The Erasmus Center for Financial Training (ECFT) is the training center for financial professionals at the Rotterdam School of Economics in the Erasmus University of Rotterdam

The School has a strong reputation in producing excellent research in finance and economics, both theoretical and decision-oriented. It has a rich and long tradition as the oldest economics department in the Netherlands. Two of its professors, J. Tinbergen and T.C. Koopmans, received the Nobel Prize for their contributions.

Recent research output in both finance and economics has been qualified by external examiners as outstanding and of the highest practical relevance. This is reflected in a strong corporate interest in the research of the School. Faculty members are regularly invited by firms, banks, and other institutions to provide advice, to develop financial decision tools and to conduct applied research.

CERAM is located in the Sophia Antipolis technology park, near Nice in the South of France.

CERAM Sophia Antipolis is a French grande école, one of several academic institutions and research centers in a leading European technology park just outside Antibes. Together with 1,300 high technology companies in the park, this has created a real concentration of energy and activity in an outstanding natural setting.

The French Riviera is a uniquely Mediterranean region with a famous quality of life. XFM students will study in a leading school with a strong program in finance. The legendary cities of Nice, St.-Tropez, Monaco are nearby, and there are are low cost airline connections from Nice Airport.