held on November 6-7, 2013. For more information and to register click here. To download the complete flyer for 2013, please click

  SRI_2013_Flyer (PDF, 273 KB)

• Microfinance - Introduction and State of the Art:
  Department of Banking and Finance executive course in collaboration with Weiterbildungsstelle of University of Zurich and Swiss Development Cooperation. This executive course will be held on June 26-28, 2013. For more information and to register click here. To download the complete flyer for 2013, please click

  Microfinance_2013_Flyer (PDF, 266 KB)

• Microinsurance:

  Department of Banking and Finance executive course in collaboration with Weiterbildungsstelle of University of Zurich and Swiss Development Cooperation. This executive course will be held on June 24-25, 2013. For more information and to register click here. To download the complete flyer for 2013, please click

  Microinsurance_2013_Flyer (PDF, 276 KB)

• Wirkungsanalysen der Mikrofinanzierung:
  This is a short course within the NADEL advanced training course March 2010.

University Lectures and Seminars:

• Microfinance
  Lecture for Master students in Banking and Finance, Management and Economics, Economics, and Business Administration at the University of Zurich.  Yearly repeated, current offer: Fall Term 2012. To download the Fall 2012 lecture syllabus and for more information, please click here

• Microfinance Seminar Research seminar for doctoral and master students in Banking and Finance, Management and Economics at the University of Zurich. Offered irregularly in the Spring semester.

  Advanced topics in Microfinance.

  Microfinance and Business & Society (general information)

  Microfinance and Business & Society (detailed information)

Bachelor / Master Thesis Research for students at the University of Zurich

Students in Banking and Finance, Management and Economics at the University of Zurich are offered to write their Bachelor / Master thesis with the CMF. We propose research topics, sometimes in collaboration with external organizations. Prerequisites for Master students are successful attendance of the lecture “Microfinance” at UZH, prerequisites for Bachelor students are a proven knowledge about the basics of microfinance. Interested students should contact laura.lontzek@bf.uzh.ch for availability and possibly pre-selection of topics, and then submit a short research proposal.

yourSRI Database Access for CMF Students

Due to a CSSP sponsorship, registered students at the Center for Microfinance obtain free access to yourSRI.com for one year. The number of free accounts is limited. yourSRI.com is one of the leading databases for responsible investing. yourSRI.com allows an access to the whole value chain – from Asset Management & Investment, Rating Agencies, Education, Advisory and Research. yourSRI.com is sponsored by CSSP – Center for Social and Sustainable Products and friends of the European Education Initiative. To read the press release for the sponsorship, click here:

To apply for a yourSRI account through CMF, please register below: