Adelaide University
Master of Finance and Business Analytics
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Gain financial and analytical skills that will be useful in various roles and industries.
Course overview
Adelaide University’s Master of Finance and Business Analytics will prepare you for advanced roles in financial services. If you’re looking to change careers, deepen your business knowledge or widen your job prospects – this degree is for you.
Over two years of full-time study, you’ll build a solid foundation across key business disciplines, while deepening your understanding of financial concepts like equity valuation, fixed income securities, derivatives and investment management. You’ll also sharpen your analytical skills by exploring customer analytics, predictive and visual analytics and modern technologies such as AI and big data. Work on real-world projects focusing on finance and business analytics, so you’ll be ready to enter your chosen field.
Your studies will prepare you to work in various industries, including commercial banking, investment banking, equity research, corporate finance consulting, private equity, corporate treasury, risk analysis and credit analysis.
Key facts
What you will study
Students must complete 96 units comprising:
- 30 units for all core courses.
- 66 units for all specialisation courses.
Each course is worth six units.
Complete 30 units for all of the following:
- Accounting Concepts and Methods
- Principles of Finance
- Business Statistics
- Economic Principles
- Equity Valuation and Analysis
Entry requirements
Admission criteria
To be eligible, an applicant must have achieved at least one of the following minimum entry requirements and demonstrate they fulfil any prerequisite and essential criteria for admission. In cases where there are more eligible applicants than available places, admission will be competitive with ranks based on the entry criteria.
- A completed bachelor's (AQF level 7) or bachelor's honours (AQF level 8) degree or equivalent from a recognised higher education institution; OR
- A completed nested or related graduate certificate (AQF level 8) or higher or equivalent from a recognised higher education institution.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Your previous studies can be credited towards your postgraduate studies, provided they meet the relevant course requirements.
If you receive an offer of enrolment and you’ve undertaken prior learning, you may be eligible to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning. The procedure is governed by the university's Recognition of Prior Learning policy. Contact the university for more details.
Outcomes
- Build foundational business knowledge with courses on quantitative methods, economic principles, accounting concepts and methods and principles of finance.
- You’ll also learn about equity valuation and analysis, fixed income securities, fundamentals of business analytics and customer analytics.
- Discover equity principles like determination of growth, valuation of firms in financial trouble, firm investments and mergers and acquisitions.
- Explore interest rate risk, bond valuation, bond portfolio management and interest rate derivatives.
- Build computing skills to solve key business analytics problems and practice how to analyse customer data to improve business performance.
- Explore derivative markets, including key pricing models and trading strategies for managing risk.
- Study investment portfolios – the theory behind them, construction techniques, asset classes and management.
- Construct prediction models to help business decision-making, using traditional and emerging AI methods, while focusing on how to clearly represent data.
- Understand the Regulatory Codes of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct and be ready to work as an ethical finance professional.
- Use AI algorithms to extract valuable insights and uncover how to design, develop and deploy chatbots.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative annual fee in 2026: $43,100 (domestic full-fee paying place).
All costs are calculated using current rates and are based on a study load of 48 units (normally eight courses) per year.
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of courses studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of courses.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
You may also need to pay the student services and amenities fee.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.