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For graduates
Programmes that sit alongside a degree, adding the practical and specialist capability finance hires for.
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FFET is FFOI’s authorised training entity. It delivers every programme certified by the Finance Forum of India: high-value programmes in lasting demand, built on financial adaptive skills.
PROGRAMMES FFET TRAINS FOR
Support, Complement or Substitute
FFOI designs every programme for a clear role in a learner’s education. Upskill programmes support graduates and complement postgraduate studies. Upscale programmes substitute conventional business-school pathways.
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UPSKILL
Complement
For postgraduates
Specialist depth that builds on a postgraduate education and turns it toward the asset-class markets.
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UPSCALE
Substitute
For finance at the core
A specialist pathway in place of a conventional business-school route, taken directly or through an institution.
UPSKILL PROGRAMMES
Support Graduates. Complement Postgraduates.
Certificate courses in finance that work alongside formal education, adding the practical and specialist capability that finance roles demand. Many learners take them as finance courses after graduation.
Finedge - बाराखडी of Finance
The foundation of finance.
Accounts, valuation thinking, capital markets, macroeconomics, business communication, language and Excel, brought together into a structured foundation across the financial discipline. Everything else in the FFOI catalogue builds on what Finedge establishes.
CFE - Certificate in Financial Engineering
The quantitative core of finance.
A structured progression across financial engineering, hedge fund operations and Alternative Investment Funds, bringing together pricing, risk and structuring. Learners enter at their level and progress deeper into the discipline.
Investment Banking Operations Programme
The operational core of institutional finance.
An investment banking course built on trade lifecycle, settlements and institutional workflows: the processes that keep transactions moving across investment banking and capital markets. Built around the work that happens behind every transaction.
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The discipline of market intelligence.
Real-time market intelligence, financial research and financial journalism: the ability to follow markets, investigate them, form informed views and communicate them with clarity.
UPSCALE PROGRAMMES
Substitute Conventional Business-School Pathways
Upscale programmes are built for learners who want finance at the core of their education: specialist capability, technical depth and professional readiness. They are delivered in three forms.
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MFE - Masters in Financial Engineering
Substitute · The flagship pathway
FFOI's most complete financial engineering education: pricing, risk, structuring, quantitative methods and the operations behind them, from first principles to professional capability. For those who want finance to be the whole of their education.
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PGP in Financial Engineering
Substitute · The direct pathway
An intensive, practitioner-led route into financial engineering: the same technical core, concentrated on applied capability and taught by people who have worked the markets. For those who want depth without delay.
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Powered: Institutional Programmes
Upscale, delivered through the institution
AICTE-approved and university-affiliated institutions adopt the Upscale standard within their MBA in finance and related degrees, in two forms, Pre and Post. The institution awards the degree; FFOI brings the engine beneath it: Financial Adaptive Skills, FAAT assessment, specialist finance pathways and an industry-built curriculum.
Pre · PostUPCOMING BATCHES
Programmes, Fees and Batch Dates
The next FFET batch for each programme. Admissions, fees and enrolment are handled by FFET, and a programme counsellor will take you through the schedule and payment options.
| Programme | Programme Fee | Upcoming Batch |
|---|---|---|
| Finedge - बाराखडी of Finance | ₹35,000 | 15 November 2026 |
| Investment Banking Operations Programme (IBOP) | ₹1,25,000 | 19 December 2026 |
| CFE - Certificate in Financial Engineering | ₹1,50,000 | 21 January 2027 |
| Certified Financial Analyst | ₹1,25,000 | 16 February 2027 |
Fees are payable to FFET. FFOI evaluation is registered for separately, on a date from the evaluation calendar.
HOW IT WORKS
Trained by FFET. Certified by FFOI.
The next FFET batch for each programme. Admissions, fees and enrolment are handled by FFET, and a programme counsellor will take you through the schedule and payment options.
Find the pathway that fits where you stand.
All training programmes are delivered by the Finance Forum Education Trust (FFET), the authorised training entity by FFOI. FFET and FFOI are separate and independent entities, and any enrolment, payment or other transaction for training is solely with FFET. FFOI certifications are awarded independently by FFOI through assessment and are not degrees. FFOI and FFET are not UGC or AICTE-approved institutions, and no programme listed is a degree awarded by either; under Powered, the degree is awarded by the partner institution.