Overview

This one-year Finance program at the University of California, San Diego provides rigorous, hands-on training that will prepare you to immediately contribute in environments where quantitative and analytics skills are in high demand.

You will be equipped to develop innovative solutions to the complex programs facing the financial industry, with instruction from the same world class faculty involved in creating the most widely-used empirical models in the world.

Features

Many of the empirical methods you’ll use have emerged from UC San Diego’s own world-renowned econometrics research. This emphasis on empirical data-driven methods sets the Rady degree apart from other Master of Finance programs.

And because the financial world runs on collaboration, we’ve developed a team-based approach to learning that prepares you for a career in the industry. You’ll graduate technically proficient and ready to be a sought-after colleague, collaborator and incisive decision-maker.

Programme Structure

Courses:

Business Forecasting
Behavioral Finance
Valuation in Corporate Finance
Real Estate Finance
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings
New Venture Finance
Stochastic Calculus and Continuous Time Finance
Financial Statement Analysis
Computational Finance Methods

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-15 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

52 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

San Diego, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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GMAT

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Other requirements

General requirements

Candidates are required to submit an official GMAT or GRE score. A free GMAT Mini-Quiz is available for you to get a feel for the examination.
While most applicants have undergraduate degrees in finance, economics, engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or statistics, other majors will also be considered. Post-university work, internships, or research experience in a quantitative discipline is also considered.
A strong quantitative background is required, as evidenced by a high quantitative score on the GRE or GMAT.
Experience with statistical applications and programming is favorably considered (Examples: Python, SAS, STATA, MatLab, R, S-Plus). If you are new to Python we recommend you also complete a course on programming in Python from Data Camp or Coursera.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

29532 USD / year

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Out-of-State

29532 USD / year

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In-State

14430 USD / year

≈ 14430 USD / year

Living costs

San Diego

United States

1400 - 2455 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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