Finance - CFA Program Partner – (M.Sc.)

The School is ranked n°1 for Finance in France by the economic journal Le Point (French equivalent of the Time Magazine) and ranks N° 5 in Finance in Europe in the FT ranking. Our Finance department is especially renowned for its outstanding international faculty and for the ground-breaking research of its EDHEC-Risk Institute, Europe’s premier research centre in this field.

EDHEC is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence for Asset Management and Alternative Investment research. Its professors are regarded as international experts in the fields of Asset Management, Fixed Income Securities, Alternative Investments and Risk Management and act as advisors for financial institutions and investors.

The MSc in Finance is a programme partner with the CFA institute, covering the Level 1 at 100% and offering more students the chance to graduate with an MSc and at the same time, prepare a professional diploma.

The demanding MSc in Finance heavily drawned on the expertise developed in the EDHEC-Risk Institute is designed to prepare participants for a wide variety of international careers in corporate financial management, investment banking and private equity, commercial banking and financial services.
Career Opportunities

Programme graduates work as M&A specialists, business analysts, credit analysts, financial controllers, corporate treasurers, brokers, security analysts, and traders. They are employed by major multinational companies, investment banks, commercial banks, finance and strategy consultancies, insurance companies, and asset managers.

Master in Finance Programme Design

Its broad curriculum gives equal attention to corporate finance and capital markets and allows participants to develop expertise in corporate financial strategy, investment banking, financial accounting, reporting and analysis, risk management; and equity and fixed income portfolio management. CFA curriculum textbooks are used as core programme readings to maximize participants' industry readiness.
Projects using Matlab and VBA softwares (widely used in the financial industry) and simulations in our virtual trading room, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, are key components of our pedagogical approach.