Université Evry Val d'Essonne

The Year 1 common core  of the Masters in Finance provides students coming mainly from a Degree in Economics and management with the knowledge and skills they will need to enter one of the two specialisations in Year 2 of the Masters (Banking and Finance – BF – and Risk and Asset Management -GRA). The emphasis is on the fundamentals of economics (micro-economics, macro-economics), on the technical tools required (econometrics, IT) and on the basic principles of finance (portfolio management, capital markets, financial analysis).

Lectures and seminars run from the end of September to Easter, leaving time for a 3 to 4-month internship or a dissertation written under the supervision of a tutor from the Economics department.

Alexis PARMENTIER, a Lecturer in Economics, head of the Year 1 common core in Finance.

Students undertake a 2 to 4-month internship in Year 1 and receive assistance in finding their internship (CV workshop, writing application letters, interview role plays...). It is systematically assessed by a viva voce and written report, under the close supervision of a tutor from among our teaching staff.

The (www.master-finance-evry.fr) website provides links with the professional world (internship assignment proposals, jobs vacant, developing the alumni network…).

60% of the classes are given by active professionals, with a part-time Associate Professor also involved in the training. The content of the programmes and orientation of the course are guided by ongoing discussions with professionals. The monitoring of students’ internships provides another opportunity to establish links between the teaching team and the professional world.

The specialisation in Finance is supported by the EPPE research team (Centre for Economic Policy Studies of the University of Evry, host team) which is part of the Social Sciences Doctoral School (SDS).  The team organises its finance research programme around three areas: 1) financial macroeconomics, 2) market finance, 3) corporate financing and valuation.

The University of Evry-Val-d’Essonne was among the first to set up an interface with the business world, the Employment Access Platfom (Plateforme d’Accès à l’Emploi, PAE), with the following roles :

• monitor the professional integration of graduates via qualitative and quantitative analyses of surveys of former students,
• handle relations with companies, public and private organisations to provide a link between training, professional needs and skills and also to think about the jobs of tomorrow,
• develop action to prepare students for the labour market.

As a student at the university, you will benefit from customised support from the PAE throughout your course, with help preparing your professional projects or looking for the internships that are an integral part of your training.

The PAE also organises :

• conferences where you can discover the world of business and entrepreneurship,
• forums where company representatives meet you individually to present their companies expectations and skills requirements.

Once they have completed the 60 credits (ECTS) from Year 1 in Finance, students can (subject to successful application) choose one of the two specialisations in Year 2 Year 2 specialisation in Banking and Finance (B-F)

Year 2 specialisation in Risk and Asset Management (GRA)

Any graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Economics and management (option in Economics) and any other Bachelor's degree in which the major (i.e. accounting for at least 50% of the degree credits) is dedicated to the fundamental subjects of this Master's degree or with any recognised foreign equivalent

Finally, any applicant whose background (studies, professional and personal experience) has been validated by a jury for admission to Year 1.