MSc Finanças de Impacto e Gestão Fintech

We invite you to join an innovative program, which prepares students for careers in high-level sustainable financial management, green banking, and ESG analyst positions, capable of reasoning in an integrated manner by mastering the issues of responsibility, technology, and sustainability. This one-year course includes themes such as sustainability risk management, advanced Financial Modeling, AI and Financial Predictions, and Sustainable investment analysis, all in an international environment.

Our 13-month program is taught 100% in English and includes a 4-month internship.

5 Teaching blocks will take students through:

• The analysis, reporting, and modeling of financial data for ESG projects
• The conception and commercialization of a portfolio of impact finance products
• Strategic development of inclusive finance
• Managing the sustainable performance of an organization with Fintech innovation
• Research project

The program has been awarded the MSc label from the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles. This certification enables students to extend their student visa in order to work in France for a period up to 2 YEARS* (depending on country of origin)

Download our brochure for the MSc Impact Finance & Fintech Management (esdes.fr)

Created in 1987 within the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy) Esdes (School for Social and Economic Development) is a post-baccalaureate school of management, a member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles. Esdes is engaged in the process of international accreditation with EPAS and AACSB.

Its vocation is to train managers and entrepreneurs, able to create and manage sustainable governance for the rise of a responsible economy. Collective performance, citizenship, and openness are the values carried out by Esdes.

3 programs:

• Master's Degree in Management (PGE) in 5 years
• Bachelor's Degree in Business in 3 years French 3 & English 1 track.
• Master's Degree in Management in 2 years French 3 & English 4 track.
• Training for the DSCG diploma

Esdes is the Business School of UCLy (Catholic University of Lyon). The School therefore enjoys the resources and facilities of an international university, two campuses in Lyon and Annecy, and exchanges between the five faculties and five professional schools. This offers Esdes students original ways of accessing backgrounds that are complementary to the managerial aspect of their education. The result: unique profiles with cross-disciplinary skills that are sought-after by companies.

Key figures

1,400 students, 50 permanent faculties including 35 teacher-researchers and 160 professionals involved in the curriculum.