The EMP delivers a professional education that combines academic excellence and real-world experience.  It is based on a multidisciplinary approach aimed at broadening our understanding of development and the role that microfinance can play in fighting poverty.

The European Microfinance Programme covers :

• General management;
• Development issues and their link to microfinance;
• Tools for financial analysis;
• Microeconomics, contracting and financial products;
• Macroeconomics and regulation;
• Organizations and markets structures;
• Rural and urban microfinance issues.

The EMP certificate is accessible through three different Master programmes :

• A one-year programme : European Master in Microfinance (Master Complémentaire Conjoint en Microfinance, Académie Universitaire Wallonie-Bruxelles), accessible to candidates having already a Masters Degree.
• Second year of the Master in International Development Studies (Wageningen Universiteit)
• Second year of the Master en Développement durable applique (Université Paris Dauphine)

However, admissions are centralised (see Admission and application).