
MSc Finance
Toulouse, France
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 20,000 / per course
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The MSc Finance program at TBS Education is designed to prepare students for international careers in finance, emphasizing investment management, analytical functions, and research. The curriculum aligns with the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams, integrating relevant content to support students pursuing this certification.
The program is offered as either a 2-year program, or a 1-year program, granting a Master’s degree.
Program Structure:
Year 1 of the International Pre-Master includes online core courses (September to December), followed by on-campus studies in Toulouse or Barcelona (January to April). This program is a gateway to a Master of Science for students with a 3-year Bachelor Degree (180 ECTS).
Year 2 – Master of Science:
Semesters 1 & 2 (September to March): Specialized finance courses, professional expertise development, soft skills certification, and a company consulting mission.
Semester 3: Mandatory 6-month internship accompanied by the completion of a master’s dissertation.
- Duration: 12 months
- Campus: Toulouse
- Language: English
- Mode: Full time
- Intake: September 2025
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Tuition Fees:
- Application fee: €100 (non-refundable).
- 2-year program: €28,500.
- 1-year program: €19,500.
Curriculum
Program Design
Total number of hours: 420h
This program consists of five learning experiences rigorously designed to develop your managerial and operational skills in your field of professional expertise.
Throughout the program, practical team simulation projects and case studies will help you develop the hard and soft skills necessary to work in Finance (coping with a high-pressure environment, finding/analyzing/interpreting information rapidly and efficiently, structuring your work, and focusing on end-products, collecting and analyzing complex data rapidly and efficiently) by apprenticeship and not only through a textbook.
This MSc contains 9 teaching units and consists of two separate ‘tracks’:
(1) Equity Research and Investment Management (preparation for the CFA exam)
(2) Corporate Finance and Advisory
Professional expertise
9 Course units:
1. Financial and credit analysis
Objective: Learn how to analyze financial statements to understand sources of performance and risk.
2. Capital markets and financial instruments
Objective: Understand (1) how capital markets work and (2) fixed income and derivative securities.
3. Corporate Finance
Objective: Learn what theoretically impacts the value of a firm and how to value a company.
4. Financing
Objective: Understand the practical challenges and opportunities of the main financial decisions.
4.1. Equity Research and Investment Management track
4.2. Corporate Finance and Advisory track
5. Corporate Finance applications
Objective: 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: 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: Understand (1) portfolio management techniques and their application in real life, (2) the use of alternative
asset classes in portfolio management, and (3) quantitative techniques for investment management.
CORPORATE FINANCE AND ADVISORY TRACK
6.2. Advanced Corporate Finance Topics (part 1)
Objective: Show how investment strategies are implemented and the link between financing and corporate finance
applications.
7.2. Advanced Corporate Finance Topics (part 2)
Objective: 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 Career Services.
“Soft Skills” are intrapersonal and interpersonal skills that create the conditions for a successful and sustainable team and allow you to effectively manage your career.
2 Courses units:
Management and leadership skills
Objective: Acquire nine key competencies to lead teams and manage your professional career
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 projects. 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 Mission
A unique exercise that is a major asset in your program!
For the account of prestigious TBS 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 Thesis
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 that 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.
In-company Work experience
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.
Program Outcome
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); while helping you to prepare for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams, as part of the curriculum.
This program will provide you with an intellectual challenge, and an opportunity to advance your skills in modeling, analyzing, and thinking strategically.
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 finance recruitment processes (e.g. a level 1 candidacy is often required to apply to top jobs in I-banks and investment management firms)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
This Master of Science prepares you for the following job categories:
- Equity Research Analyst
- Financial Analyst
- Asset Manager
- Credit and Fixed Income Analyst
- Structured or Project Finance
- Governance and SRI Analyst
- Private Banker
- Asset Manager
- Risk Manager
- Currency Risk Analyst,
- DCM Origination
- Equity or Debt Markets
- Investment Banker
- Merger and Acquisition Analyst
- Private Equity/LBO Analyst
- Transaction Services
- Financial Auditor
- Treasurer
- Cash Manager
- Consultant in Finance/Strategy
Program Admission Requirements
Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.