Overview

To achieve this objective, the students of Finance programme at ESSEC Business School - Paris need to develop deep understanding of contemporaneous finance and related fields, demonstrated through the successful completion of required courses and a comprehensive exam.

Features

Further, they need to show their skills in producing original research through a second-year paper and a dissertation. The second-year paper must be presented in the Finance Department brown bag seminar before the end of the third year in front of the Faculty.

In this concentration, students can specialize in one of the following subfields:

Asset pricing and investments

Corporate Finance

Household finance

Climate finance

Financial Econometrics

Microstructure

Risk Management

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Asset Pricing Theory

Corporate Finance Theory

Micro-econometrics

Econometrics and Machine Learning in Finance

Research seminars of the Finance department: External seminars and brownbags

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cergy-Pontoise, France

Disciplines

Finance

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Academic requirements

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

Required

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Fill in the online application form indicating university degrees and grades, including a statement of purpose and your Curriculum Vitae

Upload your official transcripts

Upload certified copies of all your grades and university diplomas unless award of the degree is specified on your final official transcript

Upload 3 letters of recommendation to be completed by faculty or research scholars (available in the Application online procedure). Please ask you referees to check their spam/junk folder if they do not receive the recommendation request from ESSEC

Provide a high GMAT or GRE score (test taken within the past five years). Last year's cohort had an average GMAT of 700. The ETS code center for the ESSEC PhD Programme is X 6R-91-50 (GMAT) and 0839 (GRE)

The programme being in English, applicants whose native language is not English are required to take the TOEFL, for which the PhD programme code is 0045. IELTS is also accepted.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

10000 EUR / year

≈ 10000 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

5000 EUR / year

≈ 5000 EUR / year

Additional Details

First 2 years

EU: 5000 EUR / year

Non-EU: 10 000 EUR / year

After the first 2 years

In residence students: 2400 EUR / year

Living costs

Cergy-Pontoise

France

750 - 1050 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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