What do we offer?
The Institute for Finance offers on campus finance courses for students in undergraduate and MBA programs, as well as other graduate programs such as law school. We work with university career centers, professors, student organizations and students themselves to bring our finance programs to your school. We offer one, two, three or four half-day or full-day programs customized to meet the needs of your students. Classes can be held during the week or on weekends.
All of our programs are designed to introduce students to the basic analytical skills required in investment banking and other applied corporate finance jobs. That is to say, students will learn how things are really done in finance, and not just the theory that is taught at most universities and even top MBA programs. Our courses can be designed and put together based on our teaching modules on the following topics:
- Introduction to the finance industry and industry jobs
- Basics of accounting, corporate finance and financial statement analysis
- Valuing a company using the three primary valuation methodologies
- Building an integrated cash flow model from scratch
- Advanced modeling topics including LBO and M&A modeling
- Recruiting, interviewing and job search
We will work with schools to design an appropriate course schedule for the students. To give you an idea of our programs, please view several sample course syllabi.
Recognizing that the majority of the students who take our classes are focused on attaining jobs or internships, we place particular attention in all of our modules to how this course can aid in the job search. In addition, we offer a half-day module (or less, depending on time constraints) devoted to recruiting, interviewing, resumes and other job search topics.
Our training is geared towards students that are seeking careers in finance, including:
- Investment banking
- Private equity
- Hedge funds
- Equity research (buy-side and sell-side)
- Asset management
- Corporate development
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