Economics and Finance

As an extension of the core courses, the Economics – Finance Department offers specialized programs of high academic and professional level to prepare students for jobs in finance (investment banking, asset management, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance consulting), but also for the activities with a strong financial dimension existing within many businesses.

Economics and finance courses, mostly delivered in English, are one of the fundamental foundations for all TBS Education programs: Bachelor, Master in Management, and Executive Education.

Third-year Bachelor’s students can join the Paris-based professional track in Banking and Finance. In addition, B3 students at the Toulouse and Barcelona campuses are offered the Finance functional skill, and match it with the professional track of their choice.

As part of the Master in Management Program, we offer a specialized pathway from the second year (M1), with a course in “Foundations of Finance”, a pre-specialization in Finance professions in the first semester, and an “Advanced Finance” option in the second. In M2, students have the opportunity to join one of the following MSc:

• Banking and International Finance (full-time and work-study, Paris campus), providing the skills necessary for jobs in the banking and financial sectors.
• Corporate Finance and Advisory (Toulouse campus), preparing students for careers in corporate finance (investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, or project finance) and consulting.
• Equity Research and Investment Management (Toulouse campus), preparing students for careers in investment and investment banking, financial analysis, and asset management, among others. This MSc is affiliated with the CFA Institute (University Affiliation Program).

Finally, concerning the Executive Education program, we propose:

• A Specialized Master’s Degree (MS) Expert in Banking and Financial Engineering, to acquire a dual skill in corporate and market finance, with a strong international dimension.
• A finance module as part of the Global Executive MBA.

The Economics and Finance Department brings together 21 permanent professors, PhD students, affiliated professors, and a large number of high-level professionals (French or foreign), working in the largest financial institutions. This team provides our students with theoretical and professional mastery of modern finance concepts and tools to understand and adapt to a complex and changing economic and financial environment.

The professors of the Economics – Finance department are part of the “Finance, Economics and Econometrics” research laboratory. The results of their research are published in reference books and in the best international academic journals such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, or Management Science.

The department also advises JIM, the finance association of TBS Education, in its activities of writing analysis notes for a dedicated investment fund. In addition, the department’s professors coach teams of students each year during the CFA Institute Research Challenge, a global competition, in which TBS Education is regularly ranked among the best French, European, and world institutions.