Please note this list is indicative of the structure of the degree and may be subject to change.
This Program offers an in-depth and hands-on approach to data science in a business environment. Graduates will be expert on both technical and tangible business practices. Their time at Ecole Polytechnique provides them with a strong mathematical and scientifical basis that can be applied during the second semester at HEC with applied courses and business cases.
Year 1
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.
Year 2
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. The courses will be covering new frontiers such as Blockchain technology, Algorithms and AI applied to Finance, as well as Technology Regulation in the Financial Sector