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A NEW GENERATION OF

Master of Finance Program

 July July - Aug Sept - Dec January Feb - May
Orientation Summer Term Fall Term Winter Period Spring Term
Navigating MIT Finance Theory Financial Markets Independent Activities Analytics of Finance
Building Your Network Corporate Financial Accounting Financial Engineering Finance Research Practicum SM
Consumer Finance & Financial Products
Communication & Culture Fundamentals of Financial Corporate Finance Fixed Income Securities & Derivatives
Mathematics Advanced Corporate Finance Mergers, Acquisitions and PE
Advanced Financial Mathematics Finance Ethics & Social Responsibility International Finance - Capital Markets
Options and Futures Markets Healthcare Finance (alternates with Fin

SOLID Entrepreneurial Finance & Venture Capital Market Dynamics)

18-MONTH FORMAT additional terms
Proseminar in Capital Markets / Investment Functional & Strategic Finance

FOUNDATION June - August

2nd Summer
September - December
2nd Fall
Management
Proseminar in Corporate Finance /
Asset Management, Lifecycle Investing and
Retirement Finance
The MIT Sloan Master of Finance program provides Practical Training Internship Complete Degree Requirements Investment Banking Masters Thesis (optional)
Additional Electives
a rigorous study of finance and its application to
Masters Thesis (optional) ACTION LEARNING LABS
addressing financial and economic challenges
facing our world today. This STEM designated
program has a comprehensive curriculum led by
world-renowned faculty.

Immerse yourself in the core courses of financial mathe-

matics, corporate financial accounting, and theoretical

CURRICULUM
finance during the summer term. In the remainder of

BUILD YOUR
the program, continue your deep dive by combining
advanced core courses with graduate-level, finance-
related electives, and courses from other departments The MFin experience is delivered in
both12-month and 18-month formats and
at MIT. Gain specialized experience by pursuing an
is a combination of required courses and
optional MFin concentration taking additional electives
electives. The same degree requirements
in one of these areas:
would be completed over three or four
•• Financial Engineering semesters. The 18-month format gives
•• Capital Markets students the opportunity to complete an
•• Corporate Finance internship during their second summer
Learn More and additional coursework in the fall.
 The Finance Research PracticumSM is a key JOB ACCEPTANCES BY

FINANCE RESEARCH PRACTICUM

element of the MFin program. Student teams GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
partner with leading industry practitioners

IN DEMAND to work on substantive projects focused on

North America 64% Europe 7%
important topical finance problems. Asia 27% South America 2%

2016 full-time Sample projects include:

employment report
• B uilding a model using macro data to predict returns to
Finance

TOP INDUSTRIES
bonds for the most liquid 17 emerging/frontier markets
for a large NYC-based emerging markets debt fund. • Banks 25.5%
Career core helps you refine your career plans and • Investment Management 23.6%
teaches you the skills to conduct a successful job • R esearching ESG factors that can predict stock perfor- • Diversified Financial Services 9.1%
mance, including board composition, and women in senior • Private Equity 3.6%
search, whether you are here for 12 months looking
management for a Boston-based large ESG manager.
for a full-time job or for 18 months looking for a Consulting 21.8%
summer internship. The Career Development Office • C onducting a deep dive into fundamental research on Technology 9.1%
connects MIT Sloan students with the world’s leading international/emerging markets trading opportunities in Retail 5.5%
companies and organizations. convertible debt for a Boston-based asset manager. Energy 1.8%

INTEGRATE &
92% Graduates who receive job offers within
3 months of graduation

Select employers
AIG
Arrowstreet Capital
Bain & Company
BlackRock
The Boston
Consulting Group
China International
Capital Corporation
Citadel
Deloitte Consulting
Fidelity Investments
Fredericks Michael & Co.
Goldman Sachs
COLLABORATE
JPMorgan Chase & Co. “ The reason why I came to MIT is that it is not only a MIT Sloan alumni are a valuable resource for making “MIT Sloan has the most renowned and at the same time
Man Group research powerhouse where so many impactful finance professional connections and gaining insight into down-to-earth faculty. They are a valuable resource not
theories originated but also because MIT is the place where only in the classroom, but also for research opportunities,
McKinsey & Company what it takes to become a true leader. Our graduates
cutting-edge research meets industry’s best practices.” job referrals and so much more. From Nobel laureates to
Microsoft Corporation are leading nations, conducting cutting-edge research,
leaders of the financial industry: as long as you are willing
Jakub Lenart, MFin 2017 and heading up organizations that are changing the
Morgan Stanley to reach out, they are willing to help.”
world. You will find yourself immersed in a community
MSCI Tessa Xie, MFin 2017
that thrives on building genuine relationships, offering
Putnam Investments support, and celebrating success.
State Street Global
Advisors
UBS
 AVERAGE GRE AVERAGE GMAT
37 % MIT SLOAN PORTFOLIO

GENDER
DIVERSITY
168 QUANT
726 OF PROGRAMS
130 170 200 800 FEMALE The School provides educational opportunities for
leaders through all stages of their careers.
159 VERBAL

MBA, Master of Finance (MFin), Master of Business

Math and Science: 30%

63%
UNDERGRADUATE
MAJORS

Analytics (MBAn), Leaders for Global Operations

Business and Commerce: 28%

29 COUNTRIES (LGO), MIT Executive MBA, Sloan Fellows Program,

Humanities/Arts and
Social Sciences: 26% REPRESENTED MALE Undergraduate Program, PhD
(including Economics)
Engineering: 12%
134k+ MIT alumni

NETWORK
Computer Science: 4%

3.67 17.4

ALUMNI
24k+ MIT Sloan Alumni
MONTHS
90 Countries
CLASS OF 2018 PROFILE Average GPA
(out of 4.0)
Average full-time work
experience (includes internships) 90+ MIT and MIT Sloan Clubs around the world
n=119 (as of July 2017), includes participants in the 18-month format graduating in February 2019

LEADING &
As an MFin student, you have access to a diverse,
supportive community of students, faculty, and

LEARNING
industry leaders from across MIT Sloan—and
beyond. Study with Andrew W. Lo, Robert C.
Merton, Leonid Kogan, Antoinette Schoar, and
other faculty who have profoundly shaped finance Practice your leadership skills and enhance your
theory and practice. experience on campus, in the workplace and beyond.
Students may participate in our LC2 – Leading,
Learning, Communicating, Contributing: Leadership
50 MIT Sloan Finance Group Full-Time and Development for MFins. LC2 is offered in collabora-
Visiting Faculty
tion with the MIT Leadership Center through several
More than 4,000 MIT and MIT Sloan alumni across workshops, such as Public Speaking, Presenting Data,
industries have volunteered to share their wealth of Understanding Teamwork Styles, and Effective Teams.
experience as professional mentors
60+ Active Student Clubs
20 Professional Industry Conferences

“Our Financial Engineering course was created specifically
with MFins in mind and includes a range of advanced
techniques to get you to the frontier of the industry today.
It covers a range of topics from stochastic calculus appli-
cations to pricing derivatives, to dynamic optimization and
models of portfolio choice to equilibrium models. The way
we teach and the way we learn is very much hands on and
prepares you for what is to come when you graduate.”
Leonid Kogan, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Professor
of Management, Professor of Finance
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