The Financial Times has ranked ESADE’s MSc in Finance as the fourteenth best in the world in its latest ranking for this category. Factors contributing to the high ranking include the international mobility of its graduates (an indicator for which ESADE is ranked as the world’s third-best business school), and the high percentage of international students in ESADE classrooms (for which the School ranks eighth in the world).

“ESADE’S MSc in Finance forms part of a portfolio of programmes that ESADE began teaching in 2006”, explained Josep Franch, Dean of ESADE Business School. “ESADE’s offerings also include MSc in Business Analytics, MSc in Marketing Management, MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, MSc in International Management, and MSc in Global Strategic Management. These programmes have 549 participants and are characterised by talent, social impact, and the excellence of their content and scope.”

46 nationalities and marked international mobility

One of the aspects most highly-valued by The Financial Times this year was the global mobility of graduates of ESADE’s MSc in Finance. Specifically, 46% of graduates from the last edition of the programme found work outside their countries of origin, especially in the Finance, Consulting, and Technology sectors. This international boost is due, among other things, to the work put in by the School’s Career Service (which helped ensure that 90% of graduates found work within three months of graduating), and the official recognition of the programme by the CFA Institute, which is the biggest association of professionals in the Finance field. The CFA Institute’s exam provides top worldwide certification of the skills, competences, and know-how of those passing it.

With regard to the international dimension in the classroom, the programme has been ranked as the eighth-best in the world by the FT. This is little wonder given that the current edition of the MSc in Finance features no fewer than 46 nationalities comprising a total of 183 students, of whom: 78% come from Europe; 9% from Asia; 7% from Latin America; 3% from North America; 2% from The Middle East; 1% from Africa. The mean age of students is 23 and they are mainly drawn from the Finance and Management sectors (87%), although 6% of them have a background in Engineering, and 2% in Sciences.