Financial Times Masters in Finance programmes 2008

Schools are listed by the number of enrolled students. This table is compiled from a list of schools that completed a Financial Times survey. This is not a comprehensive list or a ranking.

Numbers enrolled 2007/8 - part-time

Numbers enrolled 2007/8 - full-time

International part-time students (%)

International full-time students (%)
Length of programme - part-time
Length of programme - full-time
Prior work experience required

Designed for recent graduates

Employed at 3 months (%)

Year programme started

CFA partner programme

Enrolment month(s)
Name of programme

Intakes per year

School name

Study mode

(months)

(months)
Language
Country

Notes
Europe
City University: Cass UK MSc in Banking and International Finance √ 1997 1 Sep English Full-time 11 87 92 No 88
MSc in Finance √ 1998 1 Sep English Full-time 11 82 92 No 80
MSc in Finance and Investment √ 2008 1 Sep English Part-time 18- n/a n/a No n/a
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MSc in Financial Mathematics √ 2005 1 Sep English Full-time 11 33 67 No 53
MSc in International Accounting and Finance √ 2003 1 Sep English Full-time 11 78 93 No 61
MSc in Investment Management √ 1995 1 Sep English Full-time 11 125 84 No 84
MSc in Mathematical Trading and Finance √ 1996 1 Sep English Both 11 22 42 37 74 49 No 100
MSc in Quantitative Finance √ 2004 1 Sep English Full-time 11 37 92 No 93
MSc in Real Estate Investment √ 2007 1 Sep English Full-time 11 26 66 No 100
Durham Business School UK MA Financial Management √ 2004 1 Sep, Oct English Full-time 12 45 87 No 80
MSc Accounting and Finance See notes √ 2007 1 Sep, Oct English Full-time 12 45 89 Yes 80 Work experience preferred
MSc Corporate and International Finance See notes √ 1991 1 Sep, Oct English Full-time 12 13 85 Yes 80 Work experience preferred
MSc Economics and Finance See notes √ 1998 1 Sep, Oct English Full-time 12 19 79 Yes 80 Work experience preferred
MSc Finance See notes √ 1998 1 Sep, Oct English Full-time 12 33 88 Yes 80 Work experience preferred
MSc Finance and Investment See notes √ 1997 1 Sep, Oct English Full-time 12 114 97 Yes 80 Work experience preferred
MSc International Banking and Finance See notes √ 1998 1 Sep, Oct English Full-time 12 41 100 Yes 80 Work experience preferred
MSc International Money, Finance and Investment See notes √ 1998 1 Sep, Oct English Full-time 12 21 100 Yes 80 Work experience preferred
Rotterdam School of Management Netherlands ECFT-RSM Masters in Financial Management √ 2001 1 Sep English Full-time 12 20 95 No 100
MScBA Finance & Investments √ 2003 1 Sep English Full-time 12 265 31 Yes 98
EM Lyon France MS in Audit and Financial Reporting √ 2006 1 Sep French, English Full-time 12 19 32 No 94
France MS in Corporate Finance 1990 1 Sep French, English Full-time 12 79 20 No 98
France MS in Market Finance 2008 1 Sep French, English Full-time 12 20 n/a No n/a
France, China MSc in Management - Finance Track √ 2001 1 Sep English Full-time 24 101 23 No 86
France, Switzerland Master in Private Banking √ 2008 1 Sep English Full-time 18 20 75 No n/a
London School of Economics and Political Sci- UK MSc Finance and Economics √ 1996 1 Sep English Full-time 10 100 75 No n/a
ence
MSc Finance (Full-time) √ 2008 1 Sep English Full-time 10 40-50 n/a No n/a
MSc Finance (Part-time) √ 2006 1 Sep English Part-time 24 50 88 No n/a
MSc Management and Regulation of Risk √ 2001 1 Oct English Full-time 12 41 90 No n/a
Universität St.Gallen Switzerland Masters Programme Quantitative Economics and Finance (MiQE/F) √ 2003 1 Sep English Full-time 18 14 25 No 100
Master of Arts in Accounting and Finance (MAccFin) √ 2004 2 Feb, Sep German Full-time 18 90 30 No 100
Master of Arts in Banking and Finance (MBF) √ 2004 1 Sep English Full-time 16 135 25 Yes 100
Imperial College London: Tanaka UK MSc Actuarial Finance √ √ 2006 1 Oct English Part-time 24 37 40 No n/a
MSc Finance √ 1998 1 Oct English Full-time 12 123 89 Yes n/a
