Advanced Master in Financial Risk Management

Who is this programme for?

With the goal of weaving together a range of financial market and risk management concepts to provide a big picture perspective, the programme is primarily aimed at individuals wishing to gain a broad-based understanding of the functioning of various financial instruments (with the exception of the equity markets) and their interconnection.

By providing a big picture perspective on the different functions within a financial institution, and thereby going beyond ‘silo’ perspectives, the programme aims to enable a person operating in one department to understand the problems of a colleague working in another. The programme offered here is not therefore designed to train specialists in a particular field, but generalists capable of understanding the consequences of their actions on their firm, and on the financial world in general.

The programme is principally aimed at individuals working (or eager to work) in the following areas:

In the trading room, in banking, in foreign exchange, in insurance or in the ‘corporate’ sector.

In a bank’s ‘corporate finance’ department.

In Account Management

In Risk Management (Asset Liability Management, ALM).

In Finance & Audit Consulting

In the finance departments of public institutions (such as central banks, national treasuries, etc.).

Programme Content

This 1 year programme is worth 60 ECTS credits. It is made up of 210 hours of taught courses as well as 90 additional hours devoted to the production of a dissertation. Courses in financial risk management are supplemented by more general courses designed to contextualise the courses in finance and thereby to enable students to better understand them.

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Entry requirements

The entry requirements for advanced masters are set out in article 54 of the Decree of 31 March 2004 (and subsequent implementing orders) setting out arrangements for higher education, including its integration into the European Higher Education Area, and details about higher education finance.

The following qualifications give candidate students direct entry to the programme, with no additional requirements: 

a master’s degree (of a value of 120 credits) in economics, in management, in business engineering or in actuarial sciences, awarded by institutions in the French speaking or Flemish Communities of Belgium;

a second cycle qualification (university degree) in one of the subjects listed above and awarded by institutions in the French-speaking Community of Belgium under the provisions in force prior to the Decree of 31 March, 2004;

a non-belgian qualification that is recognised as equivalent to one of the abovementioned qualifications by the French-speaking Community of Belgium.

Admission to the programme is also open to candidates whose professional experience in Finance is deemed to be relevant by the Admissions Jury*. In such cases, the following qualifications constitute the minimum prerequisites:

a (120 credit) master’s degree other than those listed above awarded by institutions in the French speaking or Flemish Communities of Belgium, including non-university higher education master’s degrees (120 credits) awarded as part of a ‘long’ (degree+master’s) programme of study, or by the Belgian Royal Military Academy;

a second cycle qualification (university degree) in one of the subjects listed above awarded by institutions in the French-speaking Community of Belgium under the provisions in force prior to the Decree of 31 March, 2004;

a non-Belgian qualification deemed by the Admissions Jury to be comparable with those mentioned above, and to have an ECTS value of at least 300 credits.

Notes

1) * the Admissions Jury may require additional conditions to be met.

2) in order to be able to successfully complete the programme, students must have a strong command of both English and French.

Practical Information

Courses are taught mainly in the evening with two or three classes each week. Some courses are taught on Saturday mornings.

You can find out about course enrolment fees and admission procedures by visiting our ‘Admissions & Enrolment’ page. Just click on the ‘Admissions’ option in the left hand menu.

The programme is also open to independent students wishing to follow a maximum of 3 selected courses (independent students are exempted from any academic prerequisites to admission). Fees for independent students are set at 200 € for 15 hours of courses.

Contacts & Further Information

Admissions/enrolment

Emel MEMNUN

Tel. : 00 (32) (0)2 211 78 18

Programme

Pierre FRANCK

Tel. : 00 (32) (0)2 211 78 09