TBS Education Master of Science programs are designed for students who’d like to add highly specific skills and cutting-edge professional expertise to their resume before entering the corporate world.
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The MSc Finance prepares students to be successful for an international career in finance – with a focus on investment management, analytical functions and research – and to study for the three CFA exams, as part of the curriculum.
This program provides a theoretical foundation for a broad range of jobs: both in corporate (financial analysis, equities, corporate finance functions) and markets (quantitative skills, financial instruments, portfolios), while helping to maintain high ethical standards.
This MSc will equip you with the technical and transferable skills to be successful anywhere in the investment and financial industry, or in a corporate strategic function of a large company (finance, strategy)
This program provides students an intellectual challenge, an opportunity to advance your skills in modelling, analyzing and thinking strategically.
This program has received the CGE quality label, a national accreditation reserved for top business schools in France. The CGE label guarantees the high quality standards of the program and allows international students to continue to work on French territory after their studies to further fine-tune their expertise.
This MSc obtained the MSc label from CGE
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STRENGTHS OF THE MSc
CAREER PERSPECTIVES
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
APPLICATION PROCESS
KEY DATES
STRENGTHS OF THE MSc
The CFA® charter* is one of the highest distinctions you can earn in the finance profession. Success in the CFA program demonstrates a good command of generic financial concepts, good analytical skills, an ability to work hard and a sensitivity to business ethics; as a result, it is highly regarded by finance recruiters. It also serves as a differentiator in a finance recruitment processes (e.g. a level 1 candidacy is often required to apply to top jobs in I-banks and investment management firms).
At the end of the year students will be able to: • Analyze financial statements to understand sources of performance and risk • Understand how capital markets work • How to value a company • Understand the practical challenges and opportunities of the main financial decisions
This Master Of Science offers to students 2 tracks :
Equity Research and Investments Management, and Corporate Finance and Advisory to deepen their knowledge and specialize in one of these two fields.
*Track MSc Equity Research and Invesment Management only
CAREER PERSPECTIVES
This Master of Science prepares you for the following job categories:
• CFA Charterholder (for CFA charterholders, the Ethics and Economics for CFA is waived).
• Foundations of Finance course; PSM Finance
Language Requirements
•For programs taught in English: English mother tongue OR TOEFL IBT 80 / IELTS 6.5 / TOEIC 800 / CAMBRIDGE B2 / FCE / CAT 165
•For programs taught in French: French mother tongue OR DELF B2 OR equivalent
APPLICATION PROCESS
Application & Tuition Fees
•Application fee: 100€*
•Tuition fee: 18,500€ for the entire 12-month program (Corporate Finance and Advisory). 20,000€ for the entire 12-month program (Equity Research and Investment Management).
To know more about our discounts & scholarships please click here.
* Application fees are non-refundable.
4-Step Application Process
1. Go to the application website and complete the rest of the online application form 2. Upload supporting documents and test scores 3. Take the online interview 4. Admission results will be available within 15 days
For any further questions, don’t hesitate to contact our international admissions team.
Required Documents for Application
• CV
• Cover/Motivation letter/Statement of Purpose
• Passport copy
• Transcript of grades of your latest degree
• Enrollment certificate or diploma
• For the English MSc: B2 English test (IELTS, TOIEC, TOEFL, CAMBRIDGE or DUOLINGO), if your studies were not 100% in English or if you are not a native English speaker
• For the bilingual (French & English)MSc: B2 French test (DELF or TCF) if your studies were not 100% in French or if you are not a native French speaker & B2 English test (IELTS, TOIEC, TOEFL, CAMBRIDGE or DUOLINGO), if your studies were not 100% in English or if you are not a native English speaker
• Letter of recommendation (not mandatory)
KEY DATES
• September 2023: Applications open
• June 2024: Applications close
• September 2024: Program start date
PROGRAM CONTENT
CALENDAR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
Soft Skills Certificate
Consulting ASSIGNEMENT
Master Dissertation
BUSINESS INTERNSHIP
CALENDAR
*Internship not mandatory.
Total number of hours: 450h minimum
This program consists of five learning experiences rigorously designed to develop your managerial and operational skills in your field of professional expertise.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
9 Course Units:
1. Financial and credit analysis:
Objective: to analyze financial statements to understand sources of performance and risk.
2. Capital markets and financial instruments:
Objective: to understand how capital markets work and fixed income and derivative securities.
3. Corporate Finance:
Objective: to learn what theorectically impacts the value a firm and how to value a company.
4. Financing:
Objective: to understand the practical challenges and opportunities of the main financial decisions.
5. Corporate Finance Applications:
Objective: to apply corporate finance tools to M&A transactions and Private Equity investments.
EQUITY RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRACK
6.1. CFA Topics: Equity investments and Behavioral Finance:
Objective: to show how investment strategies are implemented and the effect of psychological factors on these strategies.
7.1. CFA Topics: Portfolio Management and Alternative investments:
Objective: to understand porfolio management techniques and their application in real life, the use of alternative assest classes in porfolio management and quantitative techniques for investment management.
CORPORATE FINANCE AND ADVISORY TRACK
6.2. Advanced Corporate Finance Topics (part 1):
Objective: to show how investment strategies are implemented and the link between financing and corporate finance.
7.2. Advanced Corporate Finance Topics (part 2):
Objective: to understand practical considerations during M&A transactions.
8. Research methods:
Objective: provide tools, examples, and guidance for students to produce research in their academic and professional activities.
9. Supplementary courses for the CFA program (Equity Research and Investment Management Track only)
Soft Skills Certificate
Certificate designed by 26 professors & leadership and management professionals in collaboration with the Career Services. “Soft Skills” are intrapersonal and interpersonal skills that create the conditions for a successful and sustainable team and allow to effectively manage your career.
2 Courses units:
1. Management and leadership skills Objective: Acquire nine key competencies to lead teams and manage your professional career.
Personal Strengths: 1. Knowing yourself 2. Communicating effectively 3. Long life learning skills
Leadership & Management: 4. Building an inspiring vision 5. Leading teams 6. Responsible decision-making
Relational impact: 7. Managing interpersonal relationships 8. Building trust and well-being at work 9. Influencing effectively
2. Career agility Objective: Reveal your talent and make evolutionary choices in accordance with your deep aspirations.
The Career Services is a support center that helps students define and develop their career project. Through several lectures, workshops, individual tests and coaching sessions, a specialist will support each student from their first questions to looking for the right internship or job.
Coaching We support you in your reflection on your skills, strengths and areas for improvement. Through personality tests and individual coaching, we link this self-knowledge to your ambitions and career choices.
Personal Branding You will participate in workshops to build your CV and e-portfolio to best highlight your experiences and skills for your future employers.
Consulting ASSIGNEMENT
A unique exercise that is a major asset in your program! For the account of prestigious TBS Education partner companies, students, coached by the professors, carry out a strategic diagnosis aiming to analyze its competitive position, then propose strategic and operational recommendations to meet its challenges.
Examples of partner companies: Aerospace Valley, AIRBUS, Cap Gemini, Comtesse du Barry, Continental Automotive, EY, Hilti, Mars Petfoods, Motorola, Thalès, Rockwell & Collins.
Master Dissertation
Objective: Increase your brain agility to anticipate and solve complex business issues in your field of expertise.
Each student in this MSc program is required to write a dissertation which addresses a current issue in management from an academic or professional perspective in his field of expertise.
The student thus contributes to the study, analysis, formalization and abstraction of the identified problem.
BUSINESS INTERNSHIP
Students may carry out an internship in the company of their choice for a period of 4 months minimum. This internship is not mandatory for the validation of the diploma.
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