31 Finance Degree Programs in Portugal

The Nova SBE Master’s in Management is designed for students from any graduate background wishing to gain a management education.

Consistently ranked by Eduniversal among the top master’s courses in Western Europe and lectured in English, the Master’s in Law and Financial Markets offers students the challenge of an innovative set of courses in law and finance, opportunities to meet and network with leading financial institutions, to gain hands-on experience through an internship in a financial institution and to benefit from an international experience at a top university in Europe or beyond, through NOVA School of Law’s membership of the Themis Network.

The International MSc in Finance is a pre-experience program at Católica-Lisbon designed for students who desire to pursue an international career. The curriculum blends theory and practice with a hands-on approach, provided by our innovative courses and top professors. The program fosters the creation of strong professional and personal connections with peers and industry experts from all over the world (Germany, France, U.K., Italy, U.S., Canada, Brazil, etc.).

This program will enable you to develop a solid knowledge, analytical and problem-solving competencies in the financial area. You can choose to focus your studies in Portugal, but there’s also the opportunity to learn across borders and to do business across borders through our international tracks.

The Masters in Mathematical Finance is designed to further the education in quantitative finance of students who already have a Bachelors degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Economics, Finance or Management.

The Master in Finance is a two-year, full-time program taught entirely in English, designed in accordance with the Bologna Protocol. The program offers scientific and professional training in Corporate Finance and Financial Markets, suitable for those intending to pursue their scientific and technical education in Finance.

The MSc in Finance is a full-time, two-year Program, fully taught in English, that provides a highly advanced qualification in the finance field. It is designed for students who intend to pursue a career in the financial services industry or in the field of corporate finance.

Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, is a top European business school, located in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. With more than 50 years of existence, the School is known for academic excellence, exclusive guidance, and global focus. It offers world-class Undergraduate Programs that combine theory and practice, preparing students for international careers.

The Master in Finance program aims to prepare and update professionals developing their activity in this business field. Taking into account the demanding requirements they are exposed to and the market’s highly complex and volatile environment, the Master in Finance program will foster the acquisition of generic and specific competences that will allow the consolidated training of professionals capable of performing careers in the following areas:

The MSc in Finance is a highly internationalised programme that aims to produce top financial professionals. Created in 2000 and inspired from the Anglo-Saxon model and methods, it was considered an important turning point in terms of innovation in the Portuguese academic community. Drawing on a solid and rigorous theoretical foundation, the MSc in Finance is a professional oriented programme, developed in close collaboration with the top Portuguese financial institutions.

The MSc in Finance is a full-time pre-experience program that is designed for students that desire to be experts in Finance with a focus on a specialization. The program prepares students for high-level careers in the global financial industry. Católica-Lisbon offers a unique opportunity to prepare for the internationally recognized CFA® Level 1 exam during the degree. You can also pursue an extra exchange semester at a top international business school.

The PhD program in Finance at Iscte is a rigorous program designed to train students to produce high quality research. The program is suited to students who want to become faculty members at research universities, lead research departments at financial institutions or be at the forefront of the application of state-of-the-art models and techniques in the financial industry activities. The program, fully taught in English, is highly quantitative in nature and therefore new PhD students often have a background in finance, economics, engineering, math, or statistics. Although some students have completed graduate work prior to entry into the PhD program, it is not necessary to have any graduate training.

The recently created Doctoral Program in Business and Economics of the University of Aveiro, with three branches of specialization - Economics, Management and Finance - responds to the requests of researchers and graduates to continue their doctoral studies in these areas of knowledge, tackling a gap that exists not only in the context of the doctoral programs of the University of Aveiro, but also, due to its differential nature, in the context of the education Programs in these areas in Portugal.

ISEG's Masters in Finance is placed #31 in the FINANCIAL TIMES global ranking of Masters. Keeping pace with the complexities of today's world and the nature of the discipline, the Masters in Finance is offered exclusively in English, for an international audience. Our commitment to the global arena is also present in the annual field trip to Frankfurt (flight and accommodation included in the tuition fees), in which students and faculty visit organizations like the ECB (European Central Bank), EIOPA, Goethe University, Deutsche Bundesbank, and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Over the last 5 years we have attended presentations from high ranking representatives of companies such as BASF, Deutsche Lufthansa, SAP, EY, or Helaba Bank. This is certainly an unforgettable experience for all who take part in it. It is also possible to spend 1 semester in the 2nd year of the masters aboard, in an exchange program (just a few examples: at Goethe University in Germany, at Bocconi University in Italy, at EDHEC in France, or at Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil).

The International Master’s in Finance (IMF), ranked by the Financial Times 6th worldwide in 2025, is directed to Bachelor students who want to have an international career after their master’s program and ambition a fast career progression in the financial area. It is a highly selective 3- Semester Master’s Program that provides students with the tools, concepts, and training to succeed in an international context.

The MSc in Finance (post-experience) is a post-experience program designed for students with up to 5 years of professional experience who desire to pursue an international career. The curriculum blends theory and practice with a hands-on approach, provided by our innovative courses and top professors. The program fosters strong professional and personal connections with peers and industry experts from all over the world (Germany, France, the U.K., Italy, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, etc.).