Master of Finance at Emory University

Programme overview

A STEM-designated master's degree in finance created by finance industry professionals, built around experiential learning, exposure to practitioners and hands-on work in the Finance Lab. The programme is CFA-affiliated and its curriculum broadly aligns with the CFA Program curriculum.

Faculty: Goizueta Business School | Department: Finance | Duration: 10 months (16 months with summer internship and nine additional elective credit hours) | Study mode: full-time | Intake: August start | Location: Atlanta, GA, United States

What you will study

Begins with August finance bootcamps, then Fall Term I courses including Equities and Derivatives, Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, Coding for Financial Insights and Data Visualization, plus a Finance Lab practicum on international economics, trade and research. Students use R Studio, Python, Power BI, Bloomberg and LSEG, and can specialise in areas such as algorithmic trading and FinTech.

Career pathways

Common career paths include valuations and deals advisory, corporate finance and FP&A, equity research and asset management, and finance and M&A consulting.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Undergraduate degree in any discipline with strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills demonstrated by coursework, internship or test scores; enthusiasm for the finance industry; up to 2 years of professional finance experience (including internships) or 8 or fewer years in other fields, though no work experience is required; strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Prior finance, economics or programming knowledge is not required.

Intake: August start

Duration: 10 months (16 months with summer internship and nine additional elective credit hours)

Apply through the official page: https://goizueta.emory.edu/masters-in-finance/admissions

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