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emlyon business school XAVIER-EMLYON Business School

Ecully , Ecully ,France

MSc in Finance (including a 6 month-internship)

The program and pedagogy are driven by recruiters expectations that lead you to master major skills:

  • Strategic analysis skills : beyond models, technical skills, tools, technologies and hardwork you will need to master, you need to understand the big picture and be able to interact with different teams and activities
  • Financial engineering & modelization know how (including disruptions in legaltech and complex environments)
  • Develop added value in valuation and analysis to face complexity and transformations
  • Soft skills to work on project, in teams and globally with multicultural differences in order to avoid silos that are enemy and limitations to organizations efficiency and agility

Applicants Profile
To apply to the MSc in Finance, you need to fulfill the following requirements:

  • Holding a validated Master 1 or Bachelor's Degree equivalent (Bac+4 equivalent to 240 European credits ECTS)
  • By way of derogation, students holding a Licence 3 diploma or an equivalent (180 European credits ECTS) with an excellent profile may be accepted.

This program welcomes graduates from engineering schools, management schools and universities. Depending on your profile, you may need to acquire first some fundamentals by elearning . It is important that you have a clear comprehension of the finance sector and activities to be able to develop and implement your professional project over the 18-month program.

For students interested in the Quantitative Finance & Data Analytics specialization, a strong background or ability to acquire techniques in a few weeks in mathematics, computer science, physics and/or scientific courses such as econometrics, economic forecasting will be necessary.

Admission Process
At emlyon business school we take an applicant's entire potential into account. Elements like your motivation to pursue the MSc in Finance, your background and career aspirations weigh just as heavily in our selection procedure.

You can apply through your personal space (program dashboard). You need to provide the following information:

  • A summary
  • Two recommendation letters
  • A copy of an official valid identity card or passport
  • A certified copy of your most recent academic degree translated into English or French
  • Official management aptitude test score: GMAT, GRE, TAGE MAGE, CAT (optional)
  • English proficiency test (optional)

 

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Applications from students holding one of the following diplomas are admissible:
- Validated Master 1 level or equivalent without professional experience (240 ECTS)
- License 3 diploma (180 ECTS) and proof of professional experience adapted to the 3 program minimum years excluding internship and work-study
- Validation of Professional and Personal Skills (10% maximum of the training workforce)