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Our admission process consists of a rigorous evaluation of each application to preserve the quality of the group as well as the training, experience, and work capacity of all students.

<ul><li>The Admissions Committee will select the candidates on the basis of a personal or CV-based interview.</li>
	<li>You will be notified of the admission decision in writing.</li>
</ul>

Admission

<ul><li>Resgistration must be paid within a 15 days after the admission.</li>
	<li>Once the letter of acceptance to the program has been received, you will need to submit the following original documents before the course begins:
	<ul><li>Stamped and/or authenticated photocopy of your university degree.</li>
		<li>Stamped and/or authenticated photocopy of your transcript of records.</li>
	</ul></li>
	<li>If you have a foreign degree you may need to submit additional documents.</li>
	<li>Paying the reservation fee (25% of the program's tuition fees) is essential in order to reserve your place</li>
	<li>If you pay the tuition fees by bank transfer you will be required to introduce the program code. The program code for this course is 1570.</li>
	<li>The remaining tuition fees must be paid 2 weeks before the start of the course.</li>
</ul>

Enrolment

Application for admission

Applications for admission will be evaluated when you complete the following steps:

<ul><li>Complete the online admission form.</li>
	<li>Pay the €120 admission fee. This amount will be returned if you are not admitted.</li>
	<li>Send the following documents through the online platform e-registrar:
	<ul><li><a href="https://www.bsm.upf.edu/documents/admission-letter-video-upf-bsm-en.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation letter or video</a></li>
		<li>CV</li>
		<li>Two letters of recommendation (academic or professional)*</li>
		<li>Scanned copy of university degree (if you are in the last year of your degree, you can provide your academic records)</li>
		<li>Scanned copy of Transcript of Records. Make sure that it includes your GPA (Grade Point Average)</li>
		<li>Scanned copy of ID Card or Passport</li>
		<li>Passport-size photo (jpg format)</li>
	</ul></li>
</ul>*Confidential letters of recommendation may be sent directly by e-mail to the Admissions Committee <a href="mailto:admissions@bsm.upf.edu" target="_blank">admissions@bsm.upf.edu</a>, with the reference in the subject: "MUFIB letters of recommendation and student's name" 
Additional documents may be requested in certain cases. 
Applications are subject to the number of places available on the program.

Complete your application within the next admission rounds:

The Master in Finance and Banking allows you to obtain the title with specialization (Markets or Risk Management) or without specialization.

All participants must take all the subjects of Fundamentals of Finance and Banking during the first quarter  (24 ECTS), and in the second and third quarter 30 optional ECTS, in addition to the Master's Final Project (6 ECTS), which will be developed throughout the course.

Courses with specialization: the student must take the 5 optional subjects of the chosen specialty plus 10 ECTS chosen from all the optional subjects offered (including Professional Internships and optional subjects from the other specialization).

Courses without specialization: the student will choose 30 ECTS from all the optional subjects offered.

 Basic Finance Instruments (24 ECTS)

Compulsory subjects (24 ECTS)

Market Specialization (20 ECTS)

Risk Management Specialization (20 ECTS)

Other optional subjects available Subjects of 3 or 4 ECTS, except the Professional Interships ( 6ECTS)

Note on elective courses

Optional subjects (30 ECTS)

Master's Final Project (6 ECTS)

