Finance-forward. Global returns.
Join the UBC MBA Finance Career Track to gain essential financial literacy and leadership skills for driving economic growth across any industry sector. Ideal for those seeking secure, highly in-demand, and globally relevant careers, this dynamic program is taught by world-renown industry experts who provide you with real-world experience and best-in-class knowledge.
Delve into financial markets and explore currencies, crypto, and trading. Train in corporate finance and understand how organizations evaluate and raise funds. And learn about investments: stocks and bonds, portfolios and asset management. You can also develop strategic skills in mergers and acquisitions, risk management, FinTech, and climate finance.
Our graduates consult and lead in diverse fields, from large financial organizations like JPMorgan and RBC to tech startups, mining, real estate, and government roles. Join their network and discover there's no limit on what you can do with a solid grounding in finance.
Career track course highlights
In addition to foundational courses such as fundamental finance, banks, currencies, financial markets, and corporate finance, students who pursue the Finance Career track also have the opportunity to enroll in other courses such as:
FinTech
New technologies continue to disrupt and revolutionize how finance functions are performed. This course covers a range of topics that illustrate how FinTech providers and users employ technology to create new financial products and transform financial services.
Venture Capital
This course covers all the stages of investment in early-stage high-growth companies, from the seed funding of a novel idea to venture capital rounds to a successful exit, be it an IPO or through mergers and acquisitions.
Financial Planning & Valuation
Learn how to develop a financial plan and value a project or business. This course will also cover topics such as how to raise capital for your firm, the right financial mix, and how to pay back investors.
Investment Management
This course investigates current topics at the frontiers of investment management, including real-world examples, implementation of potential investment and trading strategies, and investigating new innovations and technologies.
Gain real-world experience
Recent UBC MBA candidates gained real-world experience through focused internships in roles and organizations such as:
- Financial Planning Analyst – City of Vancouver
- Financial Analyst Intern – Lululemon
- Relationship Manager – RBC Commercial Financial Services
- FP&A (Financial Planning and Analysis) Intern – Vancouver Coastal Health
Impactful careers
Upon completing their UBC MBA our recent graduates landed roles that include:
- Senior Associate – Deloitte
- Associate, Capital Markets – CIBC
- Analyst – Connor, Clark and Lunn Financial Group (CC&L)
- Financial Planning Analyst – Bosa Development
The track gave me a diversified understanding of finance, the opportunity to explore various finance industries, and early exposure to the types of problems I solve today. At UBC Sauder, I gained the foundational knowledge to pivot careers from a non-traditional background in engineering to mergers and acquisitions in investment banking.
Meet our alumni and students
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