What if you could experience the pulse of the financial markets before even landing your first job?
At ESCP Business School, this question becomes a tangible part of the student journey. Across the London, Paris, and Turin campuses, dedicated training and trading rooms equipped with Bloomberg Terminals offer finance students the opportunity to work with real-time market data, analytical tools, and trading simulations. These spaces bridge the gap between theory and practice, allowing students to explore how financial decisions are made and tested in real-world scenarios. Whether it’s analysing equities, interpreting economic indicators, or simulating trades across asset classes, students gain early exposure to the tools and environments that shape global finance.
Bridging Theory and Practice in Finance Education
The ability to apply financial theory in real-time scenarios is an essential part of the learning experience at ESCP. The School’s investment in specialised facilities across its London, Paris, and Turin campuses supports this approach by offering students consistent exposure to data-driven decision-making environments.
In these training and trading rooms, learners move beyond case studies and classroom discussions. They interact with tools used daily by finance professionals, interpreting market signals, testing investment strategies, and simulating trading activity across asset classes. This type of experiential learning strengthens their analytical thinking and deepens their familiarity with industry standards.
By integrating these resources, ESCP ensures that its students develop not only technical skills but also the confidence and fluency required to navigate today’s global financial landscape.
Immersive Financial Education
London: Learning in a Global Financial Capital
ESCP’s London campus benefits from its location at the heart of one of the world’s leading financial ecosystems. The on-campus training and trading room supports a wide range of interactive modules and applied workshops. Through partnerships with PVM Smart Learning and Smart Global Trading, students also experience a high-level trader simulation that mirrors the pace and complexity of live markets. This experiential approach gives them the skills and the mindset needed to thrive in finance.
Paris: Finance at the Heart of Europe
In Paris, the School’s training and trading room plays a key role in connecting academic content with market realities. Students make use of terminal-based tools to support courses in corporate finance, market analysis, and sustainability-driven investment. The facility underlines ESCP’s mission to offer an applied, internationally-oriented finance education from one of Europe’s financial powerhouses.
Turin: Applied Finance with Bloomberg Integration
In April 2025, ESCP Turin inaugurated its new training and trading room, featuring 12 Bloomberg Terminals. Developed with the strategic and financial support of Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, this state-of-the-art facility strengthens the campus’s capacity to deliver practical, market-oriented learning.
The room provides students with direct access to live financial data, analytics, and trading functionalities, integrating seamlessly with academic teaching and research activities. As part of the School’s broader commitment to hands-on education, the Turin Training and Trading Room reflects ESCP’s investment in preparing students for the data-driven and globally interconnected world of finance.
An Adaptable Academic Path: The MiM with a Finance Focus
The Master in Management (MiM) at ESCP is among Europe’s most customisable business programmes, designed to meet the evolving goals of future professionals. Students shape their educational journey through a wide range of electives, campus mobility, and specialisations, several of which are finance-focused and taught across ESCP’s multicultural campuses.
MiM Finance Specialisations
– Banking and Finance (London – English)
Explores the structures and instruments of international banking, monetary policy, and financial regulation.
– Finance – English Track (Paris, Turin – English)
A comprehensive option introducing students to key areas of corporate finance, investment analysis, and financial decision-making.
– Finance de marché (Paris – French)
Offers a technical focus on trading, derivatives, risk management, and financial engineering.
– Finance d’entreprise (Paris – French)
Concentrates on internal financial strategy, performance analysis, and value creation for corporations.
– Finance d’entreprise avancée (Paris – French)
Delivers advanced knowledge in M&A, capital structure optimisation, and financial restructuring.
– Green CFO (Paris – English)
Equips future financial leaders with the tools to integrate ESG principles and sustainability metrics into corporate strategy.
– Investment Banking (London, Madrid, Paris, Turin – English)
Designed for students aiming to enter investment banks or advisory firms, with rigorous coursework in M&A, financial modelling, and deal structuring.
– Strategic Asset Management (London – English)
Focuses on the principles of portfolio construction, institutional investment, and long-term financial planning.
World-Class Finance: Specialised Masters
Audit et Direction Financière (CFO) (Paris – French)
Prepares students for leadership roles in corporate finance and auditing, blending financial analysis with strategic oversight.
MSc in Finance (London & Paris)
Ranked one again #1 in the world by the Financial Times in 2025, this rigorous programme offers a blend of quantitative finance, market strategy, and applied investment skills. Students benefit from cutting-edge infrastructure and strong industry connections across two financial capitals.
MSc in International Wealth Management (London & Paris)
Combining technical and interpersonal expertise, this programme addresses portfolio management, wealth planning, client relations, and tax optimisation, preparing graduates for careers in private banking and family office services.
Prepared for the Market: Turning Knowledge into Impact
Graduates of ESCP’s finance programmes, whether from the MiM or an MSc, leave the School ready to operate in the world’s most demanding financial environments. Their education is enhanced by constant interaction with real market data, allowing them to build fluency in the tools, platforms, and decision-making processes used by financial professionals today.
They develop analytical precision and technical know-how, and a deep understanding of market behaviour and financial risk. Many complete certifications and deliver projects that replicate industry challenges.
These experiences, combined with the School’s strong employer connections, lead to successful internships and job placements across investment banking, asset management, corporate finance, and fintech. ESCP graduates don’t just study finance, they live it, practise it, and go on to shape it.