Note on the Curriculum

<ul><li>Francisco Albuixech Micó 
	Delegate at the CNMV in Barcelona 
	Bachelor´s degree in law from the University of Valencia. 
	Master in Legal Practice by IE Law School.</li>
	<li>Ramon Alfonso Mata 
	Fiancial Analist at Gar Investment Managers. 
	Master in Business Administration from Ramon Llull University (Barcelona). 
	Bachelor in Philosophy and Humanities from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.</li>
	<li>Ramón Amargant Arnau 
	CEO of Family Office. 
	Previous professional experience of 23 years at Banco Sabadell, assuming responsibilities in the real estate and regulatory areas. Postgraduate degree in Economics and Finance from CEMFI in Madrid. Graduated, with the honor "Extraordinary End-of-Studies Award", in Economic and Business Sciences from the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona. Professor of Banking Regulation, Real Estate and Financial Markets at UPF-BSM. He was a fund manager for both equity and real estate, and head of the Real Estate Exposure Analysis Department at Banco Sabadell Group. In his last professional banking stage at Banco Sabadell, he was the Director of Regulation and Internal Control Evaluation in the field of Sustainability. He is currently the CEO of a prominent Family Office located in Barcelona.</li>
	<li>Silvia Baron Gómez 
	BBVA Real Estate Business Unit. 
	Master in Banking and Finance from Pompeu Fabra University. 
	Degree in Actuarial and Financial Sciences from Universitat de Barcelona) and a  
	Degree in Business Administration from Rovira i Virgili University.</li>
	<li>Tomàs Casanovas Martínez 
	Master of Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde - Glasgow  
	President of the company ENERSIDE and CEO of Open Learning Spain S.A. Economist and Business Professor.</li>
	<li>Francisco Javier Dueñas Selma 
	Vice-president of Forética and member of the Spainsif Board of Directors.  
	Delegate of the Cajamar Cooperative Group for the Sustainable Development Agenda 
	Management Program (PADE) at IESE Business School.</li>
	<li>Albert Martí Poyo 
	Commercial and Business Development Manager at Assurances Credit Mutuel Group in Spain. 
	MBA in ESADE Business School.</li>
	<li>Miquel Perdiguer Andrés 
	Director of the Catalunya Caixa Foundation. 
	PhD in Economics and Business Sciences from the University of Barcelona. 
	Lecturer of Financial Marketing at Pompeu Fabra University.</li>
	<li>Josep Maria Raya Vílchez 
	PhD in Economics from the University of Barcelona. 
	Degree in Economics from the University of Barcelona. He is lecturer of the TechnoCampus Mataró-Maresme Foundation at Pompeu Fabra University and associate lecturer at the School of International Trade.</li>
	<li>José B. Sáez Madrid 
	PhD in Economics from the University of Barcelona. 
	Lecturer of the Department of Economic, Financial and Actuarial Mathematics at University of Barcelona. 
	Coordinator in Barcelona and Andorra of the course for obtaining the international accreditation of financial analyst (CIIA)</li>
	<li>Pere Serra Bartolí 
	Founder and owner of Ganimedes Consulting. 
	Bachelor in Biology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.</li>
	<li>Mireia Sitjas 
	Director Global Head of FX, Barclays Wealth. 
	Master of Business Economics and Financial Management from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. 
	Degree in Economics and Businesses Sciences from Pompeu Fabra University.</li>
	<li>Albert Soler Rubio 
	Executive Director Credit Risk at Caixabank 
	MBA from ESADE.Degree in Economics and Businesses Sciences from the University of Barcelona.</li>
	<li>Jordi Viladot 
	President and General Director at Gesiuris SGIIC. 
	Degree in Economic Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. </li>
</ul>

Collaborating faculty

The teaching team brings a dual approach to the program. On the one hand, professors from the prestigious UPF Department of Economics and Business, who contribute their theoretical knowledge. On the other hand, recognized active professionals, who contribute their experience on how to apply knowledge to the daily reality of today's companies.

Portfolio agencies and companies:

<ul><li>Portfolio manager</li>
	<li>Financial advisor</li>
	<li>Risk analyst</li>
	<li>Backoffice</li>
	<li>Department of studies</li>
	<li>Broker</li>
</ul> 
Financial entities:

<ul><li>Personal banking managers</li>
	<li>Private banking managers</li>
	<li>Bank office</li>
	<li>Risk department</li>
	<li>Settlement and clearing of operations</li>
</ul> 

Financial entities. Companies or offices:

<ul><li>Business managers</li>
	<li>Directors</li>
	<li>Positions in bank offices</li>
</ul> 

Financial entities. Central services:

<ul><li>Risk analyst</li>
	<li>Social work of the bank</li>
	<li>Personal banking managers</li>
	<li>Marketing</li>
</ul> 

Other entities:

