Master in Finance in English
- Young Professional
- Full Time
- 60 ECTS
- OCT. 2025 - 10 months
- English
Presentation of this Master in Finance in English
This master's degree is taught in ENGLISH
The current economic landscape of uncertainty requires professionals with a sound understanding of the financial sphere in order to make optimal decisions, reduce risks and detect new opportunities.
The Master in Finance of EAE Business School Madrid gives you the necessary insight by combining the two big areas of work in the world of Finance: Consultancy and Management. You will enhance your profile with courses on the aspects that define a top finance professional: analysis of the economic environment and financial markets, ethical and financial foundations, and fixed and variable-income assets, among other factors.
Of course, you will gain an in-depth understanding of financial consultancy, which requires knowledge of the different financial products and acquiring the key factors to build the most suitable products for each client.
Throughout the program, you will be accompanied by leading professionals from the sector, as the syllabus of the Master has been developed by an advisory body of executives from top companies, who guarantee that the academic content is fully aligned with the reality of the business world.
OFFICIAL MASTER´S DEGREE**
On successful completion of your program, you will receive a double qualification: the Master in Finance in English from EAE Business School and the University Master in Financial Advice and Planning* from the Universidad Internacional de la Empresa (UNIE)
*Official qualification recognized by the Ministry of Education of Colombia, SUNEDU and SENESCYT.
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Reasons to take this Master in Finance in English
- Advisory Board: The Master’s syllabus has been developed with the support of a consultative body formed of professionals from leading companies, such as La Caixa, Endesa and Unilever, which guarantees that the academic content is adapted to the reality business world.
- Global vision: With an executive perspective and thinking in financial terms, you will gain a comprehensive overview of the entire financial cycle.
- Business networking: The Master gives you the opportunity to expand your network of contacts, meeting executives from leading companies, such as Google and Vodafone, among many others.
- EAE Entrepreneur: If you have an entrepreneurial drive, our business incubator, EAE Lab, will give your the learning resources, financing and guidance required to drive your business venture forward.
- True Potential Experience: Enjoy an experience that combines the Master in Finance in English with a Personalized Professional Development Plan, guided by a True Potential Advisor, who will help you find, focus and develop your true potential.
- Refinitiv Workspace: During the course of the Master you will have the opportunity to visualize the financial and macroeconomic information platform Refinitiv Workspace (former Reuters). Students who wish to do so will be able to take the certifications in the use of the platform, which are highly recognized in the financial sector.
Syllabus
Ethical and Financial Foundations – 6 ECTS
- Temporary value of money.
- Capitalization laws.
- Financial discounting.
- Spot and forward interest rates.
- Profitability.
- Financial incomes.
- Basic concepts in statistics. Descriptive statistics. Time series analysis. Index numbers.
- Regulatory compliance.
- European Union directives.
- The EFPA Code of Ethics.
- Investment and financing decisions. Key tools.
Analysis of the Economic Environment and Financial Markets - 6 ECTS
- Introduction: The financial system. Components: (intermediaries, assets and markets, national and international regulation).
- Monetary policy: strategies and objectives of monetary policy, and central banks’ instruments to implement it.
- Large payment systems. The EMU’s Target system.
- Assessment of the economic situation based on macroeconomic foundations, cycle theory and short-term economic indicators. Interpretation of financial markets.
- Introduction to financial markets through the currency and monetary markets. Setting exchange rates and short-term interest rates, agents and operations
Fixed Income Securities Market - 6 ECTS
- Characteristics of fixed income products.
- Structure of fixed income markets.
- Rating: concept and classifications.
- Yield curve.
- Valuation of fixed income products.
- Measuring and managing interest-rate risk for fixed income assets.
- Risks associated with fixed income products.
- Financial futures on fixed income products.
- Fixed income portfolio management.
Equity Securities Market - 6 ECTS
- Characteristics of equities and structure of the stock market.
- Fundamental analysis I. Introduction to fundamental analysis and financial operations.
- Fundamental analysis II. Valuation and stock market ratios.
- Technical analysis.
- Corporate operations.
Derivative instruments – 6 ECTS
- Derivative financial products. Risk management. Organized markets and OTC. Functions of derivatives.
- Financial futures. Characteristics, valuation, underlying products. Speculation.
- Coverage and arbitrage with futures
- Financial options. Basic positions, price formation, the option Greeks.
- Replication of derivative products. Synthetic derivatives and arbitrages.
- Coverage with options.
- Strategies: trends, volatility and mixed strategies.
- Introduction to OTC markets,
- OTC financial markets: currencies, commodities.
- Exotic options.
- Guaranteed and structured products.
Financial Products - 6 ECTS
- Real estate investment funds and firms.
- Real estate investment.
- Pensions and retirement planning.
- Insurance.
- Complementary investments.
Investment Selection - 6 ECTS
- Performance risk and framework.
- Efficient capital markets.
- Portfolio theory.
- Asset allocation process.
- Results measurement and attribution.
- Reporting performance to clients.
Financial advice and planning– 6 ECTS
- Taxation
- Tax framework.
- Taxation of financial operations.
- Tax planning.
Financial Consultancy and Planning
- Banking models and management.
- Financial consultancy in customer banking.
- Consultancy in financial innovation products.
External academic internships - 6 ECTS
Master's thesis - 6 ECTS
Minors
Minors are elective courses that enable you to personalize your Master and build a study program tht has the scope for new disciplines aligned with your profesional interest and goals. They act as real communication links that enable you to explore other areas of knowledge and connect them to yours. Minors multiply your opportunities for networking and expand your professional horizons. The range of Minors on offer varies depending on the intake and campus.
