Gain Valuable Skills
As a Master of Finance (MFin) student, you’ll lean into a wide range of concepts ideal for a career in corporate finance, risk management or asset management. You’ll also put your quantitative skills to full use as you explore concepts and tools, such as:
- Big data and machine learning in finance
- Corporate and credit risk management
- Credit risk modeling
- Financial data analytics
- Financial strategy
- Institutional asset management
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Portfolio management
- Python
- Quantitative investment
- SAS
- Valuation and business modeling
- Venture capital and private equity
“Doing hands-on projects allowed me to better understand model development, quantitative analytics and technical programming. I was more than prepared to explore the finance world after graduating.”
Xinyue (Sherry) Zhang
Master of Finance ’16 | Risk Analyst, World Bank Group
Experience for the Real World
Consult for a real company
Work with a real company to help them solve a finance-related challenge.
Manage a portfolio in real time
Put your finance skills to the test by managing a portion of Maryland Smith's Global Equity Fund.
Prepare for certification exams
Prepare for the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) and Financial Risk Management (FRM) exams.
“Professor Kozak went above and beyond to make sure I had a deep understanding of the material.”
Michelle Weinfeld
Master of Finance ’20
Forensic Investigation and Litigation Support Associate, BDO USA
Learn from Expert Faculty
Your professors are savvy, well-connected finance leaders whose research has changed the world of finance. They will push you to take your skills to the next level and offer valuable guidance as you navigate your coursework and career.
Albert "Pete" Kyle
His seminal 1985 paper, nicknamed Kyle '85 by Nobel laureates and others, changed the thinking on the way markets operate
Co-creator of an entire field of finance research – market microstructure
Expert in market microstructure, corporate finance, asset pricing and management and private equity
Liu Yang
Founding executive director of the Federal Statistical Research Data Center at Maryland Smith
Expert in mergers and acquisitions, investments, and corporate governance
Russ Wermers
Allen J. Krowe Teaching Award Recipient
Expert in Securities Markets, Microfinance, Quantitative Equity Strategy and Stock Price Setting for Institutional Investors
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FACULTY QUALITY
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RESEARCH, WORLDWIDE
(Financial Times, 2018)
