Overview

The Master of Finance is a specialist degree suitable if you are a graduate who has completed a finance major in your undergraduate degree program and you are looking to develop your finance skills by studying more advanced finance topics. The Master of Finance has been developed and is managed … For more content click the Read More button below.

Program Structure

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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements

Program Requirements

Progression Requirements

Progression rules are in accordance with university policy.

For more information on university policy on progression requirements please visit Academic Progression

Associated Programs

Similar Program

Master of Commerce - MCom8404 - Commerce
Master of Financial Analysis - MFinAn8413 - Financial Analysis
Master of Commerce (Extension) - MCom(Extn)8417 - Commerce (Extension)

Professional Outcomes

Accreditations

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute

Professional Recognition

Graduates are eligible to apply for Senior Associate membership with the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) after five years of work experience in financial services. The Master of Finance is accredited by the University Affiliation Program of the CFA Institute. The Master of Finance curricula is closely tied to professional practice and can help students prepare for the CFA examinations. Students may apply for CFA Scholarship via the CFA Institute platform.

Career Opportunities

You will gain a competitive advantage in your financial career, by acquiring knowledge in theories and practical techniques allowing you to specialise in an area based on your professional development needs and chosen career path.

Recognition of Achievement

Award with Excellence
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The Award with Excellence is awarded in coursework masters programs, including Masters (Extension) but with the exception of Masters (Extended) such as JD and MD, when a Weighted Average Mean (WAM) of at least 80% has been achieved and at least 50% of the requirements of the award are completed at UNSW. All eligible programs will award 'with Excellence' except in special circumstances where approval of Academic Board has been given for a program to opt out.

Additional Information

Students who are not graduates of Australian or NZ universities

For students who have studied at overseas universities, the normal minimum academic requirement is the equivalent of a credit average grade (65%) from an Australian university, as determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Entry Calculator. Details on assessment will be determined by your grading system so it is important that this is attached with your transcript when you apply.

Note: Applicants from non-211 universities in China wishing to study Postgraduate Coursework in the UNSW Business School, must achieve a minimum overall average of 88 in their current university’s grading system. This is equivalent to an 85% Australian scaled average using the calculator.

We will use the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI-NOOSR). They are the government body that provides official information on the comparability of overseas qualifications with Australian qualifications using the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as our benchmark.

In those countries where an equivalent grade has not been established, the following will be taken into consideration:

  • The standard and content of the undergraduate program completed, and
  • The standard of the institution from which the qualifications were obtained
  • Indian universities award different types of bachelor and master degrees, with different requirements in terms of length of study. At a minimum, applicants would be required to have a 3-year bachelor degree or professional bachelor degree and provide all individual marksheets.
  • Iranian universities award different types of bachelor degrees, with different requirements in terms of length of study. At a minimum, applicants would be required to have a 4-year bachelor degree.

Further Information

Please note that these requirements may be subject to change. Students should always follow the program requirements according to the year they started their degree. For more information please visit Previous UNSW Online Handbooks

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Program Fees

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