Dr. Denis Veliu
Faculty of Economics
✉ dveliu@umt.edu.al
Prof. Asoc. Dr. Denis Veliu is a lecturer in the Finance and Banking Department, Faculty of Economics at University Metropolitan Tirana. He completed his higher studies at the “Sapienza Università di Roma” University in Rome, Italy. In 2015, he completed his doctoral studies in Mathematics for Economic and Financial Applications. After completing his studies, Dr. Denis Veliu has worked as a lecturer at a number of universities in Albania, and at the American University of the Middle East in Kuwait.
At the University Metropolitan Tirana, he is the head of the Finance Banking Department, Coordinator of the Master of Science in Financial Engineering and Risk Management and lecturer in the subjects Mathematics, Mathematics in Finance, Applied Mathematics for business, Financial Modeling, Application in Matlab and Investment and Portfolio Management. He is the author of several scientific papers referred to various conferences in Italy, Turkey, France, Switzerland, Belgium and Albania. Dr. Denis Veliu is also an external lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Tirana, in the subject of Graph Optimization in the Master’s program.
Date End Date Name and type of organization providing education or training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Thesis of research Title of certification awarded Supervisor | 2011-2015 February 2015 Faculty of Economics, 1st University of Rome “SAPIENZA”, ROME, ITALY Portfolio optimization, Risk parity models, Optimization The Risk Parity Approach to Portfolio Construction PhD in Applied Mathematics in Finance and Economy (XXVII) Prof. Fabio Tardella |
Date End Date Name and type of organization providing education or training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Title of certification awarded | 2008-2011 October 2011 Faculty of Economics, 1st University of Rome “SAPIENZA”, ROME, ITALY Finance engineering, Quantitative Finance, Asset Pricing, Financial Modellings, Optimizations in Finance II Level Master’s Degree in Finance (LM-16) with honors (110 e lode/110) |
Date End Date Name and type of organization providing education or training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Title of certification awarded | 2005-2008 September 2008 Faculty of Economics, 1st University of Rome “SAPIENZA”, ROME, ITALY Finance, financial mathematics, Banking, Firm evaluation, Insurance
Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (grade 109/110) |