Choose between:
- Application of AI in Business
- Stategy and Data Analytics
- Fintech: Technology for Finance
- Marketing automation and marketing intelligence
- Neuromarketing
- Digital Marketing
- Sales management Innovation
- Sustainability: Strategies and Opportunities
- Scalling Up: Strategies for business growth management
- Project management techniques
- Corporate Wellbeing: Leading Wellbeing Strategies
- Business Agility
- Leadership: Team development techniques
Explore new areas of knowledge and boost your employability by acquiring the competencies in the highest demand.
3 Territories to conquer
1. Strategic vision
You will obtain a strategic vision of finance, aligning it with the company's global strategy.
2. Financial instruments
You will master the techniques, instruments and tools used in business finance management.
3. Managerial leadership
You will develop the necessary skills to make financial decisions in line with the company's strategic objectives. You will learn to lead from the financial advisor's point of view.
Professional prospects and entry profile
What you study here and now will have an impact on your career tomorrow. Start imagining your future and take a look at some of the professional prospects that await you.
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Director of Administration and Finance
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Financial positions in the company
- Financial advisor
- Bank clerk
The master's degree is preferably aimed at university graduates in the following areas:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management
- Degree in Financial and Actuarial Economics
- Degree in Accounting and Finance
- Degree in Economics
- Diploma in Business Science
- Degree in Engineering or Industrial Organisation
- Double Degrees in Law and Business Administration and Management
- Other degrees or official qualifications that include finance or business economics subjects in their syllabus.
In any case, students who wish to access the master's degree with a previous qualification other than those listed above or who have not taken official master's degree programmes that include the fundamentals of these qualifications, must take complementary courses in order to improve their knowledge in basic and specific marketing management subjects. These complementary courses will be compulsory and will be taken before the first semester of the master's degree.
True Potential Experience
At EAE Business School Madrid, we know that are all born with something that, if you discover and nurture it in time, can make all the difference in your professional career.
With this in mind, EAE Madrid offers you the True Potential Experience: an experience that combines our Master in Finance in English a Personalized Professional Development Plan.
With True Potential Experience, we want to give you more than just a top-quality education. We want to give you the opportunity to discover your true potential and make it a reality.
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Where our students work
Our students on EAE’s Master in Finance work in leading companies such as:
Financial support
At EAE Business School Madrid, we offer financial support to all the candidates on EAE programs.
EAE Business School grants
Achieving excellence in your studies requires a large dose of energy and perseverance. We like to think that we can offer an extra motivation for students who are working at the highest level. The Academic Excellence grant is awarded to candidates who have displayed extraordinary performance and can accredit an average score on their academic record of over 9.5.
We strive to increase the presence of women in executive positions and promote gender equality in the labour market Over 40% of our students are women, many of whom combine their studies with their professional and personal lives. We want to reward their efforts with this grant, which takes their academic report into consideration, but also their executive potential, leadership capacity and professional background.
Launching an entrepreneurial venture is an exciting journey that requires preparation, the capacity for sacrifice and creativity. We aim to foster entrepreneurial spirit and great business ideas with a grant awarded to directors of SMEs, self-employed professionals and people with their own business project. To be eligible to apply for the grant, the Master candidates must have created a company in the same year.
We are certain that, to achieve a fairer, more participative society, we have to run initiatives designed to foster the talent of people with a disability. With this in mind, we have created a grant for the Master in Marketing and Sales Management that is awarded to the candidate with an accredited disability of at least 33% who has the best academic record.
(Fully covers all training-related expenses during their attendance on international programs).
In the global world in which we now live, it is important to discover new cultures that enable us to enhance our competencies. With this in mind, we offer a grant to students whose program includes an international mobility option on its syllabus (programs that offer students an optional residential program abroad). This grant covers the cost of enrolling at the destination university.
Other ways of financing the master
There are other sources of financial support for studying offered by different institutions and organizations, to which you also have access.
The grants offered by the MAEC (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation) and the AECID (International Cooperation Agency for Development) offer the opportunity to take this Master to young and foreign university students who choose to round off their studies in a Spanish university or educational institution. The grants are aimed at candidates with university qualification (and final-year students in some cases).
Frequently asked questions related to this Master in Finance in English
A Master in Finance is a postgraduate programme where students learn to think from a financial approach with specialised knowledge in this area such as financial advice and analysis or the different financial instruments and markets.
In a Master's Degree in Finance you will study subjects that mark the day-to-day life of a financial professional: ethical and financial fundamentals, analysis of the economic environment and financial markets, the fixed and variable income securities market, derivative instruments, financial products, investment selection and financial advice and planning. In addition, the Master's Degree provides you with the foundations so that, if you wish, you can sit the exam and obtain the EFA European Financial Advisor accreditation. This is the most widely recognised accreditation in financial advice in Europe.
Studying a Master in Finance provides you with specialised knowledge and advanced technical skills in the field of finance and gives you access to job opportunities in banking, financial consulting, investment management and other related areas with solid career prospects in a sector that has great growth potential worldwide.
The Master in Finance at EAE Madrid lasts 10 months and is held in April or October.
The master's degree is preferably aimed at students who have studied a Bachelor's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management, Degree in Financial and Actuarial Economics, Degree in Accounting and Finance, Degree in Economics, Diploma in Business Studies, Degree in Engineering or Industrial Organisation or Double Degrees in Law and Business Administration. Other degrees or official qualifications that include finance or business economics subjects in their syllabus.
The functions of a finance director in Spain may include: financial management, planning and budgeting, supervision of accounting and reporting, financial risk management, investment decision-making, optimisation of resources and regulatory and tax compliance.
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