Advances in Finance and Accounting

The “Advances in Finance and Accounting” (AFA) Professional + Research Master's degree prepares you for careers in insurance, banking, corporate financial management, market finance and accounting, financial institutions (banks or insurance companies), or in consulting or auditing firms.

This program is also a stepping-stone toward a Doctoral degree leading to academic and research opportunities either in university based or public/private research organizations.

This AFA master's degree provides a full English, high-level instruction in complementary fields such as financial markets, corporate finance, banking, insurance, auditing and accounting. Its specificity resides in providing in-depth fundamental notions in all of these areas together with advanced tools needed for analysis, treatment and modeling of finance, accounting and audit data.

The “Advances in Finance and Accounting” diploma is obtained in 1 year, requiring validation of 120 credits over 2 semesters.

UE1: Data analysis

• Databases & programming for finance & accounting

• Econometrics for finance and accounting

UE2: Fundamentals of finance and accounting

• Portfolio theory and management

• Accounting information and financial markets

• Organization theory UE3: Advances in finance

• Options, futures and other derivatives

• Advanced corporate finance

UE 4: Advances in finance and accounting

• Empirical finance, banking and insurance

• Accounting and auditing theory

UE5: Term paper

• Literature review and research problem

• Methodology and analysis

• Defense

UE 6: Master thesis

• Master thesis

Eligibility - University degree of 240 ECTS; for non Europeans, a 4-year university minimum degree (approved by an university committee). Application form. Advanced level in English (TOEIC, TOEFL, etc.)  

Admission - Interview with a jury

Career Opportunities

The growing number of international candidates and the fact that careers in Finance and Accounting now require a strong grasp of English are the main reasons this program is offered in English. The program offers various job opportunities such as:

• R & D in Finance and Accounting
• Financial Analyst
• Auditor – Consultant
• Risk Manager (finance, accounting)
• Research Analyst (finance, accounting, technical, and markets)
• Professor in Finance and Accounting