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Master of Science
Specialized (MSc)
Master®
Finance
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Created in 1987, the Master in Finance (MSc Finance

– MiF) ESCP Business School, ranked 1st in the
world by the Financial Times in 2023, is one of
the main “target Masters in Finance” of Bulge Brackets
and investment recruiters Banking.

It relies on a renowned faculty, a dense network

of alumni
working in the different finance professions and on
close and solid relationships with financial
institutions (investment banks, IBD, brokers, financial
companies).

It offers comprehensive, concrete, practical and

applied (“plug & play”) training for the various
Investment Banking and Market Finance professions,
corresponding to the expectations of the job market.

The technical courses are supplemented by
extensive training in soft skills, in order to prepare
students for recruitment processes (applications,
interviews, AC, etc.). Student placement successes
illustrate the excellence of the training.
Master's degree
This specialization is part of the
ESCP Master of Science (MSc) program.
Students will obtain the diploma
conferring the “Master’s Grade” (DEAMIE)
and an establishment diploma, the MSc
Finance.

Director
scientist
Philip Thomas
Associate Professor,

Department
Finance ESCP
#1
Master in Finance
Doctor in management sciences.

Ranked 1st in the

Research areas:
world by the Financial Times
Corporate Restructuring (M&A, Financial
(Masters in Finance ranking
Engineering, Corporate Finance).
2023)
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Profile of the latest

promotions
22%
Engineering Schools
67%
international
38% students
Journey of
Universities
Eco/Management/
graduates
Finance

67% Stéphane Courbon

men Class of 1995
Chairman Investment Banking,
Bank of America, France
40% Emmanuel Dray
Business Class of 1996
Schools 33% MBA, Management and
women Finance, University of Georgia
Global Head of EQD Sales
& Trading BNPP, London
THE Marie-Victoire Rozé
goals Class of 2004
Master Finance, Paris II
By combining academic expertise and presentation of best Senior Managing Director,
Ardian, Paris
professional practices, the Master in Finance (MiF)
provides intense training, which allows students to very quickly access Fabrice François
positions of responsibility in the Financial and Investment Banking sector. Class of 2005
Sciences Po Paris
After a 6-week common core, students choose one of the two tracks offered: Managing Director M&A,
Corporate & Investment Banking Goldman Sachs, London
or Financial Markets. A set of “soft skills” courses is also provided to
Claire MURONI
facilitate the professional integration of students (pre-intake program, CV Class of 2014
review, Jobs in Finance, application training, “Summer applications”, Master Mathematics
coaching, interview simulations, AC training, Forum Finance, networking, Applied, University of Nice
alumni afterworks, etc...). Quantitative Trader, Balyasni
AM, New York City, United States

Marine ABIAD
Class of MS 2010
For Master in Finance, Paris IX
Dauphine
what professions... Managing Director, Head of
Structured Team, Goldman
Sachs, Paris
MiF students work in all fields of finance:

• Sales, Traders, Market Makers, Quants, Structurers

• Equity Research, M&A, ECM, DCM, Leveraged Finance
Structured Finance, Financial Advisory
• Regulators, Risk Management, Rating Agencies
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THE • Equity Capital Markets •

Accounting for IB

lessons • IB Modeling
• Applied Financial Analysis • Private
Equity & VC
• Project Finance
• IFRS standards • Debt Capital Markets •
• Mergers and Acquisitions • Strategy
Advanced Valuation • Debt • M&A Deals
Products • Advanced • Financial Advisory •
Corporate Finance Leveraged Finance •
• Advanced Excel Takeover Bids - Large Cap
• IB Skills • IB Formatting
• Financial Economics
• Options, Futures & Derivatives Track Corporate & Investment Banking
Trunk
• Financial analysis and evaluation
Common PARIS LONDON
• Market news
Track Financial Markets
• Bloomberg & Data bases
• Sustainability Management
• VBA & Python • Options
• Portfolio Management • • Fixed Income
Econometrics & Optimization • Exotic • Structured Products • Trading
Options
• Financial Market Mathematics • Stochastic Calculation
• FM Skills • Equity Derivatives
• Credit Derivatives • Sales
• Forex & Money Market •
Commodities
• Market Risk Management • Technical
Analysis
• Asset Management
• Sales
• XVA – Market Adjustments

Program Schedule

July 2024 Sep 2024 Nov. 2024 April 2025

Semester 1* Semester 2** & 3 Semester 4

Fundamentals of (Sept.-Oct.) (Nov.-April)
management Common course Track Corporate
*Mandatory semester for Mandatory
Investment Banking /
Professional mission
students with a diploma seminars will take place Track Financial Markets
equivalent to less than 240 in the month of September
ECTS credits.
**Start of courses for students with 240 ECTS.

