Master - Finance | Dauphine-PSL Paris

Program Objectives of the Master's Degree in Finance

The Master's in Finance prepares high-level financial executives for businesses and financial institutions. They possess expert technical skills by professional sector, management skills, and evolving knowledge gained through an introduction to research and through research training seminars.
This Master’s is a high-quality education within the French academic landscape given its size, its reputation, its level of internationalization, the diversity of the professions covered, and the quality of its academic path offerings.

Program Objectives:

Offer excellent training in financial methods.
Foster international mobility in the first and second year through numerous international exchange agreements. These agreements allow foreign students to be hosted by Dauphine and Dauphine students to depart to numerous institutions of higher education.
Open up to different professional perspectives within all financial professions.
Foster the development of an international career.

When you enroll in a Master's program, you also join Université PSL. Ranked in the top 50 universities in the world (THE and QS), PSL offers excellent graduate programs at the Master's and PhD level, which benefit from the scientific capabilities of its member institutions. The degree is prepared at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL and awarded by Université PSL.

Organization of the Master’s Degree

1^st year

Finance

After a first year followed by an optional gap year, 11 specializations are possible. A research specialization is offered as initial training: Research in Finance

Optional gap year
2^nd year

Specialization
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1^st year

Financial markets

After a first year followed by an optional gap year, 1 specialization is possible.

Optional gap year
2^nd year

Specialization
- Financial markets
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1^st year

Finance : companies and markets (Tunis)

After a first year followed by an optional gap year, 1 specialization is possible.

Optional gap year
2^nd year

Specialization
- Corporate and Markets
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1^st year

Finance: Work-study program

After the first year, 3 specializations are possible.

No gap year
2^nd year

Specialization
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State-controlled degree conferring a master grade

RNCP39075

Types of education

Initial and work-based training
ECTS Credits

120 credits
Outgoing Level

BAC+5
Academic Year

2026/2027
Language(s)

French and English
Duration of studies

4 semesters (excluding the gap year)
Type of Diploma

Diploma from a major institution conferring the Master's degree

Primary Opportunities

Private Equity, M&A
Trader, broker
Asset & Risk Management Analyst
Financial Analyst
Investment Analyst

Voir tous les métiers

Study Abroad During Your Master’s Degree at Dauphine

Thanks to its network of partner universities, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL offers you the opportunity to go on a mobility program.

Learn more about international mobility in the Master's program

They tell about Dauphine

Jérémy GABAY
FX Sales-Trading, Barclays Wealth

After completing a generalist program at EDHEC, the Master's in Finance at Dauphine was the ideal course to gain specialization in asset management. I would like to emphasize the excellence of this degree.

Flavien DOUETTEAU
ALM Manager, BNP Paribas

The work-study program allowed me to familiarize myself with the world of finance while discovering essential theoretical bases.

Paul KAREHNKE
Assistant Professor, University New South Wales, Sydney

Your path : Finance

I joined the Finance track after completing a Master's 1 in Applied Economics at Dauphine with the goal of pursuing a PhD in finance. The courses in the track gave me a taste of research, and the personalized guidance helped me find a supervisor and a thesis topic aligned with my interest in market finance. Once enrolled in the PhD program, I took advantage of the track's international connections to organize a joint supervision with Tilburg University in the Netherlands. This track thus served as my gateway to an academic career with an international focus.