Masters in Financial Management Curriculum

Our Masters in Financial Management (MFM) is a CFA programme partner, covering Level 1 at 100% and offering students the chance to graduate with a Masters and at the same time, prepare a professional diploma.

The programme starts in early September and ends in the first week of July. Classes are scheduled between 9 am and 12.30 and between 2 pm and 5.30 pm. All classes are conducted in English and are delivered at our Ghent Campus, in Belgium.

The MFM curriculum is progressively built up starting with an introductory module to level out any differences in prior knowledge. In the core module students first receive a solid foundation in Corporate Finance and Corporate Control, after which they can choose between two specilisation tracks i.e. Corporate Financial Management, or Financial Markets and Instruments. These specialisation tracks were newly built into the programme following a curriculum review based on student and employer feedback.

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Introduction Module (September - October)

  • Corporate Finance

  • Cost Accounting

  • Financial Accounting

  • Financial Mathematics and Modelling

  • Option Valuation

  • Economics

Opening Seminar (October)

The three-day opening seminar provides an excellent setting for developing your communication and interaction skills and getting to know your fellow students from a different perspective. 

Core Module (November - Mid-March)

Corporate Finance Module
  • Advanced Corporate Finance

  • International Corporate Finance & Financial Risk Management

  • Management of Financial Institutions

  • Entrepreneurial Finance

  • Investments

Corporate Control Module
  • Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis

  • Cost Accounting

  • Strategic Management

  • Capital Budgeting and Valuation

  • Corporate Taxation

Management Skills
  • Corporate responsibility and business

  • Professional management skills II

  • Entrepreneurship and business planning

  • Negotiation Skills

International Study Trip

You are offered a combination of lectures, plant visits, sightseeing and networking sessions with other students and Vlerick alumni abroad. The previous destination of the study trip was London.

Management Integration

  • Business Game IMEX
  • Business Game Interbank
  • Business Plan
  • Investment Research Challenge (IRC)
  • Entrepreneurship and business planning

NEW: Specialisation tracks (Mid-March - April)

1. Corporate Financial Management:

  • Management Control

2. Financial Markets and Instruments:

  • Financial Instruments

In-company project (May - June)

Specialisation subject in Finance

Closing seminar (early July)

In the closing seminar, the entire class comes together one last time to reflect on the past year and to forge bonds for the future.

Graduation  (early July)