Study at a university ranked in the top 1% in the world for finance* and delve into the modern financial techniques underpinning investment, financing, and risk management decisions of multinational corporations with Deakin’s Master of Finance. Learn about financial markets, corporate governance, corporate finance, derivative securities, and portfolio management. You will also be exposed to new knowledge areas such as FinTech, Business Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence.
The coursework and research components have been designed to enhance professional practice in a range of financial domains, which may be of particular interest to you if you’re currently working as a finance professional.
Develop analytical skills for making key financial management decisions, incorporating time-value-of money and risk-return analysis, plus learn how to apply financial knowledge to solve real-world financial decision problems. Through practice, you will become adept at various digital technologies used to process complex financial data, information, and ideas.
Financial Planning
- MAI769 - Ethics for Financial Services (Intensive)
As a requirement of education standards provided by the Financial Adviser Standards (FAS), the unit develops students' appreciation of ethics and their ability to evaluate and apply ethical principles in the decision-making process in financial planning.
- MAI728 - Financial Behaviour and Decision Making (Intensive)
The Financial Planning professional must be able to build a deep understanding of their client’s needs and be able to anticipate issues many clients may not have considered.
- MLI714 - Financial Advice Regulation (Intensive)
This unit gives students an advanced and integrated understanding of Financial Advice Regulation in Australia, including the relevant sections of Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
- Plus 1 credit point from:
Financial Planning and Economic Fundamentals MAA745
Business Law MLC707
Principles of Income Tax Law MLC703
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Delivery mode
This course is available in the following study modes:
Locations
221 Burwood Highway, Burwood 3125
Entry Requirements
There are no formal academic requirements
Academic requirements
To be considered for admission to this degree (without admission credit applied*) you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
- completion of a bachelor degree or higher in any discipline
Related discipline degree: A 'related discipline' award for this course is a Bachelor degree in Finance, or a Bachelor degree in Commerce or Management or Business with a major sequence in Finance.
Relevant work experience: Relevant work experience is business experience in either a finance role or a managerial position with business oversight responsibilities in a finance related field, such as financial consulting, financial analysis, treasury management, corporate finance, fund management and banking.
English language proficiency requirements
To meet the English language proficiency requirements of this course, you will need to demonstrate at least one of the following:
- bachelor degree
- IELTS overall score of 6.5 (with no band score less than 6.0) or equivalent
Course fees
Course fee
$62,800
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