<ul><li>Financial planning</li>
	<li>Family office</li>
	<li>Corporate finance</li>
	<li>Venture capital</li>
	<li>Insurance companies</li>
	<li>Business consultant</li>
	<li>Central Bank employee</li>
	<li>Commercial Bank manager</li>
	<li>Corporate finance services</li>
	<li>Investment banker</li>
	<li>M&amp;A Advisor</li>
	<li>Wealth manager</li>
	<li>Financial advisor</li>
	<li>Private banking</li>
	<li>Socially Responsible Investment</li>
	<li>Wealth manager</li>
	<li>Financial advisor</li>
	<li>Private banking</li>
</ul> 

Fintechs:

<ul><li>Crowd funding</li>
	<li>P2P lending</li>
	<li>Roboadvisors</li>
	<li>Payment systems</li>
</ul>

The main areas covered by the Master in Finance and Banking are risk management, portfolio management and investment funds, financial advice, private banking, and corporate finance.

The program also offers the possibility of choosing the optional subject of Professional Internships, an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in corporate finance, financial accounting, etc. in the professional environment.

The program is aimed at all those young professionals who want to focus their professional career on the current financial sector and seek strategic training that, in addition to providing them with solid financial knowledge, trains them to carry out their work in a sector strongly transformed by the emergence of new technologies.

Upon completion of the master, students will be able to exercise the management of financial products and services, from a perspective of financial advice, as well as the analysis of credit risk and other market risks in a changing environment due to new technologies and ways of working.

The master brings together young professionals from various fields (Economics, Business Management, Law, Engineering or other quantitative disciplines), and students who come from different countries with a common goal: accessing quality and up-to-date training, in addition to living an academic experience that provides them with the knowledge and tools to face the challenges of their professional future.

Specialization in Markets

Specialization Risk Management

General Itinerary

The Master of Finance and Banking program has a very practical and professional approach.

Theory and practice are combined with a very participatory methodology. In addition to the presentation of theoretical concepts by the teachers, there is the interaction and intervention of the students.

Connect with the professional world

Team building

Tutored final project

Master in Finance and Banking

UPF Barcelona School of Management is the management school of Pompeu Fabra University, the 1st Ibero-American university and the 16th placed university in the world, among those under 50 years of age, according to the Times Higher Education ranking. 

UPF Barcelona School of Management has EQUIS accreditation, the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools globally, and places itself among the top business schools in the world.

The Master in Finance and Banking is ranked, for the third consecutive year, among the best master's programs in finance in the world, according to the QS Business Masters Ranking 2025, one of the most prestigious and consulted rankings in the sector.

The Master in Finance and Banking is an official master's degree and has the academic recognition of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Spain. This accreditation certifies all the official university master's degrees that we teach and recognizes the <a href="https://www.bsm.upf.edu/en/about-us/quality" target="_blank">quality</a> of our educational model in accordance with the criteria of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

The master offers 3 possible training itineraries. Two itineraries with specializations and a third customized itinerary.

Máster Universitario en Finanzas y Banca

The previous masters offered by the school in Financial Markets and in Banking and Finance have been transformed into the Master in Finance and Banking, to respond to an essential training need for professionals and students who want to develop their careers in the corporate finance sector.

Master ranked number 48 of the Top 100 in the world in financial markets by the Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking. Study at a school accredited by EQUIS, an international distinction that guarantees the quality of our institution and makes us the 1st school of management linked to a public university with this accreditation in our country.

International recognition

New technologies have transformed the financial sector. This master will provide you with, in addition to the necessary financial knowledge, knowledge of the new business models, technology, and products that have burst onto the sector, training you to develop your profession in this changing environment.

Trains versatile professionals who are up to date with current market needs

You will be trained, for the most part, with recognized active professionals who will contribute the knowledge and experience acquired in their day to day work, as well as with UPF professors, whose Department of Economics and Business has been classified as first in Spain, third in Europe and 46th in the world, by Times Higher Education.

Learn from experts in the sector

The master offers you the possibility of doing professional internships in leading entities of the first level in the financial sector such as BBVA, Banco Sabadell, Criteria Caixaholding, or the Governing Society of the Barcelona Stock Exchange, among others.

Carry out your internship in top-level entities

The master (Market Specialization) is approved and published in the list of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) which certifies that its completion facilitates the knowledge and skills of staff who provide financial advice and information, in accordance with the provisions of the European MIFID II.

Students of the Risk Management specializations or of the customized itinerary who communicate it, can also obtain this homologation by completing an additional training course.