8 weeks online (July - 15 weeks in Paris 15 weeks in London 6 months

Aug) (Sept. - Dec.) (Jan. - April)
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Team
Pedagogic

2 The courses are taught by ESCP

Business School Finance Professors and
external speakers (Affiliate Professors,
• LANGUAGES
Senior Lecturers) who bring a practical,
(English French)
concrete, applied and operational dimension
to the lessons.
• Campus
(Paris & London)
F. Bancel, C. Barraud, C. Bonnier, J. Fouquau, C.
• Tracks
Hossfeld, N. Kahale, P. Karehnke, C.
(Corporate and
Kharoubi, D. Khayat, D. Marteau, C. Moussa, C.
Investment Banking
& Financial Markets) Moussu, P. Raimbourg, A. Ruttiens, A. Saidi, D.
Sola, P. Thomas, L. Zhao, S. Barraza.

Master
Thesis

The Master Thesis is an applied research project in an academic

framework, written under the supervision of a research director.
Students must structure and articulate their thinking by exploring a
business problem using solid and precise arguments.

Within the MiF, this thesis takes the form of a Research Article
or a Case Study corresponding to the standards of academic journals.
Dec. 2025

Students defend their Master Thesis in front of a jury of experts and

professionals.
Master Thesis
A research seminar, created by an ESCP professor, prepares students
for this thesis.
This seminar allows you to acquire the tools and methodology necessary
to successfully write and defend your thesis.
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Companies that
are recruiting

INTERNSHIPS AND JOBS

• Amundi • Bank of America ML • Barclays • Blackrock

• Blackstone • BNP Paribas •
CACIB • Centerview • Citi • Credit Suisse • Deutsche
Bank • Evercore • Fidelity •
Goldman Sachs • HSBC • Jefferies • JP
Morgan • Lazard • Macquarie • Messier •
Moelis • Moodys • Morgan Stanley • Natixis • Nomura •
Oddo-BHF • PJT • RBC • RBS •
Rothschild • SGCIB • UBS • S&P • Tikehau •

Professional Investigation
experience job
This practical phase and
Class of 2020
operational in the Bank is for a
minimum duration of 4 months. Less than 3 months after the release of the MiF
100% are in professional activity 67%
Its objective is the concrete have a position with an international dimension
application of the training Average annual salary:
acquired and it corresponds to - upon exit from the MiF: €97k
the exercise of the profession - 3 years after the release of the MiF: €148k
chosen by the students, for (FT Masters in Finance Ranking 2023 data)
which the Master in Finance (MiF)
prepares them.
The Master in Finance allows students to quickly enter the
Many companies see this
job market. In the Financial Times ranking, the program
internship as an observation period ranks first in the world for:
before employment.

• the international experience of students,

• career service and all integration assistance
professional,
• professional mobility.
Alumni give it an exceptional overall satisfaction rate of 9.93 (out
of 10), the highest of all Masters in Finance in the world.
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Courses on campus
from Paris and London

Costs
schooling 2024
Nomination _ Application fees: €130
Tuition fees: €29,100*

Not included: accommodation and transport costs on

1 ESCP and partner campuses
*Including Master of Science (MSc): €16,900 + specialization:
€11,200 + service fees: €1,000
STUDY OF THE FILE OF
CANDIDACY Semester 1: An additional fee of €3,200 applies to
candidates whose previous degree is equivalent to less than
240 ECTS credits.

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PROVIDE A SCORE OF:
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Information
Cedric Ulrich
+33 (0)1 49 23 21 68
ms.finance@escp.eu

MAINTENANCE FOR
DECLARED CANDIDATES
ELIGIBLE
Schooling
Thomas Paponnaud 01 49 23 57 29
tpaponnaud@escp.eu
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Master of Science (MSc)

Finance*

*
This specialization is part of the Master’s Grade (DEAMIE)

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ESCP benefits from the best international accreditations.
Our European campuses are officially recognized in their country.

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