Masters Program in Data and Management

1st year at Ecole Polytechnique

Thorough training on data science, with courses in statistics, probability, regression and classification, as well as more focused modules on optimization, machine learning and notably deep learning, with hands-on hard skills training using Python and R programming languages.
You will also start to explore Financial Markets and numerical processing of Financial Data.

Internships

A 4-month compulsory internship within a company in a data-related sector, including investment banks (BNP-Paribas, BPCE), hedge funds and firms such as Microsoft, Facebook, Orange, Capgemini.

2nd year at HEC Paris

During your second year, you will join the Master in Finance program at HEC, which has been at the top of the world rankings by the Financial Times for over a decade now.

After a generalist first semester, where we will train you on the full spectrum of fields in Finance, both Corporate Finance and Financial Markets, you will join during the second semester an elective concentration dedicated to Data and Finance, with courses covering new frontiers such as Blockchain technology,

Algorithms and AI applied to Finance, as well as Technology Regulation in the Financial Sector.

Evolve in a Dynamic Research Ecosystem

Pushing the frontier of knowledge is a shared priority between HEC Paris and École Polytechnique. Both institutions have created specialized research units in order to provide major interdisciplinary contributions to management, innovation, science, technology, and society. École Polytechnique has for example 22 joint laboratories with the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) or other research institutions, such as the CEA, INRIA, INSERM, Université Paris-Sud, ENSTA ParisTech and UPMC.

HEC Paris has launched chairs with major companies on contemporary issues such as leadership, innovation, and sustainability, but also interdisciplinary research centers:

the Society and Organizations Center, which aims at offering new ways of understanding the world and helping organizations to reconcile economic priorities with a new series of imperatives
the Entrepreneurship Center, which promotes entrepreneurship through innovative HEC Paris programs, start-ups support, academic and business partnerships
the Digital Transformation Center, which addresses the challenges of digital transformation, and brings together businesses and students to work directly on such issues