The Weatherhead Master of Finance program is your gateway to a thriving finance career. Designed for recent graduates, career changers, and early professionals, this customizable program blends rigorous academic foundations with real-world applications. Choose from tracks in Corporate Finance or Quantitative Finance to align your degree with your career aspirations.
Career Outcomes
The Weatherhead MFin program prepares graduates for careers across multiple industry sectors including roles in:
- Corporate Finance: Financial planning, corporate development, equity research, and investment banking.
- Quantitative Finance: Asset management, investment research, sales and trading, derivatives or credit risk.
Your Journey Starts Here
Program Highlights
Customizable Career Paths
Tailor your degree to your goals with tracks in Corporate or Quantitative Finance.
Real-World Learning
Participate in capstone projects, industry seminars, and team competitions like the CFA Research Challenge.
Global Opportunities
STEM designation and OPT eligibility for international students, plus a strong alumni network.
Student Profile
- Recent graduates in finance, STEM, or related fields
- Career changers with strong analytical and quantitative skills
- International students seeking a STEM- designated degree with OPT eligibility
What You’ll Learn
Corporate Finance Skills
Develop expertise in financial modeling, analytics, planning and strategy.
Quantitative Finance Mastery
Dive into big data analytics, python applications, algorithmic trading, and AI.
Practical Application
Gain real-world experience through real-world projects and corporate interactions.
Innovative Curriculum
Continual changes to reflect the needs of the marketplace informed by an industry advisory board.
Program Design
Complete the program in as little as 9 months or extend up to two years for deeper specialization and internship opportunities. Tailor your electives to fit your career goals.
Affordable Excellence
- Merit-Based Scholarships: Available to students based on academic and professional accomplishments.
- Federal Financial Aid: Eligibility for loans through FAFSA and other options.
The Weatherhead Way
At Case Western Reserve, you’ll study at one of the nation’s leading research universities—in one of the country’s most culturally robust neighborhoods. You’ll live and learn in a city known for industry and healthcare innovation, where nearly 40% of Fortune 500 companies are represented. You’ll learn breakthrough business concepts from the people who literally wrote the book on them.
Plus, you’ll:
- Learn more than just the core skills of business management,
- Discover yourself better as a person and as a leader, and
- Build the skills you need to reach beyond problem solving to solution innovation.
Want to find out how?
The faculty pushes you to think critically. They want you to take what they have taught you in class and answer the questions pushing it more towards a real-world situation.”
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Ready to learn the skills you need to succeed in the finance industry? Get started today.