Master of Science in Finance
The MSc in Finance is an 18-month program, delivered until 2024-25 academic year, and designed to build a career in investment banking with a world-class training program that combines specialist knowledge, technical skills and soft skills.
For students holding a three year Bachelor's degree minimum
MSc – Master of Science approved by the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles & 4th in France in the Finance category (QS Business Master's Rankings 2024)
18 months including a 4 to 6-month internship (120 ECTS credits)
Taught in English
Delivered in Lyon with an international term and a one-week long international seminar
Important information: this program will evolve in September 2025, as a 2-year Master's degree in Finance.
Program highlights
- Get a cross-functional approach of the 21st century financial challenges
Master the fundamental competencies and go beyond for a global professional vision of the requirements and challenges of finance, thanks to a common core program followed by a specialization either in corporate finance or in market finance.
- Develop your capacity to act with the early makers pedagogy
Articulate thinking and action processes through learning experience: the pedagogy is based on individual and group projects, challenges, innovative professional conferences and seminars, completed with an internship in order to develop your employability as an operational expert.
- Experience finance through the prism of socio-environmental issues
Develop an understanding of societal and environmental issues and a responsible vision of finance through a methodology that integrates ESG components at the heart of each related course, so that students are able to develop innovative and comprehensive solutions that address the issues companies, investors and financial markets are faced with.
The MSc in Finance is designed to offer students all the soft/hard skills and know-how needed to excel in the financial world:
- Diversity: the MSc in Finance offers a diverse environment through its cohort (nationalities, genders, backgrounds, etc.).
- A mix between academic (20 faculty professors) and professional lecturers (90) to ensure the best learning environment
- A 2-step program structure: a common track and a specialization. This allows students to discover in depth financial applications before committing to a specialization.
- emlyon's distinctive academic signature: learning as not only a transfer of academic knowledge but also a "course of learning experiences" that equips students to forge a constant link between thought and action: "doing to learn, learning to do".
- Financial Challenges: Students will be able to take part in 5 or more French or International challenges in Finance (e.g.: CFA, Harvard Global Case, ARE, Trophée des futures licornes, BBG, and Kellog Morgan Stanley).
- Professional certifications: Students will also acquire the necessary skills to take different certificates: AMF, CFA 1 and 2, Bloomberg Certification.
- Summer internship preparation: To maximise your chances to get a coveted summer internship at a buldge bracket London firm during your program, emlyon business school offers a select number of students the opportunity to be trained by our career center to the application tests (limited seats).
- Careers Forum: Students will attend a specific Finance Career Forum organized by the Career Center, as well as some dedicated conferences about Financial topics.
Your career after the program
Jobs after a MSc Finance
Here are jobs after a MSc Finance :
- Chief Financial Officer
- Financial analyst
- Mergers and acquisitions business associate
- Audit consultant
- Treasury manager
- Portfolio manager
- Sales-trader
- Wealth advisors.
Survey carried out in 2023. Concerns class of 2022