Syllabus

Obligatoire - Majeure Finance d'entreprise et Majeure Finance de marché

  • Pré-rentrée VBA
  • Économétrie des séries temporelles
  • Macroéconomie
  • Informatique appliquée la finance
  • Finance Verte
  • Diagnostic financier des entreprises 1
  • Gestion de portefeuille

Anglais Obligatoire - 1 UE à choisir

  • Oral and written communication skills (Groupe 1)
  • Business Plans
  • Professional Oral Communication

Obligatoire - 1 UE à choisir parmi les 2 (en anglais ou français)

  • Produits dérivés
  • Derivative instruments

Semestre à l'étranger

Obligatoire - Majeure Finance d'entreprise

  • Microéconomie
  • Évaluation d'entreprise I
  • Data management
  • Fixed Income

Optionnels - Majeure Finance d'Entreprise - 15 ECTS

  • Modélisation et outils pour Direction Financière
  • Evaluation d'entreprise 2
  • Mémoire
  • Droit des sociétés
  • Intermediation financière
  • Theorie de la finance d'entreprise

Obligatoire - Majeure Finance de marché

  • Microéconomie
  • Évaluation d'entreprise I
  • Data management
  • Fixed Income

Optionnel - Majeure Finance de marché - 15 ECTS

  • Calcul stochastique
  • Gestion des risques
  • Informatique appliquée la finance II
  • Arbitrage et Pricing
  • Mémoire
  • Monnaie, crises financières et cryptomonnaies

Semestre à l'étranger

Cycle de conférences - Optionnel

Academic Training Year 2025 - 2026 - subject to modification

Enseignements Obligatoires Majeure "Finance de Marché" et "Finance d'entreprise"

  • Pré-rentrée VBA
  • Applications professionnelles
  • Derivative instruments
  • Diagnostic financier des entreprises 1
  • Econométrie des séries temporelles
  • Gestion de portefeuille
  • Informatique appliquée la finance
  • Macroéconomie

Enseignements Obligatoires Majeure "Finance de Marché"

  • Tutorat
  • Applications professionnelles
  • Évaluation d'entreprise I
  • Microéconomie
  • Data management
  • Fixed Income
  • Arbitrage et Pricing
  • Calcul stochastique
  • Informatique appliquée la finance II

Enseignement Optionnel Majeure "Finance de Marché"

  • Gestion des risques
  • Monnaie, crises financières et cryptomonnaies
  • Mémoire de recherche

Enseignements Obligatoires Majeure "Finance d'Entreprise"

  • Tutorat
  • Applications professionnelles
  • Évaluation d'entreprise I
  • Microéconomie
  • Data management
  • Fixed Income
  • Évaluation d'entreprise 2
  • Modélisation et outils pour Direction Financière
  • Droit des sociétés

Enseignement Optionnel Majeure "Finance d'Entreprise"

  • Informatique appliquée la finance II
  • Théorie de la finance d'entreprise
  • Mémoire de recherche

Academic Training Year 2025 - 2026 - subject to modification


Teaching Modalities

The first year of the Master's degree in Economics and Finance is an extension of the Bachelor's degree in Applied Economics at Dauphine. The close connection between the Bachelor's in Applied Economics and the Master's in Economics and Finance allows students to progressively and efficiently assimilate the concepts, methods, and tools of the discipline. A refresher course in computer science is offered to interested students before classes begin.

The first year of the Master's in Finance is divided into two semesters from September to June. Students specialize over the course of the program: after a core first semester, they choose to specialize in either corporate finance or market finance in their second semester. The common core includes the fundamentals of economics (macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, and public economics) and finance (corporate financial analysis, portfolio management, derivatives). The curriculum addresses public economics through the study of energy and environmental issues. Specializing in the second semester allows students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of a financial subfield and learn the tools required to model relevant financial issues.
In the second semester, students can write a dissertation in pairs, the nature of which depends on the chosen specialization. Students specializing in corporate finance write a dissertation on company valuation. As part of this dissertation, they must find an SME willing to provide them with financial statements, information on investment projects, and the strategic vision of the company. This is therefore a fieldwork project that requires both relational skills and a high level of expertise. Students specialized in market finance have more freedom to choose the topic of their dissertation, which is defined with their dissertation director. In all cases, this work is an opportunity for students to deepen their knowledge in a field of expertise and to develop their analytical skills.


Internships and Supervised Projects

Students can choose the initial training program or the program with apprenticeship for the first year of the Master's degree. If signed in the first year, the apprenticeship contract is a two-year employment contract with a company that will cover the cost of the degree program. Assistance in the form of CV workshops, shared apprenticeship offers, and the Dauphine work-study forum is provided to students looking for an apprenticeship contract. The first year of the apprenticeship is intense and is made up of three distinct periods:

  • a 1st period of intensive courses at the university (from September to October) ;
  • a 2nd period alternating between the company (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and the university;
  • a 3rd period in the company full-time (from May until the M2 course resumes)

The apprenticeship track allows students to quickly enter the world of work. It requires rigor, organization, good interpersonal skills, and a high level of academic achievement.
Students in the initial training program can take a gap year consisting of two six-month internships between the first and second years of the Master's degree. However, they can also proceed directly to the second year of the program without taking a gap year, depending on their goals and experience. The gap year offers advantages over an apprenticeship contract. Students benefit from gaining different kinds of experience and can take on projects and roles that are incompatible with a work-study rotational model (such as a mergers and acquisitions analyst). Students enrolled in initial training in the first year of the Master's program can switch to the apprenticeship track in their second year if they choose to specialize in Economic and Financial Engineering.
Several seminars are organized to help students build their professional project and prepare them to search for internships in France and abroad. Exchanges with alumni through the master's association will also contribute to this preparation. In July, the master offers students aiming for a "summer internship" in Anglo-Saxon banks the opportunity to take training modules led by Alumneye. Students who wish may prepare for the AMF certification exam; this scheme is funded by the master and students have a 6-month period to take the exam from their registration. The AMF certification verifies the professional knowledge of individuals responsible for providing information or advice to clients of Investment Service Providers.