Master’s Degree (M2) in Finance, Track: Corporate Finance

General information

Prerequisites for enrolment: Bac + 4
Length of studies: 1 year
Internships: Yes
(Mandatory internship)

Diplôme national

Accessible as

Initial Training

Teaching languages

English

What next?

Career opportunities

Presentation

The Master in "Corporate Finance" aims at providing students with the skills required to analyse and manage corporate financial structures.

The main areas of study include managing investments and risk, planning and managing financial strategies, managing interest and exchange rate exposures, and corporate accounting and audit. On completion of these studies in corporate finance, students will have acquired a breadth of financial expertise including a good grasp of how markets operate, as well as a more specific understanding of banking, accounting, strategy, and IT.

Director of studies

Catherine Casamatta

Goals

By the end of the Master in Finance, students will be able to:

Know basic institutional and regulatory framework of finance in organisations and markets;
Understand the conceptual foundations and analytical methods in finance;
Apply analytical methods in finance to solve practical problems encountered by corporations, financial institutions and markets;
Critically assess the drivers of contemporary financial issues;
Incorporate ethical dimension and implications for sustainability in financial decisions;
Communicate effectively in oral and written form;
Work in team;
Solve complex problems.

Students pursuing the track Corporate Finance will also learn to:

Apply financial analysis and corporate valuation methods ;
Plan and manage strategic financing ;
Identify and manage operational and financial risks.

Admission

Publics

Prerequisites for enrolment : Bac + 4

Admission conditions

External candidates (non-TSM)
→ Successful completion of 240 ECTS
→ An English language test for non-English speakers*
→ Examination of candidate’s admission application and possible interview

Internal TSM candidates
→ Successful completion of 240 ECTS
→ An English language test for non-English speakers*
→ Examination of candidate’s admission application and possible interview
→ Active vocational orientation

* Required level: C1

Register

Applications open from February 1 to March 26, 2021.
For more information about this programme and the admission application, please visit our website at www.tsm-education.fr

Program

SEMESTER 1:
UE 01 - Asset pricing
UE 02 - Corporate finance
UE 03 - Information technology for finance:
. Introduction to SAP
. VBA for Finance
UE 04 - Financial econometrics
UE 05 - Economics for finance

SEMESTER 2:
UE 06 - Corporate valuation
UE 07 - Financial intermediation
UE 08 - Advanced corporate finance
UE 09 - Financial reporting:

UE 10 - Psychology for finance
UE 11 - Internship or entrepreneurial project
. International financial reporting standards (IFRS)
. Statutory audit
The programme is taught entirely in English.

SYLLABUS

Prospects

Year of highschool graduation: Bac + 5

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities: Financial analyst, financial controller, corporate business manager in a banking institution, merger-acquisitions specialist, investments manager, research manager, consultant, asset manager...

Preferred sectors: senior financial management and general management committees of groups, banks and financial institutions, private equity and venture capital firms and consultancies, international corporations.

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