Teaching period: October to May. Placements period: June to December. Periods of projects in companies: January to May.

Since 1981, the "Corporate finance and financial engineering" Masters 225 has trained 839 students to carry out finance professions at high levels of responsibility. It has achieved this objective by combining rigorous recruitment with an original teaching approach and combining the most recent developments in finance theory with the operationality of the teaching given by professionals holding the highest responsibilities in their profession. During this year, selected students will increase their knowledge of financial theory thanks to theory courses and will specialise within the context of taught courses. The four theory courses are concentrated over the period from October to February and their aim is to provide all students with the level corresponding to current knowledge in financial theory. The fourteen taught courses - financial, legal and tax-oriented - have an intentionally practical and applied focus. They are given by professionals and provide students with methodologies that can be used directly in financial professions. These academic courses are supplemented by strategic and financial consultancy projects, carried out in industrial and commercial companies, under the direct responsibility of members of the course team and by a six-month placement. Finally, the writing of a professional final dissertation, consisting of an empirical research paper, completes the programme.

Compulsory placement - abroad or in France - of a period of 3 to 6 months.

Since its creation, the Masters 225 has been very much open to the international dimension, both in relation to placements and the professions carried out at the end of the programme.

• Organisation of a cycle of weekly lectures focusing on the presentation - by professionals - of various corporate finance professions and professions relating to mergers and takeovers, as well as to current financial trends. • Organisation of strategic and financial consultancy projects in companies, supervised by academic staff.

Admission is subject to a decision from the Masters 225 recruitment board. The application assessment criteria are as follows: First stage: - Review of the application dossier (Grades obtained in M1, placements completed, cover letter, extra-university experience, etc.) - Written test - Writing of a pre-enrolment dissertation. Second stage: Interview. For more detailed information on these criteria and the stages of recruitment - particularly the date of the written test - see the Masters 225 website. (See the heading ""See also""). THE WRITTEN EXAM will take place on : TUESDAY 19 JUNE 2008 from 17:00 to 19:00 in Amphitheater 8. All the candidates are called in and an identity card is compulsory.

The professional integration of students is being studied over a period of several years. For the year 2005-06, 60% of students obtained a job before the end of their placement. 90% of these students signed a C.D.I. (permanent employment contract). For the others, the average length of time to find a job is 2 months.

For detailed information on the professions carried out and the salary conditions, see the Masters website (see the heading ""See also"").