Master of Business Administration in Finance (One Year)

The finance curriculum at Kellogg provides you with a knowledge base and a set of practical tools that are essential to a variety of careers as well as personal investing. Many of the students who major in finance intend to pursue careers in finance. These range from the investment side of finance (asset management for large institutions or for family offices, real estate investing, private wealth management) to the corporate finance side of finance (CFO, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, restructuring). A number of students who are not pursuing a finance career also major in finance (consulting, entrepreneurship, product management).

The curriculum begins by building the basic tools of finance and intuition you will need for your career and the advanced courses in Finance I and II (or Accelerated Corporate Finance). The advanced courses allow you to focus and provide practice applying the mechanics and intuition to increasingly complex and real-world applications. The department also offers a set of experiential courses that let you practice in non-classroom environments.

We’re proud to receive applications from candidates in more than 90 countries. If you’re an international candidate, we ask that you review the following before submitting your application. A college-level education equivalent to a four-year baccalaureate degree from the United States is required A degree from certain international three-year undergraduate programs (e.g., institutions in India, United Kingdom) may be acceptable International candidates are strongly encouraged to apply by the Round 1 or Round 2 deadline The name on your application must match the name on your passport. Any discrepancy will delay our ability to process the I-20 form, which is required to obtain a visa. For all application cycles, our requirements are listed below: All candidates who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents must send a valid English proficiency test score to Kellogg. The score results from both tests are valid for two years. A score from either TOEFL iBT, IELTS, or DET will fill this requirement. To prevent processing delays, we strongly recommend that you upload your official score reports (if available) to the application Exemptions may be granted if one of the following criteria is met: The applicant completed an undergraduate or graduate degree at a college or university in the United States The applicant completed an undergraduate or graduate degree at a college or university where English was the ONLY language of instruction If you qualify for this exemption, you must provide the exact URL or documentation from your institution that states English was the only language of instruction. If you graduated from an Indian institution that does not explicitly state this, please provide the URL for the homepage of the school’s website.