Top Finance and Accounting Departments Worldwide 2015
The study of financial processes and markets open possibility to an excellent career in a variety of industries and positions. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career, finance is without doubts the perfect decision for you. Finance managers enjoy one of the highest salaries in the job market apart from having the privilege of counting on scholarship opportunities and further career opportunities upon graduation.
There are different well-known universities around the world that offer excellent programs in finance and accounting. We have hand-selected the best and made an alphabetically list that will hopefully help you to take the best step in your career. The list below was made taking into account QS Rankings, and the ranking of Financial Times about Master’s in Finance experience.
Department of Finance, Bocconi University
Milan, Italy
Roubaix, France
Barcelona, Spain
Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Department of Finance, HEC Paris
Paris, France
Department of Finance, London Business School
London, United Kingdom
Department of Finance, London School of Economics
London, United Kingdom
MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
Cambridge, United States
Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
Beijing, China
Faculty of Finance, Seoul National University
Seoul, South Korea
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Stanford, United States
School of Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
School of Banking and Finance, University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
Department of Finance, University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Oxford University
Oxford, United Kingdom
School of Finance, University of St. Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
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