The Master of Science (MSc.) in Financial Economics program at Istanbul Bilgi University was founded in 2002 with the purpose of providing analytical and technical skills to graduate students in Financial Economics. Despite its relatively short history, the program has already acquired a solid reputation and has become a leading choice for students seeking a graduate degree in Financial Economics.

The program aims at educating professionals who require the theoretical foundation and an ever more complex quantitative toolkit in order to analyze and solve real world economic and financial issues. The program offers its students the fundamental tools for economic analysis, with special emphasis to mathematical and econometric foundations, as well as a through theoretical and practical immersion into the field of finance. The finance slant of the program is achieved through a rich mix of courses that cover corporate finance, investments, derivatives and risk management, banking, financial intermediation and computational finance.