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Master of Science in Finance
Position Yourself for Success
Understand the role of finance in business. This full-time program is based in downtown Vancouver and teaches you the fundamentals of finance, asset pricing, data analytics, investment banking, and private equity. But it鈥檚 not all theory. You鈥檒l also be able to manage the Student Investment Advisory Service Fund, an investment portfolio with a market value of over $20 million CAD.
Academics
Gain a professional edge with SFU Beedie鈥檚 MSc Finance program, built on a foundation of academic excellence and practical application. Our rigorous curriculum is designed to deepen your expertise in financial theory, quantitative methods, and investment analysis鈥攕kills essential for navigating today鈥檚 fast-paced financial markets. Learn alongside a diverse cohort of aspiring finance professionals, and benefit from faculty who bring a wealth of industry experience and research excellence into the classroom. Whether your goal is to launch or accelerate your career in finance, our program prepares you to thrive in a competitive global landscape.
Curriculum
Our MSc Finance program is a full-time, 16-month program delivered over four terms, at the highest standard. It offers a wide selection of courses based on a foundation of financial theory and real-world experience. The curriculum consists of an online introductory component and four in-person semesters. All students take core finance courses in the first two semesters and are exposed to fundamental finance theory and practice, as well as learning practical programming skills in a language such as Python before moving into one of two streams: Investment Management or Research.
Core courses
- Principles of Finance
- Principles of Investments
- Financial Data Analytics
- Principles of Fund Management
- Corporate Finance
- Derivative Securities
- Fixed Income Analysis
- Managerial Communication
- Business Strategy & Ethics
- Negotiations
- Professional Development
Academic Streams
The Investment Management stream focuses on financial instruments, financial markets and finance theory. The Research stream focuses on the strong quantitative skills and rigour required for a career in financial engineering or academia. For students interested in the optionality of continuing their studies after the MSc Finance, the Research stream courses provide credit when entering the SFU Beedie PhD program (these courses will have a minimum GPA requirement of 3.5).
- Investment Management
- Research
In the MSc Finance program, your cohort includes smart, critical thinkers from all over the world. Our class sizes are small and offer countless opportunities to work in teams and engage with your cohort. This experience will help you build relationships that could last throughout your entire career.
NATIONALITIES REPRESENTED IN THE MSC FINANCE*
Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, USA and Vietnam.
MSc Finance Class of 2026
Class make-up
- 37 students
- Average age: 25
- 49% women
- Regions represented: 13
- Average years of work experience: 3
- Average GMAT (10th Edition): 640 (range: 550 鈥� 710)
- Average GMAT (Focus Edition): 575 (range: 515 鈥� 655)
- Average GRE: 324
Educational Background
- 51% Business
- 27% Arts
- 16% Science
- 3% Engineering
- 3% Computer Science
Industry
- 23% Financial Services
- 23% Consulting
- 15% Technology
- 8% Manufacturing
- 8% Consumer Packaged Goods
- 8% Retail
SFU Beedie's faculty comprises distinguished scholars and educators renowned for their contributions to business research and education.
Frederick Willeboordse, PhD
PhD (Tsukuba), MA (Amsterdam)
Academic Director
Frederick has two degrees from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and a Ph.D. in Theoretical/Computational Physics from the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Previously, he was a postdoc at the University of Tokyo and later a tenured Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. Frederick owned an Apple retail shop in one of Hong Kong鈥檚 famous computer malls in the Sham Shui Po district, as well as an internet hosting and e-commerce business. Frederick has also been an active trader, first trading options in the 80s during his student days. Recently, he has mostly focused on algorithmic trading and runs a server in Chicago where he can test out research ideas in real time.
Ying Duan
PhD (Boston College)
Associate Professor, Finance
Ying Duan joined the Beedie School of Business in 2015. Ying holds a PhD in Finance from Boston College. She focuses her research on institutional investors, market efficiency, and corporate governance and has published in a number of leading academic journals, including the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Contemporary Accounting Research.
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