Dauphine University, Paris
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Paris-Dauphine University (Université Paris-Dauphine), often referred as Paris-Dauphine or Dauphine is a public research and higher education institution in Paris
. Its complete name is Universtiy of technology in sciences of organisation and decision-making of Paris-Dauphine (Université de technologie en sciences des organisations et de la décision de Paris-Dauphine). Dauphine was founded as a faculty of economic and management sciences in 1968 in the former NATO headquarters in Western Paris. Since its creation, Paris-Dauphine University has enjoyed considerable autonomy in terms of scientific and teaching innovations, and in the process has developed creating the strong identity which today unites its teachers, researchers, administrative staff and students.
In 2004, Dauphine was granted the status of grand établissement by the French Ministry for Higher Education. With this status, the admissions process is selective, not only for its Masters but also for its first year students. It also allowed the University to consolidate an ambitious project based on a coherent range of selective, vocationally oriented courses. While giving the University new freedom in its actions, this status strengthens it in its essential academic objectives: development and valorisation of research, initial training and continuing education. Beside, some laboratories are located at the university as the Lamsade
.
Dauphine is ranked 324th best University in the world according to the QS World University Rankings
, and among the best universities in France.
(Dauphine leaflet)
Some notable Professors of Dauphine such as Professor Pierre-Louis Lions
( Fields Medal
in 1994), Professor Witold Litwin (inventor of linear hashing and the only fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
in France).
, HEC, ESCP EUROPE, Sciences Po, EM LYON
, Dauphine) and is ranked among the 4 best institutions in France according to the Challenges - Who's who ranking in 2010 (ENA
, Polytechnique
, HEC, Dauphine).
National rankings
International rankings
The Magistère BFA was created in 1986 and since its early stage it has ranked among the most highly reputed French Master Degree in Banking, Finance and Insurance. The programme spans 3 full academic years and one year possibly more for an internship between the second and the third year, or one possibly more in a partner institution abroad. Indeed, partner institutions range from London School of Economics
and Political Sciences in London, Bocconi in Milano, Washington University in St. Louis
or McGill University
in Montreal to name a few.
The Magistère main objective is to provide students with all the necessary skills likely to enable them to achieve a challenging career in Market and Corporate Finance, Banking and Insurance. Indeed, courses range from not only stochastic calculus, times series-econometrics or actuarial methods to private equity or financial analysis but also economics and law.
Mphil MASEF Mathematics of Finance, Economics and Insurance
The master MASEF is a program co-organized by University Paris Dauphine and ENSAE ParisTech
. The Master is one of the first Master Mathematics of Finance in France. The program includes two study courses. Both ensure a training of high level in mathematics (stochastic calculus and control, econometrics of finance / insurance) applied to the conception and use of sophisticated models in finance, insurance or more broadly in economy.
1. Quantitative Finance and Risk Management: quantitative methods on financial markets, strong orientation to risk control and portfolio management.
2. Economy and Management of individual risks: modelling of individual behaviours and interaction (important for modelling and management of individual risks in industry, insurance and the bank world).
Master 203 Financial Markets, Commodity Markets and Risk management
The Master 203 is designed to train specialists in financial markets who put their skills to work for banks and investment firms, asset management firms, consultancies, insurance companies or major firms.
It trains students in all professions linked to investments on financial instruments markets and financing based on market techniques.
Master 225 Corporate Finance and Financial engineering
The Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering Masters Programme 225 has trained almost one thousand students to practice financial professions with high levels of responsibility. This Masters Programme provides solid training in two complementary areas of expertise: both corporate finance, and financial engineering and mergers and acquisitions, which are used above all within investment banking.
Master 272 Financial Engineering and Quantitative Economics
The Financial Engineering and Quantitative Economics Programme 272 prepares students to topics such as the techniques of quantitative finance, corporate finance, asset management and market risk management. For this, the curriculum combines the teaching of financial theory and its application in business while training students for computational methods in finance.
Master 201 Financial and Monetary Economics
The Master 201 provide an excellent program in economics and finance. The program is made with the contribution of many CEOs, financial organizations and banks. In collaboration with the Magistère BFA and Bocconi, this master is mainly focused not only on market finance but also on financial economics. Many alumni succeed as well in other sectors dealing with econometrics in optimization costs, actuarial science, or even marketing thanks to the diversity of courses.
