Finance professionals are concerned with the management of assets to create wealth for investors or companies. The finance discipline examines how individuals, businesses and institutions raise funds to implement investment strategies and how they allocate these funds to a variety of investment opportunities.
News
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Yes, you can borrow money to invest in shares. But it comes with big risks
Using debt to invest can magnify gains – but it can also seriously magnify losses. It isn’t for the faint-hearted, explains Associate Professor Sean Pinder for The Conversation.
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The Alliance of Finance Educators (AoFE)
The Alliance of Finance Educators (AoFE), a network of tertiary educators dedicated to enhancing finance education is a new initiative of the Department of Finance
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Woolworths chief Brad Banducci couldn’t give senators his company’s ‘return on equity’. What exactly is this figure, and what can it tell us about a company’s profit?
Both are measures of profitability, but the disparity between return on investment and return on equity grows larger as a company relies more heavily on borrowing, writes Associate Professor Sean Pinder for The Conversation.
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Research: New database to cast more light on insider trading
A research innovation from the University of Melbourne is making it easier for researchers and investigators to scrutinise insider trading in the USA.
Events
Our academics are active collaborators in multi-partner centres which bring together researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines and industries.
Finance Research Centre
Brain, Mind and Markets Laboratory
The Brain, Mind and Markets Laboratory study risk decisions all the way from the brain to markets, integrating knowledge from decision and game theory with neurobiology, economics and finance, psychology and computer science.
Other Areas of Collaborative Research
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Centre for Brain, Mind and Markets
The Centre for Brain, Mind and Markets studies risk decisions all the way from the brain to markets, integrating knowledge...
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Decision Neuroscience Laboratory
The Decision Neuroscience Lab is aimed at investigating the neural and cognitive basis of decision-making, preference formation, belief updating, and...
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Financial Integrity Research Network
The Financial Integrity Research Network is a formal network of Australia's major universities and data collection/research institute - SIRCA. FIRN...
View the Department of Finance working papers to find out more about research projects undertaken by our academic staff.
Subjects
View all finance subjects in the university handbook.
Undergraduate
The finance major in the Bachelor of Commerce is the study of money management. You will learn how to raise funds, choose investments and grow wealth.
Street finance is a third-year Bachelor of Commerce subject that involves students visiting secondary schools in Melbourne for the purpose of delivering three lessons on finance topics of interest and relevance to young people.
Honours
The honours program has an outstanding reputation and is highly regarded by private and public sector firms, major corporations, investment banks and management consulting firms. Graduates have also gone on to pursue further academic studies including MBA and PhD degrees at top Australian and international universities.
The ever popular one-day sponsored Finance Honours Retreat gives new students the opportunity to get to know more about each other, the academics, the Honours curriculum, the Honours research essay and a prestigious employer in preparation for a challenging year ahead.
Graduate Programs
Find out more about our graduate study options.
Graduate Research
The Doctoral Program in Finance has the largest and most well-developed set of doctoral subjects on offer in Australia.
We also offer the innovative and cross-disciplinary Doctoral Program in Decision Risk and Financial Sciences.
The Finance Keystones
View a series of videos that provide a description of some of the concepts and decisions that are at the very foundation of the finance discipline.
Accreditation
A variety of professional accreditations, memberships and subject exemptions are available for finance students, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Chartered Financial Analyst (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 CFA designation.
This affiliation means that:
- The finance major in the Bachelor of Commerce covers at least 70% of Level I of the CFA program candidate body of knowledge (CBOK) topics, the CFA Institute ethical and professional standards, and other CFA program partner requirements.
- The Bachelor of Commerce program at University of Melbourne recognizes essential topics from the Certificate in ESG Investing from CFA Institute. This professional certificate offers both practical application and technical knowledge in the field of ESG investing.
- The relevant subject covering topics in ESG investing is FNCE30013 Essentials in Sustainable Investing.
- The Master of Finance, the Master of Management (Finance) and the Master of Management (Accounting and Finance) cover 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.
- The following programs at the University of Melbourne recognize essential topics from the Certificate in ESG Investing from CFA Institute. This professional certificate offers both practical application and technical knowledge in the field of ESG investing.
- Master of Finance
- Master of Management (Finance)
- Master of Management (Accounting and Finance)
- The relevant subject covering topics in ESG investing in FNCE90087 Sustainable Investment.
