Why study a Master in Advanced Finance at IE Business School

• Rankings
  Our Masters in Finance are listed among the best in the world by the Financial Times. IE Business School is also considered one of Europe's leading business schools by other international publications like BusinessWeek, The Economist, Wall Street Journal and América Economía.
• CFA Program Partner
  IE Business School is the first CFA Program Partner in Spain. CFA exams are the most renowned qualifications for finance professionals, which guarantee our Master in Advanced Finance a place among the world’s most prestigious programs in Finance. The CFA Institute only chooses a limited number of universities and its examinations serve as a guideline for applied financial knowledge in financial institutions. Indeed, preparatory classes for the CFA I are mandatory for all Master in Advanced Finance students, so you are sure to be fully prepared to enter this diverse and challenging industry.
• Establish your Career in Finance
  The Master in Advanced Finance is a 12-month program that targets professionals with 2-5 years of experience in finance or other fields such as engineering, law and business administration. Participants undertake a program designed to refocus or accelerate their career in the financial world and who aspire to work in the finance industry as an associate and/or open up their own venture. The Master in Advanced Finance will allow you to embark on an ambitious career in the financial world by equipping you with the most advanced fields of today’s finance.
• Syllabus
  Our program is designed by investment bankers meaning that it is closely related to the real needs of the industry. We also cover new concepts such as Islamic finance and behavioral finance, thought-provoking subjects which are demanded in today’s job market. One of the most stimulating parts of the program is during the Private Equity course, where students are required to look for a company that is on sale and then prepare a leveraged acquisition and present the proposal to a private equity company. Our syllabus has a great conceptual mixture with real world events, meaning that you will graduate ready to deal with all of the industry’s challenges.
• Madrid
  Our location in the centre of Madrid allows students a wonderful experience of studying in the middle of a beautiful city with an incredible social life. Students at IE are renowned for working long hours and relaxing afterwards in the many bars and cafes that line Madrid’s streets.
• Diversity
  IE is proud of its diversity and truly international faculty, with more than 70 nationalities represented on campus and alumni from more than 100 countries across the globe. The Master in Advanced Finance welcomed people from 15 different nationalities last year and you will benefit greatly from this international outlook both by the cross-cultural skills that you will develop and the international network that you will build during the program.

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Admissions at IE Business School are carried out on a rolling basis process and as such there is no deadline for applications for a particular intake. However, given the limited number of places on the program, we recommend that you present your application one year prior to program commencement.

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