The Department of Banking and Finance at the University of Zurich, formerly known as the Swiss Banking Institute, specializes in Banking, Corporate Finance, Financial Economics, and Quantitative Finance. With around 23,000 students, WU is the largest educational institution in the EU for business, economics, business law, and social sciences. The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1983 to improve economic policy-making in Europe and other regions through high-quality, policy-relevant economic research.