Master of Finance

The Master of Finance is a programme for recent graduates or young professionals aspiring to be finance experts. Embarking on a transformative academic journey with their program, students benefit from its proud affiliation with the CFA University Affiliation Program and partnership with CAIA, ensuring top-notch education in finance.

The program's flexible structure allows for part-time employment through its innovative 3-day model, while students immerse themselves in an MBA-style learning environment. Engaging in a dynamic international community representing 25 nationalities fosters rich cultural exchange and global perspectives. They benefit from unparalleled opportunities with access to esteemed practitioners from the corporate realm and a vast network of collaborating companies, universities, and alumni spanning the globe.

Students can delve into the Entrepreneurship Accelerator or Incubator for personalized mentoring, and experiencing life in the vibrant city of Frankfurt adds a unique dimension to their journey.

Scholarship options are available to support their academic endeavors as they embark on a path of academic excellence, professional growth, and global connections.

The Master of Finance was the first Master's degree offered by Frankfurt School and to this day, it remains the largest of our postgraduate programmes. The programme is featured in the world´s top-ranking for business schools: Financial Times pre-experience Masters in Finance ranking.

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Partnerships

The Business Track is designed to allow students with academic backgrounds in Finance, to enter a first semester that allows for the combination of diverse topic coverage while ensuring a solid foundation of core competencies required throughout the programme.

The Finance Immersion Track follows the traditional Master of Finance curriculum. This track will allow students from non-finance, but quantitative academic backgrounds, to develop essential finance and business competencies through the combination of academic lectures and practical tutorial sessions.

The Finance Immersion Track is the primary study path for students of the Master of Finance. Our new Business Track is launched for students who have high academic proficiency in finance. 

In the second semester, both tracks will come together before starting one of the five concentrations.

Our Master of Finance concentrations are designed to provide specialised knowledge and skills focused on specific areas of capital markets, corporate finance, risk management, financial advisory and sustainable finance. In addition, through these concentrations and company projects you have an opportunity to visit established corporations and start-ups.

3 Day Model

The Master of Finance program offers a distinctive "3-day Model" that allows you to work part-time while completing your full-time Master's degree. Classes are typically held three days a week—either Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday or Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. This schedule provides you with three weekdays for self-study, language classes, or part-time work. Additionally, certain lectures, exams, or excursions are scheduled as full-week events.

Entrepreneurship Centre

The Entrepreneurship Centre is dedicated to motivating, networking, and offering educational opportunities to both Frankfurt School students and external stakeholders, including investors, alumni, founders, and partners. Engage with us through our year-round Incubator for ongoing support or accelerate your project by participating in the Accelerator program. Additionally, seize the chance to enroll in the Entrepreneurship elective in collaboration with TechQuartier during semester 4 to pursue a double specialization alongside your concentration!

Electives

In semester 4, students have the option to choose two electives, enabling them to enrich their Master's program by delving deeper into specific subjects and exploring additional areas of interest aligned with their professional aspirations, thereby broadening their insights beyond the core curriculum.

Frankfurt School strongly believes in a well-rounded education, and the Master of Finance is no exception. Innovative in-class teaching methodologies are supplemented by various workshops and activities to enhance the overall learning experience.

Finance Lab

Access to Bloomberg and Factset terminals provides you with the tools to gain essential trading and research skills for your finance career. Classes, including Financial Products & Modelling, will take place in the Finance Lab during your 1st semester and will be accessible throughout your time on campus.

Competition & Awards

The Frankfurt School actively fosters student participation in diverse challenges and competitions, including the CFA Research Challenge. This initiative not only offers selected students a platform to showcase their abilities but also enables them to compete against leading universities from around the world, amplifying their academic and professional growth opportunities.

Guest Lectures, Talks & Finance Conferences

Our Master of Finance programme is based on a mixture of theoretical learning, supported by and reinforced with case studies and group work, following the Harvard model of teaching. Our students have access to finance conferences organised by FS Publishing House, e.g. M&A and Private Equity, Renewable Energy Finance, etc.

Frankfurt School’s close ties to the finance industry are evident in the guest lecture opportunities. Students can network with innovators and industry veterans regularly from their own university. 

German Classes

The Master of Finance program is conducted exclusively in English. However, German language classes are offered to support non-German speaking students throughout their enrollment. We highly recommend that students learn German prior to arriving in Frankfurt to enhance their employment prospects.

Python

Nowadays Python is widely used in finance. It is a solution to process and analyse large database and big financial data. Frankfurt School offers its students courses to understand programming and data analysis with Python. In the 4th semester our students have an opportunity to attend related electives (Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence etc.).

Data Camp

Several of our classes are supported by DataCamp, an intuitive learning platform for data science. It helps our students to learn R, Python and SQL through a combination of short expert videos and hands-on-the-keyboard exercises. In addition to mandatory assignments students can take over 100+ courses by expert instructors on topics such as importing data, data visualisation or machine learning. This enables them to learn faster through immediate and personalised feedback on every exercise.

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