MSc Finance

This program is designed for students with a 4-year degree providing 2 semesters:

• Curriculum: The program covers fundamental and advanced topics in Finance. It offers a thorough grounding in finance, ensuring graduates acquire essential skills across various fields.
• Diverse Personalised Options: The program’s personalised courses in the second semester allow students to customize their learning experience, diving into niche areas such as Blockchain, Big Data, Wealth Management, or Advanced Portfolio Management, aligning studies with personal career goals.
• Practical Application Focus: The curriculum includes practical components, ensuring students can directly apply their knowledge in real-world scenarios.
• Global Financial Perspective: With courses focused on both domestic and international perspectives, the graduates gain a well-rounded, global understanding of finance, preparing them for careers in international markets.

This program is designed for students with a 3-year degree providing 3 semesters:

• An Accelerated International Business & Management Path semester that provides you with advanced knowledge of management, marketing and business development
• Curriculum: The program covers fundamental and advanced topics in Finance. It offers a thorough grounding in finance, ensuring graduates acquire essential skills across various fields.
• Diverse Personalised Options: The program’s personalised courses in the second semester allow students to customize their learning experience, diving into niche areas such as Blockchain, Big Data, Wealth Management, or Advanced Portfolio Management, aligning studies with personal career goals.
• Practical Application Focus: The curriculum includes practical components, ensuring students can directly apply their knowledge in real-world scenarios.
• Global Financial Perspective: With courses focused on both domestic and international perspectives, the graduates gain a well-rounded, global understanding of finance, preparing them for careers in international markets.

This program will be for a period of 12 months for the 4 year degree students and 24 months for the 3 year degree students.

Each week:

• Asynchronous: combining autonomous learning (approx. 20h per week) through asynchronous activities available on the platform, Canvas Instructure
• Synchronous: weekly interactive and qualitative live sessions (2h 30) with the professors/experts (mainly on Saturdays)

This unique experience will give you the opportunity to explore a new way of learning, build an international network and become the future executives of tomorrow. As our platform is highly customizable and designed to encourage collaboration between students, it enables us to offer you the best online experience for your studies. On this platform, you’ll find a variety of content: learning activities, videos, tests, documents that you can read and keep.

Every week, you’ll follow live, interactive and qualitative sessions with experts in finance. You’ll exchange ideas with your peers, revise concepts you’ve already seen, and take part in live discussions on key industry issues.

Courses are taught 100% in English and all assessments will be done online.

Consulting Project

Finally, you will work on a real case for a company during your consulting project. This project is key to the obtention of your diploma, through this project you will get to use the different theories and concept learnt in class and apply it to reality. This experience allows you to live a global real-life experience of a finance and fintech project.

Case Study Research

You will develop academic skills in research and international problem-solving and learn how to use scientific literature to meet management challenges.

• Acquire industry-relevant skills in financial analysis, business finance, financial management, and data analysis to stay current with financial industry techniques and trends.
• Prepare for the CFA exams with curriculum elements aligned with the CFA Institute’s Candidate Body of Knowledge.
• Gain awareness of innovative tools, emerging trends, and cutting-edge strategies shaping the financial sector.
• Receive advanced quantitative training in computational finance, equipping you for analytical roles with robust finance-related data analysis and modeling skills.
• Emphasize ethics and sustainability to navigate today’s financial landscape with a focus on ethical decision-making and sustainable practices.
• Engage in practical, real-world applications through live case studies.
• Thrive in a fully international and multicultural environment, cultivating soft skills, creativity, and effective communication in a global context.
• Develop the ability to collaborate successfully with companies and support their growth and development.
• Interactive learning on the Canvas LMS for the online format, providing an engaging and intuitive platform that supports collaborative learning, faculty interaction, and practical project work, offering flexibility to balance professional, academic, and personal pursuits.
• Gain career-focused expertise in specialized fields, aligning your skills with high-demand careers in finance.
• Advance your career with in-depth finance knowledge and critical thinking skills focused on Financial Management and Financial Markets.
• Learn from experienced, highly recognized professors and lecturers, established in their fields and their scientific expertise.
• Obtain a Master’s degree from an internationally accredited European Business School (AACSB, EQUIS, EPAS, AMBA).

The MSc Finance program offers graduates a broad range of career opportunities across global industries. Graduates of the MSc Finance program will be equipped to work across a variety of industries, including roles in investment, banking, corporate finance, financial services, trading, hedge funds, large institutions and organization, or as freelance professionals in consulting.

A non-exhaustive list of potential career paths for graduates includes:

• Investment Analyst
• Portfolio Manager
• Chief Financial Officer
• Corporate Finance Manager
• Credit Analyst
• Financial Analyst
• Financial Consultant
• Portfolio Analyst
• Financial Manager or Director in corporations and financial services
• FX Manager
• Trader or Broker
• Fund Manager
• Financial Project and Funding Manager
• Asset Management Analyst

The MSc Finance program at ESSCA Online Campus offers a unique opportunity for diverse profiles of professional candidates seeking to advance their careers. Our graduates gain a competitive edge by integrating the latest finance knowledge, trends, strategies, methods, and tools into their daily tasks, making a real impact on their professional environment. This program is tailored to:

• Candidates who aim to deepen their knowledge and prepare for all levels of the CFA exams.
• Candidates who aim to develop an international perspective in their careers.
• Candidates seeking additional skills and qualifications in Financial Management.
• Candidates with a bachelor’s degree from various disciplines and fields who have an interest in Finance.
• Candidates who wish to acquire a critical, in-depth understanding of Finance for personal or professional applications.
• Candidates from around the world who desire an MSc diploma from a triple-accredited French Business School with global recognition.

It is required for our students that have a 3-year or 4-year degree preferably but not exclusively in Economics, Business, or management. We also welcome students with any science and engineering degree.
Candidates are expected to have excellent proficiency in written and oral English, teamwork, and communication skills as well as the will to work in an international context.

Every application will be reviewed individually; it is encouraged to apply as long as you feel that you have the capacity and drive to follow our courses.

Please contact us for any further information or questions.

How to apply?

1. Click on “Register” and fill in the pre-registration form.
2. Once your pre-registration form is submitted, you will be informed about the next steps by email.
3. When your application is accepted, you will participate in an admission session with the MSc jury (several dates will be proposed for the admission process).
4. After the validation by the members of the jury, you will receive a link to finalize your registration and pay online as the final step to be enrolled officially.

The documents required are the following:

• a copy of your ID
• a copy of your highest degree (if already obtained) or the most recent transcripts of records (official translations to English or French required)
• your curriculum vitae
• your motivation letter (recommended)
• English language test score (applicants whose first language is English or completed a university degree taught in English are not required to provide proof of their language proficiency)
• your Reference letters (optional).

For the 12 months program: €16 000 VAT*

• Early bird discount: 10% on the tuition fees: €14 440 VAT* 

For the 18-24 months program: €20 000 VAT*

• Early bird discount: 20% on the tuition fees: €16 000 VAT* 

*2024 prices. May be subject to change – Contact us for further information.

This program is entirely online.

However, during the program, you will have the chance to participate in a learning experience or a residential stay in Paris (Learning Expedition). People with reduced mobility are accompanied during the Learning Expedition week. This trip is not compulsory for your degree and can be taken online.

For more information at ESSCA