Finance plays a key role in the health of an overall economy. It helps companies to make investment and financing decisions as well as plan the growth of the business. All business functions are related to financial decisions, rather a big or a small company, they all face decisions about how to fund their projects and to manage their budgets.

If you are interested in developing a career in the fields of finance and accounting, the first step is to access to top education on the field. We have made a list of the best departments in finance and accounting in universities in Europe. The following list is organized alphabetically and compiles rankings such as QS rankings  and ranking of best universities for financial studies by the Financial Times.

Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen, Denmark

European School of Management and Technology  ESMT

Berlin, Germany

Department of Management, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Zurich, Switzerland

Accounting, Law & Finance Department, Grenoble School of Business

Grenoble, Switzerland

Department of Finance, HEC School of Management

Paris, France

Henley School of Business

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

IE Business School

Madrid, Spain

Finance Department, INSEAD            

Fontainebleau, France

Department of Finance, London Business School

London, United Kingdom

Department of Finance, London School of Economics

London, United Kingdom

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

Skema Business School

Lille, France

Department of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

Swiss Finance Institute

Zurich, Switzerland

Warwick Business School,  University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

Department of Finance, Tilburg University

Tilburg, Netherlands

Department of Finance, Bocconi University

Milan, Italy

Finance Department, University of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

School of Finance, University of St. Gallen

St. Gallen, Switzerland

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