MSc Risk Management and Financial Engineering √ 2005 1 Oct English Full-time 12 76 95 No n/a
University of Exeter UK MSc Accounting and Finance √ 2006 1 Oct English Full-time 12 27 93 No n/a
MSc Finance and Investment √ 1973 1 Oct English Full-time 9 70 96 No n/a
MSc Finance and Management √ 1999 1 Sep English Full-time 9 77 97 No n/a
MSc Financial Analysis and Fund Managagement √ 2004 1 Sep English Full-time 12 26 96 Yes n/a
MSc Financial Economics √ 1997 1 Oct English Full-time 12 9 100 No n/a
MSc Financial Mathematics √ 2004 1 Oct English Full-time 12 14 86 No n/a
MSc Marketing and Financial Services √ 2000 1 Oct English Full-time 9 7 86 No n/a
MSc Money and Banking √ 2006 1 Oct English Full-time 12 6 100 No n/a
London Business School UK Masters in Finance: Full-time √ 1994 1 Sep English Full-time 10 145 94 Yes 96
Masters in Finance: Part-time √ 1993 1 Sep English Part-time 22 76 74 Yes n/a
Tilburg University Netherlands MSc Financial Management √ 2005 1 Sep English Full-time 12 140 5 No n/a
MSc Investment Analysis √ 2005 1 Sep English Full-time 12 58 20 No n/a
Warwick Business School UK MSc in Finance and Economics √ 1991 1 Sep English Full-time 12 58 84 Yes 91
MSc in Finance √ 2005 1 Sep English Full-time 12 92 91 Yes 90
MSc in Financial Mathematics √ 1998 1 Sep English Full-time 12 45 84 No 92
Manchester Business School UK MSc Accounting and Finance √ 1990 1 Sep English Full-time 12 66 98 No 91
MSc Finance √ 1996 1 Sep English Full-time 12 76 99 No 72
MSc Finance and Business Economics √ 2008 1 Sep English Full-time 12 n/a n/a No n/a
MSc Finance and Economics √ 1997 1 Sep English Full-time 12 20 95 No 64
MSc Mathematical Finance √ 2006 1 Sep English Full-time 12 11 100 No 50
MSc Quantitative Finance and Financial Engineering √ 2006 1 Sep English Full-time 12 18 94 No 62
University of Southampton School of Manage- UK MSc Accounting and Finance √ 1992 1 Sep English Full-time 12 58 100 No n/a
ment
MSc International Banking and Financial Studies √ 1992 1 Sep English Full-time 12 46 89 No n/a
MSc International Financial Markets √ 1996 1 Sep English Full-time 12 22 91 No n/a
MSc Management Science and Finance √ 2004 1 Sep English Full-time 12 17 82 No 75
MSc Risk Management √ 1996 1 Sep English Both 12 27 38 2 94.7 0 No n/a
Leeds University Business School UK MA Accounting and Finance √ 1997 1 Sep English Full-time 12 49 84 No 88
MSc Economics and Finance √ 1997 1 Sep English Full-time 12 14 71 No 88
MSc Banking and Finance √ 2005 1 Sep English Full-time 12 37 84 No 88
MSc Financial Mathematics √ 2005 1 Sep English Full-time 12 38 84 No 88
MSc International Finance √ 2002 1 Sep English Full-time 12 41 92 No 88
SDA Bocconi Italy Master in Corporate Finance √ 2000 1 Sep English Full-time 12 27 65 No 95
Università Bocconi Italy MAFINRISK Master in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management √ 2000 1 Sep English Full-time 9.5 30 50 No 100
MSc in Finance √ 2004 1 Sep English Full-time 24 85 48 Yes 90
Lancaster University Management School UK MSc in Accounting and Financial Management √ 1969 1 Oct English Full-time 12 43 98 Yes 100
MSc in Finance √ 1969 1 Oct English Full-time 12 75 100 Yes 100
MSc in Money, Banking and Finance √ 2005 1 Oct English Full-time 12 19 100 No 100
Edhec Business School France Master of Science in Capital Markets See notes √ 2008 1 Sep English Full-time 12 n/a n/a No n/a Work experience preferred
Master of Science in Corporate Finance See notes √ 2008 1 Sep English Full-time 12 n/a n/a No n/a Work experience preferred
Master of Science in Finance See notes √ 2001 1 Sep English Full-time 12 59 60 Yes 92 Work experience preferred
Master of Science in Risk and Asset Management See notes √ 2004 1 Sep English Full-time 12 59 70 Yes 94 Work experience preferred
Birmingham Business School UK MSc International Accounting and Finance √ 1999 1 Sep English Full-time 12 53 97 No n/a
MSc Investments √ 2003 1 Sep English Full-time 12 63 95 No n/a