Mphil 106 Financial and Monetary Economics is linked to the Master 201 and presents the same qualities,it is more research-axed.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Its complete name is Universtiy of technology in sciences of organisation and decision-making of Paris-Dauphine (Université de technologie en sciences des organisations et de la décision de Paris-Dauphine). Dauphine was founded as a faculty of economic and management sciences in 1968 in the former NATO headquarters in Western Paris. Since its creation, Paris-Dauphine University has enjoyed considerable autonomy in terms of scientific and teaching innovations, and in the process has developed creating the strong identity which today unites its teachers, researchers, administrative staff and students.
In 2004, Dauphine was granted the status of grand établissement by the French Ministry for Higher Education. With this status, the admissions process is selective, not only for its Masters but also for its first year students. It also allowed the University to consolidate an ambitious project based on a coherent range of selective, vocationally oriented courses. While giving the University new freedom in its actions, this status strengthens it in its essential academic objectives: development and valorisation of research, initial training and continuing education. Beside, some laboratories are located at the university as the Lamsade
Lamsade
The Lamsade is a french laboratory located in the Paris Dauphine University, it was created by Bernard Roy in 1976. Lamsade stands for Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Modélisation des Systèmes pour l'Aide à la Décision. About 70 employees work for this laboratory and six masters are associated with...
.
Dauphine is ranked 324th best University in the world according to the QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....
, and among the best universities in France.
History
International relations
Dauphine’s international relations cover:- Paris Dauphine University is also present in Tunis through the Tunis-Dauphine Institute.
- 180 agreements with more than 40 countries
- 6 joint diplomas with two universities:
- The Autonomous University of MadridAutonomous University of MadridThe Autonomous University of Madrid is one of the top university of Spain and commonly known by its Spanish initials UAM or as "la Autónoma"...
- Goethe UniversityJohann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am MainThe Goethe University Frankfurt was founded in 1914 as a Citizens' University, which means that, while it was a State university of Prussia, it had been founded and financed by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt am Main, a unique feature in German university history...
, Frankfurt
- The Autonomous University of Madrid
- 24.9% international students enrolled in various programmes or diplomas in 2004/2005, including several students from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia.
Some notable Professors of Dauphine such as Professor Pierre-Louis Lions
Pierre-Louis Lions
Pierre-Louis Lions is a French mathematician. His parents were Jacques-Louis Lions, a mathematician and at that time professor at the University of Nancy, who in particular became President of the International Mathematical Union, and Andrée Olivier, his wife...
( Fields Medal
Fields Medal
The Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union , a meeting that takes place every four...
in 1994), Professor Witold Litwin (inventor of linear hashing and the only fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
in France).
Rankings
According to the newspaper Le Nouvel Économiste, Paris-Dauphine University is ranked among the 6 best business schools in France in 2008 (ESSECESSEC
ESSEC is one of the foremost business schools and Grandes Écoles in France and one of Europe’s top business schools. It was created by Jesuits in 1907 and was originally located in the heart of Paris, next to the University of Paris II: Panthéon-Assas, rue d'Assas...
, HEC, ESCP EUROPE, Sciences Po, EM LYON
École de Management de Lyon
EMLYON Business School is a French business school. It was founded in Lyon in 1872 by the local business community, and is affiliated to the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It has triple accreditation: EQUIS by the EFMD, AMBA, and the AACSB.-Campuses:EMLYON has three campuses...
, Dauphine) and is ranked among the 4 best institutions in France according to the Challenges - Who's who ranking in 2010 (ENA
École nationale d'administration
The École Nationale d'Administration , one of the most prestigious of French graduate schools , was created in 1945 by Charles de Gaulle to democratise access to the senior civil service. It is now entrusted with the selection and initial training of senior French officials...
, Polytechnique
École Polytechnique
The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program...
, HEC, Dauphine).
National rankings
- 2010: 4th university of France according to the Challenges magazine-Who's Who ranking
International rankings
- 2011: 324th best university in the world accordind to the QS university ranking
- 2010: 97th/1000 business school of the world according to eduniversal ranking
- 2008: 64th university of the world according the Ecole Supérieure des Mines de Paris ranking
Some Masters of Sciences
Magistere Banking Finance InsuranceThe Magistère BFA was created in 1986 and since its early stage it has ranked among the most highly reputed French Master Degree in Banking, Finance and Insurance. The programme spans 3 full academic years and one year possibly more for an internship between the second and the third year, or one possibly more in a partner institution abroad. Indeed, partner institutions range from London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
and Political Sciences in London, Bocconi in Milano, Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
or McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
in Montreal to name a few.
