Course details

Summary

Postgraduate certificates provide the opportunity for continuing professional development in the same area as an original degree. A postgraduate diploma can often lead to a master's degree.

Postgraduate certificates are available to graduates who wish to build on an earlier degree, and who have appropriate practical, professional or scholarly experience. Some are available only on a part time basis. Waikato University offers specialist postgraduate certificates as well as postgraduate certificates.

Finance

Finance is all about achieving the best return relative to risk, and helping organisations add value for their shareholders. Studying Finance at Waikato University will prepare you for highly paid positions in the financial and business sectors anywhere in the world.

Finance at Waikato is focused on money management, investments, banking and credit, the share, bond and commodity markets, and financial analysis and decision making. You'll learn about corporate finance, portfolio selection, capital markets, corporate finance, personal financial planning, and the governance of public and private organisations.

Practical assignments will prepare you for exactly what you'll encounter in your financial career. For example, in FINA312 Portfolios and Markets, students get to work on a funds simulation projects using real data, and prepare a report on a publicly listed New Zealand or Australian company, while playing the role of a trainee investment analyst. You'll also have an opportunity to do an internship as part of the Bachelor of Business Analysis.

If you're new to Hamilton, there are plenty of social opportunities available to you – you could join the Waikato Management School Students’ Association Investment Club, a student-run club that organises regular training workshops and events for members.

Career opportunities

• Commercial and investment banker
• Corporate banker
• Corporate finance specialist
• Financial analyst
• Financial manager
• Financial planner
• Merchant banker
• Merger and acquisition specialist
• Sharebroker
• Stockbroker
• Treasury specialist

Entry criteria

A recognized bachelor’s degree with a B/B+ grade average. You must also have a major in the relevant subject area with a B/B+ grade average.

English language requirements:

IELTS - 6.5 overall (no less than 6.0 in writing); iBT (internet based TOFEL) - 90 with a score of 22 in writing; Pearson PTE Academic- 65 with English language requirements no less than 58 for each communicative skill; From Waikato Pathways College - Successful completion of Level 8 with a B grade average in the Certificate of Attainment in Academic (CAAE) programme.