ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Economics
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
This program trains professionals in the field of financial engineering and researchers specializing in this area.
The advantages of the training program
Master's degree program in Finance.
Objectives
The Master 2 in Financial Engineering (IGF) aims to train specialists in advanced financial engineering techniques, prepared to integrate the global dimension of the problems to be addressed and their strategic challenges, and open to the international environment.
Know-how and skills
The targeted skills are:
- - equipped withtriple expertise in finance, law, and taxation in orderto master complex transactions and arrangements, particularly balance sheet techniques and their consequences on the income statement;
- - prepared to integrate the global dimension of financial issues to be addressed in order to put them into perspective with thecompany's strategic environment;
- - open tothe international environment;
- - Able to analyze themotivations of each stakeholder, findpartners toachieve the objectives set, and adapt their practice according to their role (analyst, consultant, banker, etc.)
- - Operational in the practiceoffinancialengineering techniques: In-depth financial analysis of companies and groups; valuation (companies, specific assets, projects); international risk management; structuring and analysis of balance sheet transactions (leverage buyouts, private equity, mergers and acquisitions).
- - Sustainable financial management in the face of uncertainty
This is a profile specializing in financial analysis and research (market, risk, product, economic restructuring) aimed at implementing mergers and acquisitions, designing risk monitoring and analysis tools, and setting up and evaluating investment projects with an uncertain future (mergers and acquisitions advisor, financial risk manager, derivatives analyst, financial analyst, project financing, risk manager
During the program, students acquire knowledge in the following areas: in-depth financial analysis, econometrics, risk management, financial mathematics, financial market economics, accounting, taxation, banking law and regulations, market research, forecasting models, takeover bids, financial mathematical models for market operators, and team coordination.
Organization
Special facilities
Study and exam accommodations are available for students with recognized disabilities and/or high-level athletes.
More information at: https://economie.edu.umontpellier.fr/aide-a-la-reussite/
Program
See Assessment methods
Choose one of two options:
English for Finance 1
2 creditsSpanish 1
Theoretical econometrics
5 creditsMarket finance
4 creditsMonetary and financial macroeconomics
3 creditsForecasting methods
5 creditsAlgorithms and Programming
3 creditsData mining and big data
Data warehouse
Economics of Bancassurance
3 credits
Choose one of two options:
English for Finance 2
2 creditsSpanish 2
2 credits
Introduction to Stochastic Calculus
4 creditsCorporate finance
4 creditsIntroduction to SAS
2 creditsProject financing in Excel VBA
3 creditsTime series econometrics
5 creditsCorporate taxation
3 creditsTechnical analysis
2 creditsApplied econometrics project
5 creditsOptional
Mergers-Spin-offs-LBOs-Bankruptcies-Restructuring
2 creditsQuantitative risk management
2 creditsFinancial markets and financial theory
2 creditsInvestment science
3 creditsPortfolio management under R
1 creditInnovative financing operations
1 creditFinancial analysis (Bank of France)
1 creditAdvanced financial management "case studies"
2 creditsStochastic calculus
2 creditsTax optimization "Case studies"
2 creditsAudit and control "case study"
1 creditFinancial English
1 creditExploratory statistics (SAS)
1 creditComputer techniques (VBA)
1 creditInternational accounting (GAAP or IFRS)
2 creditsProject management and assembly
1 creditPanel econometrics
2 creditsFinTechs, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrencies
1 creditBanking and insurance regulations
1 creditCorporate strategy and governance
1 credit
And after
Professional integration
Career opportunities or pursuit of a doctoral degree
This master's degree is professionally oriented and leads to employment. Further study at the doctoral level is possible, subject to the quality of the applied research thesis.
This program is designed to trainhigh-level executives pursuingcareersin banking, private equity, auditing and consulting firms, and large corporations.
Graduates of the Master 2 in Financial Engineering will be qualified to work in the following positions: key account manager in retail banking, financial analyst in venture capital firms, mergers and acquisitions analyst in investment companies or corporate finance and investment banks, transaction services consultant in companies or audit and consulting firms, and corporate finance consultant.