At a Glance
Designed for Working Professionals
The Executive Master in Finance curriculum combines theory and practice, and is built around an absolute focus on finance with concentrations on Corporate Finance and Financial Markets, electives, and a capstone project, all of which are designed to help you make an immediate impact in your workplace. The programme will also augment your current skill-set with essential leadership and management techniques, placing finance in a strategic setting to cultivate your role as a leader in the industry.
Programme Structure
18 Months
Duration of programme12 weeks
On campus17 weeks
Off Campus preparation6 Modules
Number of modules2 weeks
Duration of each modules10 Days
Out of office per moduleOur Faculty
INSEAD’s full-time faculty reflects the international diversity that is the hallmark of the school, with over 148 men and women from more than 30 different countries. Faculty members are based either in Fontainebleau, Singapore or Abu Dhabi, and many of them teach on all campuses.
Professor of Finance
Professor of Finance
Course Curriculum
The finance courses cover a comprehensive range of topics and frameworks that you can apply to complex financial transactions and evolves with the changing priorities and needs of the financial industry.
Module 1
3 Core Courses
- Capital Markets I
- Corporate Finance I
- Accounting
Module 2
3 Core Courses
- Capital Markets II
- Corporate Finance II
- Uncertainty, Data and Judgement
Module 3
Concentration: Financial Markets
- New Investment Strategies
- Asset and Liability Management in Banking
- Equity Investment
- Behavioural Finance
Module 4
4 Electives
Module 5
Concentration: Corporate Finance
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- International Corporate Finance
- Project Finance
- Private Equity – Venture, Minority & Buyout Investing
Module 6
Capstone
- ALCO Simulation
- Fair Process Leadership & Governance
- Global Banking and Finance: Structure, Conduct & Performance
- Leadership in Finance
Major Degree Project
Programme Schedule
| Start date | End Date | Campus | |
| Module 1 | 15 September 2024 | 28 September 2024 | Asia Campus |
| Module 2 | 13 January 2025 | 25 January 2025 | Asia Campus |
| Module 3 | 31 March 2025 | 11 April 2025 | Asia Campus |
| Module 4 | 30 June 2025 | 11 July 2025 | Europe Campus |
| Module 5 | 03 November 2025 | 14 November 2025 | Asia Campus |
| Module 6 | 23 February 2026 | 06 March 2026 | Asia Campus |
Graduation | 07 March 2026 | Asia Campus |
*September 2024 intake module dates are tentative and may change.
Please refer to the Admissions Page for the latest application deadlines
Learning Methodology
INSEAD’s Executive Master in Finance takes an innovative, results-driven approach. It offers a rigorous yet relevant curriculum, delivered by some of the world’s best finance minds, applying real-life experiences, and taught in a highly engaging way:
Interactive Sessions
Each session leverages the wealth of multicultural and regulatory perspectives in the classroom to orchestrate lively debate.
Real-life Relevance
Even the most abstract concepts are anchored in true stories from banking and corporate finance.
International Case Studies
Most case studies are devised at INSEAD and specifically created to teach experienced finance professionals.
Group Work
Group work reflects the reality of working life and maximises your networking opportunities.
Role Play & Simulations
Role plays and simulations help you practise new techniques and management skills in a risk-free environment.
Testimonials
Jaslyn Kaur
I feel that my understanding of real-world finance has been expanded like never before from interacting with my peers and professors.
Petro Sovyak-Krukovskyy
I selected INSEAD’s EMFin programme because its curriculum and focus match my goals perfectly.
Omara Koledade
The modular format of this programme is ideal for me as it allows me to juggle my role as a wife, mother and full-time work.
Stay Inspired
Navigating a New World of Finance: The 3 Biggest Trends
After going through massive change, businesses continue to face uncertainty and disruption. What issues will have the greatest impact and how can finance executives navigate the bumpy road ahead? Massimo Massa, Rothschild Chaired Professor of Banking and Professor of Finance at INSEAD, gives his take.
The Capstone Experience
Discover how the Executive Master in Finance (EMFin) combines your experience with newfound knowledge and skills to deliver strategic solutions to real-life challenges in finance. Participants of the INSEAD Executive Master in Finance often remark positively on how the programme blends theoretical and practical learning.
Scaling a Real Estate Business Through a Capstone Project
By demonstrating the benefits of investing in multi-family real estate, these entrepreneurs have raised a private equity fund. In 2015, investors Samuel Kunzman and Cory Sutphin saw an opportunity to buy and run multi-family properties with 10 to 60 units in third-tier American cities.