Recognized by the CNMV: allows you to act as a Financial Advisor

The Master's is a member of the University Affiliation Program of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute. At the end of the Master you will be ready to take the exam to obtain the CFA accreditation, a prestigious international recognition in investment management and financial analysis, and for which there are two scholarships offered in each course.&nbsp; 
You can also take part in the CFA Research Challenge, a team competition in which more than 1,000 universities and Business Schools participate from all over the world.

CFA Accreditation

The Master in Finance and Banking at the UPF Barcelona School of Management trains professionals in financial markets, in a changing environment marked by digital disruption, capable of applying both classical valuation techniques and new data management techniques, and even adapt to possible disruptions that may come in the future.

The structure of the new master links the analysis and management of the different financial markets (Monetary, Fixed Income, Variable Income, Derivatives, and Currencies) with the study of current platforms and products, such as Fintech or blockchain, all based on the analysis of data, such as big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

Professionals trained in the master in finance will not only have a deep knowledge of the financial system, but also an adequate knowledge of the possibilities offered by data processing today and the strategic aspects of the current financial environment.

The Master in Finance and Banking offers its students an adapted financial training that will allow them to position themselves as privileged interlocutors between programmers and financial analysts or managers.

The 3 training itineraries (Markets, Risk Management and customized itinerary) correspond to the new needs of financial institutions in a changing environment, and allow us to respect the concerns and learning desires of our students.

The market moves and we move with it, so by focusing on each student and their specific skills, we help them grow and achieve their personal goals, as well as providing rigorous training.

The objective of the Master in Finance and Banking is to train professionals capable of:

<ul><li>offering professional financial advice</li>
	<li>managing portfolios and investment funds</li>
	<li>analysing all types of financial products</li>
	<li>analysing and managing the risks associated with financial products</li>
	<li>analysing and understanding the economic and financial environment</li>
	<li>using the latest techniques, platforms, and products for risk assessment, study, and management</li>
	<li>analysing and understanding banking strategy</li>
	<li>detecting, adapting, and managing disruptive platforms present in the sector</li>
	<li>managing data analysis tools</li>
</ul>

Our master in finance, a program for international students, with the Specializations in Financial Markets and in Risk Management, will turn you into a professional in the financial area that today's market needs. Prepare yourself to be an investment fund manager, bank manager, personal advisor, or expert in the new disruptive platforms in the sector.

You will specialize in advising clients within private banking and in financial market analysis in research services of financial entities (banks, companies, and securities agencies).

Market Specialization

You will specialize in global knowledge of the financial sector and credit institutions. It offers specific training in risk analysis, both credit (essential as a core business of banking) and in the management of cash and liquidity risks, and markets.

Risk Management Specialization

This itinerary allows you to customize the program, choosing the subjects that interest you the most and which to suit your professional concerns and goals from among all the optional subjects offered.

Finance and Banking (customized itinerary)

A large number of external entities and institutions offer financial aid options to students who want to enrol on one of our master programs and postgraduate courses. 
 

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External financial aid

If you are a member of our alumni associations or of one of our partner universities, we offer you a series of applicable discounts on the amount of tuition for your program.

Alumni discounts 

If you are a member or family member of an employee of the UPF group or belonged to the collaborating institutions of the UPF Barcelona School of Management, you can enjoy a series of applicable discounts on the tuition fees for your program.

UPF Employee Discounts

If you are alumni of one of our Partner Universities, you are entitled to a discount of 10% on the UPF Barcelona School of Management Masters and postgraduate program tuition fees (those programs with more than 15 credits).

*Discount not compatible with other scholarships, discounts and reductions.

UPF Partner Latinoamerican Universities Discount

Apply for our Merit Based Scholarship, awarded to those who prove they have talent and motivation.

Merit Based Scholarship

In addition, we collaborate with various entities which provide study loans on favorable terms. For more information you can contact any of the following links.&nbsp;

You can choose how to finance your studies by consulting our simulator.

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The UPF Barcelona School of Management offers you different means of financing so that you can take any of our programs without worry. We offer you the opportunity to finance part of your program, either by rewarding your talent through scholarships, through grants from entities dedicated to promoting education or through collaboration agreements with financial entities.