Delve into the modern financial techniques underpinning investment, financing and risk management decisions of multinational corporations with Deakin’s Master of International Finance. The coursework and research components have been designed to enhance professional practice in a range of financial domains, which may be of particular interest to you if you’re currently working as a finance professional.

Learn about international financial markets, corporate governance, corporate finance, derivative securities and international portfolio management. You’ll also be exposed to new knowledge areas such as FinTech, Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.

Develop analytical skills for making key financial management decisions, incorporating time-value-of money and risk-return analysis, plus learn how to apply financial knowledge to solve real-world financial decision problems. Through practice, you’ll become adept to various digital technologies used to process complex financial data, information and ideas.

As a graduate, you'll also have the option to complement your primary studies in international finance with a specialisation in a wide range of business-related fields. Designed to meet industry demand for skilled professionals with a breadth of transferrable skills, a specialisation can help deepen your knowledge in a particular business field and benefit your future career.

This course aims to provide a high-level education in finance issues and research methodologies. Depending on your unit choice, you may be eligible for membership to Finance and Treasury Association and the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

The Master of International Finance is typically 8, 12 or 16 credit points. The exact number of credit points you study depends on how much credit you receive as recognition of prior learning (RPL) - your professional experience and previous qualifications - which can save you time and money.

For students undertaking 16 credit points, you study 10 credit points of core units and 6 credit points of elective units, plus completion of the compulsory 0-credit point module, MAI010 Academic Integrity Module. Most units (think of units as ‘subjects’) are equal to 1 credit point.

Students are introduced to research tools and techniques in core units of the course where they learn analytic skills and the practical application of those skills in professional contexts. They must also complete advanced level units and a capstone unit that require them to integrate the skills learnt over their course of study and produce applied pieces of research with reference to prevailing literature.

The Master of International Finance can lead you to a diverse range of local and international careers in corporations, financial institutions, managed funds and audit companies as a:

• Auditor
• Budget Analyst and Forecaster
• Business Analyst
• Compliance Analyst
• Credit Analyst
• Customer Relationship Manager
• Financial Advisor
• Finance Manager
• Fund Manager
• Investment Analyst
• Risk Advisor
• Treasurer

Bachelor degree in a related discipline, or Bachelor degree in any discipline, plus two years relevant work experience, or Graduate Certificate or graduate diploma in a related discipline, or

IELTS - Overall 6.5 No band lower than 6

TOEFL IBT - 79 Writing 21

TOEFL PBT - 577 Writing 4.5

C1 PROFICIENCY and C2 PROFICIENCY- 176 No band less than 169

PTE - 58 No less than 50 in each skill

OET - Overall C+