Field guide
MSc Finance — Master's programmes in Europe
Where Europe's top finance master's actually live — with tuition, rankings, and admission facts on the same page.
Programmes241on record
Universities122across 21 countries
Duration12 mo104 of 241
Tuition (non-EU)€250 – €138,500recorded fees, 211 of 241
How this compares
€15,000 median+932%vs English-taught European corridor median (€1,453)
18 mo median−25%vs English-taught European corridor median (24 mo)
About MSc Finance
A Master in Finance in Europe is a one- to two-year specialist degree covering corporate finance, asset management, quantitative methods and — increasingly — sustainable and computational finance. The strongest programmes cluster in London, Paris, Milan, Zurich and Rotterdam, with tuition ranging from a few hundred euros a year at public German and Nordic schools to over €40,000 at private business schools. Admissions typically ask for a quantitative undergraduate background, a GMAT/GRE score, and near-native English (IELTS 7.0 / TOEFL 100 is common). The Financial Times Masters in Finance ranking is the industry-standard reference; QS Business and THE Business rankings offer secondary signals.
Top schools by rank
Ranked using FT MiF where available; fallback to QS, THE and ARWU.
INSEAD
Fontainebleau · 2 programmes
FT EBS #1
Imperial College London
London · 9 programmes
QS_WORLD_2025 #2
SKEMA Business School
Lille · 1 programme
FT MiF #2
University of Cambridge
Cambridge · 1 programme
THE #3
ESSEC Business School - Masters at ESSEC Business School - Paris
Cergy · 2 programmes
FT MiF #4
IESE Business School
Barcelona · 1 programme
FT MBA #4
HEC Paris
Jouy-en-Josas · 3 programmes
FT MiF #5
SDA Bocconi School of Management
Unknown · 2 programmes
FT EBS #6
NOVA School of Business and Economics
Carcavelos · 1 programme
FT MiF #6
ETH Zurich
Zurich · 1 programme
QS_WORLD_2025 #7
Esade
Barcelona · 3 programmes
FT MiF #11
Vlerick Business School
Ghent · 2 programmes
FT MiM #14
Prague University of Economics and Business
Prague · 2 programmes
FT MiM #17
University of Vienna
Vienna · 2 programmes
FT MiM #18
University of Oxford
Oxford · 1 programme
FT MiF #18
Programmes by school
Up to three programmes per top school — click through for admission facts and tuition.
INSEADFontainebleau
Imperial College LondonLondon
HEC ParisJouy-en-Josas
EsadeBarcelona
University of ViennaVienna
Where in Europe
Top countries by English-taught programme count in this field, on record.
Germany
57 programmes
Netherlands
39 programmes
Ireland
26 programmes
France
23 programmes
United Kingdom
18 programmes
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