Please note this list is indicative of the structure of the degree and may be subject to change.

YEAR 1 AT ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE

FOCUS ON DATA SCIENCE

The First year of the program at Ecole Polytechnique, offers students a complete training on data science, during this period you will study probability, statistics, regression, classification, and more specialized modules like optimization, machine learning or deep learning.
The latest, with a practical training on programming languages like "Python" and "R" .

You will also delve in Financial Markets and numerical processing of Financial Data.
 

REFRESHER COURSES

  • Probability Refresher 
  • Mathematical foundations of data science 

CORE COURSES

  • Statistics with R
  • Regression
  • Machine Learning I and II
  • Deep Learning and Optimization
  • Python for data science
  • Financial markets
  • Optimization / Deep Learning
  • Numerical processing of financial data
  • Deep learning in finance

MISCELLANEOUS COURSES

  • Languages
  • Human science
  • Sport

INTERNSHIP

A 4-month compulsory internship within a company in a data-related sector, including investment banks (BNP-Paribas, BPCE), hedge funds and firms such as Microsoft, Facebook, Orange, Capgemini.

HACKATON OPPORTUNITY

  • Learn & develop your skills in AI & Datascience 
  • Meet other students,DataScientists and professionals from companies who will coach you 
  • Contribute to solve real issues for companies and society 
  • Superhands-on experience to highlighting your CV 
  • Compete with the best students in a good spirit 
  • Get the chance to spend a day into of the corporate donors office 

YEAR 2 AT HEC PARIS

FOCUS ON FINANCE

During your second year, you will join the Master in Finance program at HEC, which has been at the top of the world rankings by the Financial Times for over a decade now. After a generalist first semester, where we will train you on the full spectrum of fields in Finance, both Corporate Finance and Financial Markets, you will join during the second semester an elective concentration dedicated to Data and Finance, with courses covering new frontiers such as Blockchain technology, Algorithms and AI applied to Finance, as well as Technology Regulation in the Financial Sector.

CORE COURSES

  • Soft skills seminar
  • Ethics seminar
  • Probability and statistics refresher
  • Behavioral and Sustainable Finance
  • Introduction to finance 
  • Corporate finance 
  • Financial accounting and reporting 
  • International macroeconomics 
  • Economics of Financial Regulation
  • Empirical Methods in Finance

ADVANCED CORE COURSES

  • Fixed income and MM
  • Securities markets 
  • Capital markets specialization courses:
    • Financing Engineering
    • Quantitative asset management
  • Corporate finance specialization courses:
    • Corporate restructuring
    • Derivatives

DATA & FINANCE CORE COURSES

  • Introduction to data scienc and AI for managers
  • Data analysis in finance
  • Technology Regulation in the Financial Sector
  • Algorithms, Data & Trading
  • Blockchain & cryptocurrencies

FREE ELECTIVES

  • Credit risk & turnaround of distressed companies
  • Energy and finance
  • Infrastructure and real assets
  • Real estate foundations
  • Numerical analysis
  • Financing decisions of the firms
  • Post-merger Integration
  • Microeconomics of crisis economies
  • Energy markets
  • Bond portfolio management
  • Sustainable & responsible investment
  • Alternative investments
  • Financial modeling
  • Corporate Finance Live
  • Quantitative asset management Financial dimension of strategic decisions
  • Startup Valuation and financing