Why? Because our faculty have shaped finance theory and markets for more than 100 years. At Booth, you’ll study with these preeminent scholars whose groundbreaking ideas continue to create enduring global impact.
Our immersive program offers a rigorous, discipline-based course of study that’s rooted in advanced quantitative methods in finance.
At the same time, you’ll build the strong critical-thinking and analytical skills that today’s finance firms seek. We don’t teach you what to think—we teach you how to think.
You’ll also receive course flexibility, career support, and the option to apply course credit toward earning a Booth MBA.
Our program is for accomplished recent college graduates like you: curious and analytical thinkers who are passionate about finance. Here’s how the program takes shape.
Months to complete the program. Students complete an internship during the summer after their first three quarters of courses.
Core courses required.
Elective courses required. Students have the option of selecting one of three areas of specialization to help fulfill their elective requirements: Asset Management, Investment Banking, or Fintech.
Electives from which you can choose.
We kick off the Master in Finance Program with our two-week Boothcamp experience in Chicago. Boothcamp begins in late August and provides you with foundational skills to help you thrive in the program and in the workplace.
You will take a co-curricular course, Succeeding in the Workplace, as a complement to your foundational coursework. The course begins during Boothcamp and continues into the Autumn Quarter.
Our MiF curriculum offers a deep dive into advanced topics in finance and quantitative methods. Core courses give you a solid grounding in the building blocks of finance, while electives allow you to hone your skills in a particular area of interest and stand out in the job market.
You’ll take four core courses and nine electives for a total of 13 courses. Five of your electives will be in finance, and you will choose the remaining four from a large subset of MBA courses. You can tailor your finance electives to match your career goals by choosing one of three areas of specialization. Students who have already taken finance earlier in their education may qualify for core course substitutions, which may allow them to jump right away into advanced electives.
Students start taking courses in the Autumn Quarter and spread their coursework over four quarters, including a required summer internship.
You will take these four required core courses as a cohort with your classmates.
Students who select Asset Management as their area of specialization must complete any four of the courses listed below.
Students who select Investment Banking as their area of specialization must complete any four of the courses listed below.
Students who select Fintech as their area of specialization must complete any four of the courses listed below.
You’ll complete a total of nine electives as a Master in Finance student: five in finance and four chosen from an array of Booth MBA courses. Your electives are an opportunity to enhance or broaden the knowledge and skills you gain in the core courses. Most of your electives are taken with MBA students.
Boothcamp kicks off your graduate program experience in August, before the start of your first quarter. It also prepares you for your coursework: Boothcamp includes an intensive course on Python coding for data analysis that will allow you to hit the classroom running.
With our Succeeding in the Workplace course, you learn the fundamentals of professional success from the very start of your time at Booth. This 10-week cocurricular course starts during Boothcamp and runs into Autumn Quarter.
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