StudyQA — Master: Finance — University of Cambridge

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The Cambridge MFin is a one year, full time post experience Masters degree taught at Cambridge Judge Business School. It provides an academically rigorous and commercially relevant programme, enabling finance professionals to consolidate their existing experience and develop their future careers in finance. The programme has access to a strong network of finance practitioners and institutions to help deliver its goal of a rigorous but commercially relevant programme. The MFin degree also comprises non-financial material which enables students to broaden their experience at Cambridge beyond finance, develop interpersonal skills and engage in various career development workshops.

Aims of the Programme

A rigorous and intensive training in finance for students with very strong academic qualifications and several years’ experience in professional finance;
Gain a rigorous grounding in the core concepts, an understanding of applied finance and the chance to integrate theory and practice.

Learning Outcomes

Students will gain a sound understanding of finance theory, financial products, financial reporting, valuation, etc., derived from a programme of core courses. Students will also acquire detailed understanding of a selection of specialist areas, such as investment management, derivatives and private equity, derived from elective courses and project work.

Students will also develop the following skills:

How to inform and make rational financial decisions;
How to cooperate with members of a team to complete group projects and presentations.

Core courses

Introduction to Derivatives
Econometrics
Economic Foundations of Finance
Financial Institutions & Markets
Financial Reporting & Analysis
Fundamentals of Credit
Principles of Finance
Management Lecture Series
Management Practice
Financial Modelling Workshops

Electives

Lent Term

Advanced Corporate Finance
Further Derivatives
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Topics in Investment Management

Easter / Summer Term

Advanced Credit
Advanced Derivatives
Further Econometrics: Time Series
Asian Capital Markets
Behavioural Finance
International Macroeconomics & Finance
Principles of Financial Regulation
Real Estate Finance & Investments
Risk Management & Hedging in Markets
The Coming of Modern Capital Markets
Venture Capital & the Entrepreneurial World

Specific minimum requirements

Undergraduate academic achievement	At least a high UK 2:1 or equivalent (GPA 3.6 or higher), although a First Class degree is strongly preferred.
Professional experience	All students require a minimum of two years' graduate work experience in a finance-related role. If you have only one year of finance-related work experience you may still be eligible to apply if you have at least one additional year of professional experience relevant to a future career in finance. Please contact the admissions team for further information.
English proficiency	English as your native language or IELTS - 7.5 with no element below 7.0 or or TOEFL - 110, with no element below 25 or CAE minimum score of Grade A or CPE minimum score of Grade A, B or C
Maths & stats proficiency	A willingness to reach the necessary level of maths and statistics.
Skills & competencies	Ambition and a willingness to work hard, as there will be a lot to cover in the programme. Evidence of good interpersonal communication and teamworking skills, in addition to numeracy, problem-solving and reasoning skills.
Three references	A supervisor reference A peer/team member reference An academic reference