The Magistère main objective is to provide students with all the necessary skills likely to enable them to achieve a challenging career in Market and Corporate Finance, Banking and Insurance. Indeed, courses range from not only stochastic calculus, times series-econometrics or actuarial methods to private equity or financial analysis but also economics and law.
Mphil MASEF Mathematics of Finance, Economics and Insurance
The master MASEF is a program co-organized by University Paris Dauphine and ENSAE ParisTech
École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique
The École nationale de la statistique et de l'administration économique or ENSAE is one of the French Grandes Ecoles of engineering and a member of ParisTech ....
. The Master is one of the first Master Mathematics of Finance in France. The program includes two study courses. Both ensure a training of high level in mathematics (stochastic calculus and control, econometrics of finance / insurance) applied to the conception and use of sophisticated models in finance, insurance or more broadly in economy.
1. Quantitative Finance and Risk Management: quantitative methods on financial markets, strong orientation to risk control and portfolio management.
2. Economy and Management of individual risks: modelling of individual behaviours and interaction (important for modelling and management of individual risks in industry, insurance and the bank world).
Master 203 Financial Markets, Commodity Markets and Risk management
The Master 203 is designed to train specialists in financial markets who put their skills to work for banks and investment firms, asset management firms, consultancies, insurance companies or major firms.
It trains students in all professions linked to investments on financial instruments markets and financing based on market techniques.
Master 225 Corporate Finance and Financial engineering
The Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering Masters Programme 225 has trained almost one thousand students to practice financial professions with high levels of responsibility. This Masters Programme provides solid training in two complementary areas of expertise: both corporate finance, and financial engineering and mergers and acquisitions, which are used above all within investment banking.
Master 272 Financial Engineering and Quantitative Economics
The Financial Engineering and Quantitative Economics Programme 272 prepares students to topics such as the techniques of quantitative finance, corporate finance, asset management and market risk management. For this, the curriculum combines the teaching of financial theory and its application in business while training students for computational methods in finance.
Master 201 Financial and Monetary Economics
The Master 201 provide an excellent program in economics and finance. The program is made with the contribution of many CEOs, financial organizations and banks. In collaboration with the Magistère BFA and Bocconi, this master is mainly focused not only on market finance but also on financial economics. Many alumni succeed as well in other sectors dealing with econometrics in optimization costs, actuarial science, or even marketing thanks to the diversity of courses.
Mphil 106 Financial and Monetary Economics is linked to the Master 201 and presents the same qualities,it is more research-axed.
Alumni
- Jacques Aigran, ex-Chairman of Swiss ReSwiss ReSwiss Reinsurance Company Ltd , generally known as Swiss Re, is a Swiss reinsurance company. It is the world’s second-largest reinsurer, after having acquired GE Insurance Solutions. The company has its headquarters in Zurich...
- Thierry AimarThierry AimarThierry Aimar, born 1966, is a French specialist of the Austrian School of Economics and History of Economic Thought.-Biography:Thierry Aimar is assistant Professor of Economics at Sciences Po, Paris and the Nancy 2 University ; he also teaches at Paris Dauphine University and ESSEC...
, French economist, specialist of the Austrian School of Economics and History of Economic ThoughtHistory of economic thoughtThe history of economic thought deals with different thinkers and theories in the subject that became political economy and economics from the ancient world to the present day... - Olivier BlanchardOlivier BlanchardOlivier Jean Blanchard is currently the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, a post he has held since September 1, 2008. He is also the Class of 1941 Professor of Economics at MIT, though he is currently on leave. Blanchard is one of the most cited economists in the world, according...
, International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
chief economist - Yannick Bolloré, ex-chairman of Bolloré
- Bruno Bonnel, ex-Chairman of Infogrames
- Elie Cohen, French economist
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanNicolas Dupont-AignanNicolas Dupont-Aignan is a French gaullist and souverainist politician. He has been a MP of the Essonne's 8th constituency since 1997 and a mayor of Yerres, Essonne since 1995....
, French politician and president of Debout La Republique - Jean-Luc Gérard, Chairman of Ford France
- Arnaud LagardèreArnaud LagardèreArnaud Lagardère, born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, on March 18, 1961, is the son of Jean-Luc Lagardère, the former chairman of Matra and Hachette...
