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About the Course

Learn how debt and equity can be used to finance infrastructure investments and how investors approach infrastructure investments! According to the OECD, the global infrastructure investment requirement by 2030 for transport, electricity generation, transmission & distribution, and water & telecommunications totals to 71 trillion dollars. This figure represents about 3.5% of the annual World GDP from 2007 to 2030. The European Commission estimated, that by 2020, Europe will need between 1.5 - 2 trillion Euros in infrastructure investments. Between 2011 and 2020, about 500 billion Euros will be required for the implementation of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) program, 400 billion Euros for Energy distribution networks and smart grids, 200 billion Euros on Energy transmission networks and storage, and 500 billion Euros for the upgrade and construction of new power plants. An additional 38 - 58 billion Euros and 181 - 268 billion Euros in capital investment will be needed to achieve the targets set by the European Commission for broadband diffusion. Traditionally investments in infrastructure were financed using public sources. However, severe budget constraints and inefficient management of infrastructure by public entities have led to an increased involvement of private investors in the business. The course focuses on how private investors approach infrastructure projects from the standpoint of equity, debt, and hybrid instruments. The course concentrates on the practical aspects of project finance: the most frequently used financial techniques for infrastructure investments. The repeated use of real life examples and case studies will allow students to link the theoretical background to actual business practices. In the end of the course, students will be capable of analyzing a complex transaction, identifying the key elements of a deal, and suggesting proper solutions for deal structuring from a financial advisor's perspective. Course Format The course will consist of lecture videos, readings, and talks given by guest speakers. Although we do hope you will attend the entire course, it is possible to just focus on single topics. Suggested Readings The course is designed to be self-contained, there are no obligatory readings that must be acquired outside of the course. For students interested in additional study material, you may refer to: • Gatti Stefano, "Project Finance in theory and practice", Academic Press, 2nd edition, 2012....

Top reviews

AW

Nov 20, 2021

Enjoyed the course by Prof Stefano Gatti. The videos, quizzes, and notes provided provided a good overview and introduction into this topic, looking forward to future sessions!

JM

Feb 14, 2021

Very informative course. Helped me to understand the Fundamentals of Project Finance and get a good high level understanding of tax and finance implication on project finance cash flows.

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By G I

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Jul 3, 2025

Excellent course to understand the basics of project finance

By Teja

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Jul 6, 2021

Too good course. Highly interesting and value adding course.

By Sabina R H

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Jun 13, 2020

This course was fantastic it will help with my profession.

By Alejandro T

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Dec 16, 2017

Great introduction to understand how project finance works.

By Edem

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Dec 11, 2016

Simply Brilliant - Challenging and I learnt a lot. Thanks!!

By theo G

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Nov 27, 2024

Nice and useful course. It will help 100% during my career

By Jorge R

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Apr 11, 2021

Professor excel to explain complex issues in an easy form.

By Тахир

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Feb 12, 2017

Outstanding course both in content and presentation sides!

By Eng I A

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Sep 7, 2016

Good lessons for Financing and Investing in infrastructure

By Md. R I S

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Dec 7, 2020

Phenomenal course. Much respect for the Mr. Stefano Gatti

By Talha Y

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Jan 25, 2023

Excellent course , very good instructor , god bless him

By Simon W

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Jan 31, 2022

Very nice course. Great content that is visualized well.

By Gianina B

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Oct 9, 2021

Excelente, casos practicos y muy didáctico el instructor

By Kamel B M

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Feb 8, 2021

He's a superb instructor! I wish he taught other courses

By Zakhar N

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May 6, 2020

Great presentation. Perhaps more modeling would be good.

By Chung Z U

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Nov 8, 2016

very good, i hope professor can make it a specialization

By daniele s

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Feb 18, 2025

ottimo corso , ben strutturato dal Prof. Stefano Gatti

By Juan P M

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Dec 17, 2020

Excellent, I will be taking more courses from Bocconi.

By Natalia

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Sep 27, 2020

Very interesting course! Many thanks to Stefano Gatti!

By Moussa S

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Feb 28, 2020

very interesting course and many things to learn about

By Fumiaki O

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Jan 1, 2019

Very throgh course on fundamentals of project finance.

By Le B W

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Nov 12, 2017

Thank you very much for this class, really practical !

By Aziz K

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Sep 12, 2022

Excellent course to grasp basics of project finance.

By Deleted A

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Mar 24, 2021

Very clear instructions with practical real life case

By D N P

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Aug 9, 2020

Course was excellent in terms of learning new inputs.