Master in Finance with Double Degree Católica Porto Business School (CPBS)

Overview

The Master in Finance with Double Degree from Católica Porto Business School (CPBS)  is a highly internationalised programme that aims to develop top financial professionals.

Created in 2000 and inspired by the Anglo-Saxon model and methods, it was considered an important turning point in terms of innovation in the academic community. Drawing on a solid and rigorous theoretical foundation, this masters is a professional-oriented programme, developed in close collaboration with the top Portuguese financial organisations.

Key facts

• Offered by a first-class team, the course has been developing highly-skilled financial professionals for more than a decade.

• These professionals now hold important roles in companies and financial organisations, as well as in global financial hubs such as Madrid and New York.

• The drive to ensure that the programme has a global scope – by creating professional and academic opportunities at home and abroad – is visible in the recruitment of our staff and in the choice of our programmes.

• The mission is to train and develop highly-qualified students that can hold prominent roles within the financial services sector, either in industry or in service-oriented firms, in Portugal and abroad.

Career Impact

• This degree is suitable for those interested in pursuing a career in finance-related areas. The experience and the opportunities offered to our former students have shown that it is possible to pursue, from this platform, successful professional and academic careers in Portugal and abroad.

• The MSc fosters a high level of cooperation between the University and the business community through the creation of applied research work and the establishment of partnerships for internship programmes.

• This programme addresses portfolio and wealth managers, investment and research analysts, professionals involved in investment decision-making, and students who want to work in investment management.

The sectors with the highest proportion of CFA-qualified employees are:

• Asset Management

• Accounting and Finance

• Investment Banking M&A

• Wealth Management

• Equities

• Private Equity

• Risk Management

• Research

• Corporate Banking

• Consulting

• Fixed Income

• Derivatives

• Hedge Funds

• IT