, Chairman of the Board of Directors of EADSEADSThe European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. is a global pan-European aerospace and defence corporation and a leading defence and military contractor worldwide... - Alessandrina Lerner (Sandrine Cornet), author
- Marc LevyMarc LevyMarc Levy is a French novelist.Levy was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine. At the age of 18, he joined the French Red Cross where he spent six years. In parallel, he studied management and computers at Paris-Dauphine University.In 1983, he created a company specializing in computer...
, author - Thierry Morin, Chairman of ValeoValeoValeo is a French automotive components manufacturer.-History:The Société Anonyme Française du Ferodo was founded in 1923 in Saint-Ouen, a suburb of Paris...
- François Pierson, Chairman of AXAAXAAXA S.A. is a French global insurance group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. AXA is a conglomerate of independently run businesses, operated according to the laws and regulations of many different countries. The AXA group of companies engage in life, health and other forms of...
France - Jean-Marc Sylvestre, French journalist
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of "Fooled by randomness" and "Black Swan"
- Jean TiroleJean TiroleJean Marcel Tirole is a French professor of economics. He works on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and economics and psychology. Tirole is director of the Jean-Jacques Laffont Foundation at the Toulouse School of Economics, and scientific director of the Industrial...
, economist and author of "The Theory of Corporate Finance, Princeton University Press 2006" - Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of BeninBeninBenin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...
- Cédric VillaniCédric VillaniCédric Villani is a French mathematician working primarily on partial differential equations and mathematical physics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010.-Biography:...
, awarded the Fields MedalFields MedalThe Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union , a meeting that takes place every four...
in 2010
Honorary degree
- John CampbellJohn Campbell- British political figures :* John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun , Lord Chancellor of Scotland, President of the Privy Council* John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll , Scottish soldier, Lord Steward, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey...
, professor of economics at Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country... - Ronald FaginRonald FaginRonald Fagin is the Manager of the Foundations of Computer Science group at the IBM Almaden Research Center. He is best known for his pioneering work in database theory, finite model theory, and reasoning about knowledge...
, computer scientist at IBM Almaden Research Center - Eleanor Fox, professor at New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
- Jim Gray, computer scientist and Turing award winner
- Olivier Hart, professor of economics at Harvard University
- Paul JoskowPaul JoskowPaul Lewis Joskow became President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on January 1, 2008. He is also the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, Emeritus at MIT. He has served on the MIT faculty since 1972. From 1994 through 1998 he was Head of the MIT Department of Economics...
, professor at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in... - Ehud KalaiEhud KalaiEhud Kalai is a prominent American game theorist and mathematical economist known for his contributions to the field of game theory and its interface with economics, social choice, computer science and operations research. He is the James J...
, professor at Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
and author of Kalai-Smorodinsky model - Hayne Ellis Leland, professor at University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
- Henry MintzbergHenry MintzbergProfessor Henry Mintzberg, is an internationally renowned academic and author on business and management. He is currently the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he has been teaching since...
, professor of management at McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university... - Edmund PhelpsEdmund PhelpsEdmund Strother Phelps, Jr. is an American economist and the winner of the 2006 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Early in his career he became renowned for his research at Yale's Cowles Foundation in the first half of the 1960s on the sources of economic growth...
, professor at Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and author of golden rule savings rateGolden Rule savings rateIn economics, the Golden Rule savings rate is the rate of savings which maximizes steady state level or growth of consumption , as for example in the Solow growth model... - Myron ScholesMyron ScholesMyron Samuel Scholes is a Canadian-born American financial economist who is best known as one of the authors of the Black–Scholes equation. In 1997 he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for a method to determine the value of derivatives...
, economist and author of Black-Scholes model and Nobel prize - Robert J. Shiller, professor of finance at Yale School of ManagementYale School of ManagementThe Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The School offers Master of Business Administration and Ph.D. degree programs. As of January 2011, 454 students were enrolled in its MBA...
- Helmut Siekmann, professor at University of California, Berkeley
- Melchior WatheletMelchior WatheletMelchior H.M.J.F.C. Wathelet is a Belgian politician and member of the Humanist Democratic Centre. He has degrees in law and in economics and is a Master of Laws . He's also a professor at the Catholic University of Louvain and the Université de Liège...
, Belgian politician