Master of Science in Finance
Advance your career with the MS in Finance guided by industry. Sharpen your skills, learn new strategies, data tools and technologies. Embrace innovation and fintech. Grow your professional network. Study full-time as a graduate or career changer, or keep your career and study part-time.
At a Glance
- U.S. Master of Science degree
- 10 months full-time or part-time
- 36 credits (72 ECTS credits)
- Study in Budapest, elective trips to Vienna
- Tuition: EUR 12,000
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Apply by August 15 if you do not need a student visa
Finance at the Cutting Edge Guided by Industry
The MS in Finance offers a professional curriculum designed with industry for immediate impact. Focus in on financial management, investments and banking, or innovation and fintech. Learn data analytics and technology skills to prepare for tomorrow's leadership roles.
The program is deeply networked into industry. Learn from top faculty and industry veterans. Sharpen your applied skills with cases, simulations and a capstone project. The MS in Finance Advisory Committee is a working group of senior executives offering professional guidance.
Join a World-Class International Community
The MS in Finance ranks among the best in Central Europe and top 100 in the world in the QS Masters in Finance Rankings. In economics CEU ranks #151-200 in ARWU ShanghaiRanking and QS World University Rankings.
The Class of 2019 has 33 students from 16 countries, from early career professionals to senior executives. CEU brings together students from 118 countries and an alumni network reaching 146 countries.
Study and Work at the Same Time
Join full-time and land a job or internship anytime. In 2018, 100% of full-time students landed a job within three months of graduation.
Join part-time to continue your career. You may request a second year to take elective courses or to complete your capstone project.
Budapest and Vienna rank among the EU’s top financial services and technology hubs, and best places for expats. Employers competing for international talent include BCG, BlackRock, Citi, Deloitte, GE, Google, IBM, JP Morgan, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, MSCI, NN, Nokia and TCS.
Fintech Management Parallel Studies
Top up the MS in Finance with the MS in Technology Management and Innovation. Earn two degrees and become a fintech leader, or develop your own startup in our award-winning CEU InnovationsLab incubator.
Join Exchange Partners on Four Continents
Go for a semester or just a week in the summer. Specialize further into finance, or broaden your skills with MBA courses. Partner schools include EBS (Germany), Emory (U.S.), ESSEC (France, Singapore), Hitotsubashi (Japan), IPADE (Mexico) and Shanghai Jiao Tong (China).
Scholarship and Internship Programs
Apply for our scholarship and internship programs generously contributed by CEU's endowment and valued industry partners
- Future of Big Data Scholarship & Training Program
- Morgan Stanley Internship Program
- Women in Technology Scholarship Program.
Application deadlines
- August 15, 2019 if you do not need a student visa
- May 1, 2019 if you need a student visa - now closed.
We follow a rolling admission model where we evaluate and decide on applications as we receive them.
P eter SzilagyiAssociate Professor Head of MS in Finance |
 Zsuzsanna BordásMS in Finance Coordinator Room N13/413, email |