Curriculum

Hear about the latest issues on a wide range of finance subjects from inspirational industry speakers who are specialists in their fields.

Learn financial model building best practice through a series of hands-on exercises.

Build your toolkit for success across broader business areas relevant to your work in finance. Attend workshops to strengthen your interpersonal skills and professional development.

Learn from finance faculty with practised expertise in investment and financial decision-making. Be inspired by their latest research across the finance spectrum – from corporate governance to financial markets.

Tailor your professional development through a programme of workshops and one-to-one coaching sessions to achieve your professional objectives.

Collaborate with class colleagues in seminars and projects – and interact with finance practitioners. Benefit from relevant and practical finance teaching, as well as networking opportunities

Apply your learning to a real workplace setting by completing research through group or individual projects that allow direct contact with industry clients. In your Equity Research project, you’ll write and present an investment plan on a listed company. The Group Consulting Project gives you a chance to work on a real assignment for a host company – sometimes outside the UK. An optional individual project could see you complete valuable work experience or a research dissertation.

Learn from valuable case study examples. Discuss what went right and wrong and how lessons learnt might apply to your finance work.

Most of your fellow students have at least four years of experience as finance professionals. Teaming up in a study group, you’ll be able to exchange ideas and work on finance projects that benefit from a collaborative approach.

The CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute is a not-for-profit organisation that promotes standards in the investment industry and offers educational and career resources for investment professionals. It has branches around the globe and over 100, 000 members worldwide.

The Cambridge MFin degree is an accredited CFA programme partner. This means that the CFA Institute recognises the MFin curriculum incorporates a large part of the CFA level 1 curriculum. It enables students to gain a well-rounded understanding of a broad spectrum of finance disciplines – ranging from Asset Management to Venture Capital.

MFin students also have access to wide range of CFA resources including webinars, the latest financial research publications and access to CFA society events.

To become a member of the CFA Institute, students follow a programme of self-study covering a prescribed curriculum, and take exams, at CFA levels 1, 2 and 3.

CFA scholarships

The partnership provides a small number of scholarships to MFin students each year. This covers the cost of registering with the CFA Institute and entering the CFA level 1-3 exams. Scholarship recipients also benefit from access to study resources.

Visit the CFA website to find out more

Be inspired by guest lecturers and visiting professors from the world of international finance. The City Speaker Series delivers insight into the latest hot finance topics.

Gain valuable networking skills through interaction and practice with your fellow course participants – all finance career professionals – plus opportunities to meet industry experts and finance employers. Learn lessons from your fellow MFin alumni.

In the summer, there are a variety of activities you can choose from, such as an internship or work placement based on your own interest area, or taking part in a research or business/consulting project (individual or group, self-sourced or advertised through the programme).

You can also sign up for a number of elective courses, or take part in the summer programme at Tsinghua University, PBC School of Finance, China (TBC for 2023/24).

We also ask you write up a a 1,000 word report reflecting on your MFin experience and learning outcomes.

Any additional costs incurred as part of the summer activities, such as travel (flights, visas, etc.) or related expenses, must be covered by the students.