Join the fast track to a rewarding career in financial management. 

Want to turn your interest in finance into world-class expertise? The kind that can transform whole companies, sectors and, in turn, the world around you? Then our Masters in Financial Management is perfect for you. Gain the cutting-edge skills, insights and mindset that will steer your career in financial services or accelerate your journey to the top of a multinational company.

The Masters in Financial Management programme runs full-time from early September until the end of June -entailing 60 ECTS credits. Classes take place from 9am to 5.30pm and are a dynamic mix of working on real-life business cases, class interaction, company visits and group exercises.

This programme offers the only CFA Institute University Affiliation programme in Belgium. As well as finance trips to London and Amsterdam, students can opt for an extended international experience with an exchange programme to Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (Germany) or EDHEC (France).

FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE

• Amsterdam Finance Trip: This one-day trip gives you a taste of what Amsterdam has to offer. Take part in company visits, tackle a corporate finance case, learn about jobs and internships for finance profiles and build your network.

• London Finance Trip: This week-long trip immerses you in the vibrant atmosphere of the City through a mix of visits to top-tier companies and financial institutions, fascinating career and business talks, networking and sightseeing.  

• Investment Research Challenge (IRC): As part of the challenge, you’ll write a sell-side analyst report for an assigned company and present your findings to an expert jury. You’ll also participate in guest lectures covering both buying and selling perspectives as well as a company presentation by the company’s CFO.

• IMEx Business Simulation: Work as a team to manage a fictitious company and compete against other teams on economic, social and environmental metrics – the triple bottom line.

• Banking Game: This simulation allows you to make a range of financial management decisions – including the scale of your deposit taking and lending activities, marketing expenditures and investments in various financial markets (eg, stocks and derivatives). There is also a competitive element – you compete against rival banks on price, quality and brand image.

• In-Company project: Over two months, you’ll apply everything you’ve learned to a real finance challenge in a consultancy project for a company of your choice.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Continuous feedback and coaching

• Targeted skill development

• Comprehensive career services

• Multiple networking opportunities

• Personal development portfolio

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMME INCLUDE

• My Vlerick Development Portfolio: Gain insight into your own strengths and weaknesses, be challenged to reflect and take actions to improve.

• Management Skills Seminar: Join us off-campus for three days to focus on leadership development and the management skills you need for the digital age.

• Diversity and inclusion: Understand your own assumptions, biases and preconceived ideas about how the world works – or should work. Discover which behaviours are acceptable, open your mind – and begin to develop a broader world view.

• Career Coaching: Stay aligned to the current global job market as you gain the skills, insights and instincts to make a difference and explore your true potential.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• Study in Brussels, a top European financial hub and home to the European headquarters of some of the world’s most influential companies. It’s the perfect place to meet people and organisations – and establish a worldwide network.

• Deepen your knowledge of all areas of financial management and learn to apply it as a well-rounded financial manager.

• Learn from dynamic, internationally-renowned faculty who combine academic excellence with wide-ranging industry experience.

• Be part of a highly international student body and grab the opportunity to network with alumni in fields such as banking and consulting.

• Expand your horizons on international trips to London and Amsterdam with visits to top financial institutions such as Bloomberg, JP Morgan, ABN Amro and Standard & Poor’s during the international trips to London and Amsterdam.  

• Give your career an extra boost by choosing to complete a Vlerick Certificate in Strategy Consulting or European HRM – or by going on an exchange programme to Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Germany), EDHEC (France), Nova School of Business and Economics (Portugal) or Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden)