MSc in Financial Engineering (MSc FE)
A quantitative finance MSc at a business school, with a short foundation phase followed by advanced derivatives, fixed income, machine learning and portfolio management. Students then pick a Quantitative Investment Solutions or Systematic Trading track and finish with a project and internship.
What you’ll study
Core
- Advanced Derivatives
- Advanced Fixed Income & Credit
- Empirical Methods in Finance
- Introduction to Machine Learning
- Quantitative Portfolio Management
- Continuous Time Finance
- Equity Derivatives
- Systematic Investing
- Regulation and Ethics in Finance
- Research Methodology
- Foundation: Fixed Income & Derivatives
- Foundation: Statistics and Data Science with Python
- Foundation: Portfolio Management
- Foundation: Corporate Finance & Asset Markets
- QIS track: Liability Driven and Goal Based Investing
- QIS track: Factor Investing
- QIS track: Currency Management
- Systematic Trading track: Deep Learning for Finance
- Systematic Trading track: Quant Trading
- Systematic Trading track: Statistical Arbitrage
Electives
- Structured Products
- Risk Measurement
- Microstructure of Financial Markets
- Volatility Strategies
- Hedge Funds
- Private Equity and Debt
- Advanced Python Programming
Source: edhec.edu ↗
Before you apply
- Background
- Minimum three-year bachelor's degree; finance background preferred, or strong quantitative background; prior training in market finance
- Programming
- Foundation course Statistics and Data Science with Python; specific prior programming not specified
- Tests
- GMAT/GRE/TAGE MAGE/CFA Level II listed as optional on programme page, but FAQ says required for finance programmes; confirm with admissions
- English
- TOEFL iBT >= 92, IELTS Academic >= 6.5, or TOEIC L&R >= 850 (waived for native speakers or English-taught degrees of 3+ years)
- Other
- CV, motivation letter, transcripts, two recommendation letters, online video interview
Source: edhec.edu ↗
After graduation
- Typical first roles
- Quant Analyst, Trader, Sales, Structurer, Quant Researcher, Risk Analyst, Assistant Portfolio Manager, Asset Manager, Responsible Investment Analyst
- Employers
- Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Société Générale
Source: edhec.edu ↗
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What students and graduates say
Threads from QuantNet and other forums where applicants, students and graduates discuss this programme. They’re personal views and may be out of date.
- EDHEC - MSc in Financial Engineering (QuantNet resource and reviews) (QuantNet)
- EDHEC Master in Management (MiM) - Finance track, Grande Ecole programme (QuantNet)
- French MFE Programs (QuantNet)
- [French program] Which Msc for quant finance ? (QuantNet)
Published job-function split: Market Finance 68%, Risk Management 18%, Corporate Finance 9%, Finance/FP&A/Accounting 5%; locations Europe 90%, APAC 8%, Americas 2%. Page gives no employment rate or salary. Old URL master.edhec.edu redirects to edhec.edu.
Checked 6 November 2026 against the sources linked on this page. Fees, units and requirements change each year, so confirm them on the programme’s website before applying.