Finance
Unparalleled access and insights into global financial markets from one of the world’s leading Finance departments.
Curriculum
A Curriculum Customized to Your Goals
You need a curriculum that is relevant to your career goals. We provide the options to get you there. Choose up to 3 areas of focus from more than 20. From there, you can dial in your experience by selecting from a pool of over 200 electives.
Stern's Finance department, considered one of the finest in the world, offers unparalleled access to cutting-edge research from our faculty and other leaders in the field while giving you insight into how financial markets function.
Related Specializations:
Teaches the use of data and models to support decision-making in business.
Provides students with a deeper understanding of accounting reports. This includes the construction of accounting information systems, the impacts of management’s reporting options, the interpretation and forecasting of financial statements, and the influence of taxes on business strategies.
Provides the education necessary for careers in commercial and investment banking, corporate treasury, and other finance functions for which banks are a primary provider of financial services and other disciplines that support banking infrastructure.
Stresses the development of tools, concepts, and techniques that prepare students to serve the needs of business and financial communities.
Focuses on understanding the markets in which various financial instruments are traded and the factors that influence the return and risk characteristics of financial instruments, both individually and in portfolios.
Provides the necessary education for students seeking mathematically demanding finance positions in industry, financial institutions, or government/nonprofit institutions.
Related Coursework:
- Global Banking and Capital Markets
- Risk Management Systems
- Investment Banking
- The Economy and Financial Markets
- Private Equity Finance
- Behavioral Finance
- Financial Information Systems
- Debt Instruments and Markets
Career
Invest in Your Future
Capitalize on our deep industry ties, reputation for excellence, and easy access to top financial firms - right in downtown NYC.
Our comprehensive recruiting program offered by the Careers Team, combined with hands-on learning opportunities and mentorship from industry leaders, will prepare you for your dream position - whether in industry, a financial institution, or a government or nonprofit institution.
Select Employers of NYU Stern MBAs in Finance:
- Atoll Financial Group, Inc
- Bank of America
- Barclays Capital Group
- BlackRock
- BNY Mellon
- Capital One
- Citi
- Credit Suisse
- Deutsche Bank
- Evercore
- Goldman Sachs & Co.
- Guggenheim Partners
- Houlihan Lokey
- J.P. Morgan
- Lazard
- Morgan Stanley
- Prudential
- RBC Capital Markets
- Rothschild & Co.
- The Vanguard Group
- UBS
Faculty Spotlight
Aswath Damodaran
Professor Damodaran's contributions to the field of Finance have been recognized many times over. He has been the recipient of Giblin, Glucksman, and Heyman Fellowships, a David Margolis Teaching Excellence Fellowship, and the Richard L. Rosenthal Award for Innovation in Investment Management and Corporate Finance.
Alumni Voice
Ursula Menendez Uriol, MBA 2025
"Being located in NYC was key to my professional career switch. Coming from a Finance background, I was more than excited to get to know Stern alumni who have developed an awesome career path, particularly in banking. It was a great surprise that what I heard in the Information Sessions about the Stern network is even better than I imagined."
Student Blog
Rosely Mateo, MBA 2026
“In my first year, I took Accounting, Foundations of Finance, and Corporate Finance, which provided me with a strong technical foundation. One of the defining moments of my MBA journey was managing real capital as part of the Michael Price Student Investment Fund (MPSIF). I was part of the Value Fund, where I conducted hands-on investment analysis on healthcare companies and developed new equity pitches"
Community and Clubs
Graduate Finance Association
GFA educates and prepares students for their careers in finance. Expand your network through guest lectures, panel discussions, networking mixers, site visits, mock interviews and case competitions.
Stern Private Equity & Venture Capital Club
Stern Private Equity & Venture Capital Club educates and prepares students for careers in private equity and venture capital finance.
Experiential Learning
Michael Price Student Investment Fund
MPSIF provides Stern MBA students interested in a career in asset management with hands-on experience managing a real fund with significant assets.
NYU Impact Investing Fund
This student-run impact investment fund invests in innovative, sustainable social businesses in the New York City area.
Rosenwald Global Value Fund
In this six-week course, students learn the craft of value investing from highly knowledgeable and experienced investment managers and develop investment proposals which are reviewed by a panel of judges.