Nottingham University Business School UK MA in Finance and Investment √ 1998 1 Sep English Full-time 12 112 99 No 87
University of Bath School of Management UK MSc Accounting and Finance √ 2005 1 Sep English Full-time 12 100 94 No n/a
Bradford University School of Management UK MSc Finance √ 2007 1 Sep English Full-time 12 35 97 No n/a
MSc in Finance, Accounting and Management √ 1999 1 Sep English Full-time 12 55 98 No 100
University of Edinburgh Business School UK MSc in Accounting and Finance See notes √ 2008 1 Sep English Full-time 12 n/a n/a No n/a Work experience preferred
MSc in Finance and Investment See notes √ 2004 1 Sep English Full-time 12 86 98 Yes n/a Work experience preferred
University of Oxford: Saïd UK MSc in Financial Economics √ 2005 1 Sep English Full-time 9 83 94 Yes 90
University College Dublin: Smurfit Ireland Master of Business Studies in Finance √ 1970 1 Sep English Both 12 24 43 6 23 16.7 Yes n/a
Master of Science in Quantitative Finance √ 1998 1 Sep English Both 15 24 15 1 14 0 No 92
Master of Science in Risk Management See notes 2005 1 every Sep English Part-time 24 15 20 No 100 Work experience preferred
2nd year
TiasNimbas, Tilburg University Netherlands Executive Master in Finance √ 1986 1 Sep English Part-time 14 27 7 No 100
MSc in Financial Management √ 2004 1 Sep English Full-time 12 61 50 No 90
MSc in Financial Management See notes √ 2006 1 Jan English Part-time 24 16 31 No 100 Work experience preferred
University of Strathclyde Business School UK MSc Finance √ 1973 1 Sep English Full-time 12 56 70 No 95
MSc International Accounting and Finance √ 2003 1 Sep English Full-time 12 4 100 No 95
MSc International Banking and Finance √ 2008 1 Sep English Full-time 12 n/a n/a No n/a
MSc Investment and Finance √ 2009 1 Sep English Full-time 12 n/a n/a No n/a
IE Business School Spain Master in Advanced Finance √ 2009 1 Jan English Full-time 12 n/a n/a Yes n/a
Master in Finance √ 2008 1 Oct English Full-time 10 30 95 Yes 89
Executive Master en Dirección Financiera √ 1979 2 Feb, Oct Spanish Part-time 10 28 30 Yes 100
Cranfield School of Management UK MSc in Finance and Management √ 2003 1 Sep English Full-time 11 56 93 No 67
ESCP-EAP European School of Management France, UK, Spain Specialised Master in Finance √ 1987 1 May, Sep English, French, Full-time 12 54 25 No 97
Spanish
ALBA Graduate Business School Greece MSc in Finance See notes √ 2004 1 Sep English Both 10 24 20 20 n/a n/a No 92 Work experience preferred
Grenoble Graduate School of Business France, UK Master of Science in Finance √ 2006 2 Sep English Full-time 12- 39 98 No n/a
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Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Belgium Masters in Financial Management √ 1975 1 Sep English Full-time 10 39 20 No 96
University of Cambridge: Judge UK Master of Finance (MFin) √ 2008 1 Sep English Full-time 12 n/a 90 No n/a
MPhil in Finance √ 1988 1 Sep English Full-time 10 38 80 No n/a
HEC Paris France International Finance Specialized Master √ 1986 1 Sep English, French Full-time 12 37 22 No 94.7
BI Norwegian School of Management Norway MSc in Financial Economics √ 1993 1 Sep English Full-time 24 35 54 No 95
Eada Spain International Master in Finance See notes √ 1994 1 Sep English, Span- Full-time 10 34 88 No 90 Work experience preferred
ish
Solvay Business School Belgium Executive Master in Finance √ 2004 1 May - Oct English Part-time 8 23 39 No 100
International University of Monaco Monaco Masters in Finance: Financial Engineering √ 2005 1 Sep English Full-time 10 4 100 No 100
Masters in Finance: Hedge Funds and Private Equity √ 2007 1 Sep English Full-time 10 13 100 No n/a
Masters in Finance: International Wealth Management √ 2007 1 Sep English Full-time 10 5 100 No n/a
Faculdade de Economia of the Universidade Portugal MSc Masters in Finance √ 2006 2 Sep, Feb English Full-time 9 18 17 No n/a
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