Master of Finance (Enhanced)

Melbourne Business School’s new Master of Finance (Enhanced) has been designed to equip you with specialist technical knowledge preparing you for a career in the ever-evolving finance sector, whilst also offering you the opportunity to take full advantage of our student experience options for electives and exchange.

Why study a Master of Finance (Enhanced) with the Melbourne Business School?

1. Join a new boutique program for a small, high calibre cohort: limited number of students admitted each semester
2. Integrated with industry: participate in-class simulations or in a Practicum subject, completing a real consulting project in industry, learn from regular industry-guest lectures
3. Delivering what industry needs: this is an academically rigorous and highly technical program while also emphasising key skills like ethics and communication
4. Skill-up for the new frontiers of finance: students can take electives in new subjects like Fintech and Data Analysis
5. Learn from the best: the University of Melbourne is consistently ranked among the world's top universities for Finance.

The Master of Finance (Enhanced) is a specialist finance degree that provides you with comprehensive training and knowledge that goes beyond a finance major in an undergraduate degree.

Melbourne Business School also offers an 18-month Master of Finance if you’re interested in a shorter program with the same core subjects and level of CFA recognition.

If you have not previously studied finance, you could consider our Master of Management (Finance).

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The new Master of Finance (Enhanced) degree aims to provide graduates with:

• A practical career-oriented program
• Detailed knowledge of the operations and activities of financial markets
• An understanding of financial management principles and their application to financial policy
• A comprehensive understanding of Australian and international financial markets
• A comprehensive knowledge of various asset classes and the operation of the markets in these asset classes
• An applied knowledge of specialised aspects of the finance industry

Professional Recognition

This program covers at least 70% of all 3 levels of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge topics, the CFA Institute ethical and professional standards and other CFA Program Partner requirements. Recognition as a CFA Affiliated University signals to students, employers and the marketplace that the university curriculum is closely tied to professional practice and is well suited to preparing students to sit for the CFA exams.

CFA Institute®

The University of Melbourne is a participant in the University Affiliation Program of the CFA Institute, the global association for investment professionals that awards the prestigious CFA designation. The Master of Finance covers at least 70% of all three levels of the CFA program candidate body of knowledge (CBOK) topics, the CFA Institute ethical and professional standards, and other CFA program partner requirements. Recognition as a CFA Affiliated University signals to students, employers and the marketplace that the university curriculum is closely tied to professional practice and is well suited to preparing students to sit for the CFA exams.

As part of the affiliation, students in the Master of Finance (Enhanced) are eligible for scholarships, access to CFA Institute curriculums, journals, webcasts, and other educational resources.

CPA PROGRAM

CPA program graduates who enrol in the Master of Finance (Enhanced) can receive credit for one of the following subjects:

• Accounting For Decision Making
• Financial Statement Analysis

Don't meet the prerequisite subject requirements?

You may have the option to enrol in specific single subjects through the University's Community Access Program, even if you are not enrolled in a course. Completing these prerequisite subjects may qualify you for entry into this course. This option is not available to student visa holders or applicants. Learn more about single subject study.

English language requirements

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. This may be achieved in a number of ways, including recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test. If you are from a non-English speaking background, the required standard of English for this degree is one of the following English proficiency test scores:

• English language test score requirements

• If you need to undertake an English language test, you must meet one of the scores* below:

  IELTS

  7.0

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  with no band less than 6.5

  TOEFL

  94+

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  with writing 24; speaking 20; reading 19; listening 20

  PEARSON

  72+

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  with written communicative skill of 65 and no other communicative skill below 64

  CAMBRIDGE

  185+

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  with no skill less than 176

  *Accepted tests: IELTS (Academic English Only); TOEFL Internet-based test; Pearson Test of English Academic; Cambridge English: Advanced/Certificate of Advanced English (CAE). If a test displays N/A, it means it is not accepted for this course.

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