MS in Investment Management

The MS in Investment Management teaches you the groundwork. You apply it yourselves in real-life cases (developed by investment professionals), including live fund management, where your grade depends on your investment performance. In addition, students present the program's final recommendations to practicing professionals who tell you whether you won the business.

• The program provides the background necessary for preparing for the CFA exams
• The curriculum, developed and taught by the MSIM faculty and advisory board, integrates state-of-the-art analytical methods with hi-tech learning technology. It covers 38 credits in 17 months. All courses are required and exclusive to MSIM cohorts.
• There are two residence weeks

The MSIM Program is structured to accommodate working professionals in a convenient, executive-style class setting. Classes meet Tuesday evenings each week from 6-9PM and alternate Saturdays from 9AM-4PM. The program also includes two separate weeks of full-time study. In the summer semester, July and August run on a Tuesday/Thursday schedule, so students have their weekends free.

Beginning in January and ending in May of the next year, the program is completed in 17 months. A small cohort of students move through the program together, offering unique learning and networking opportunities.

If you're already working in the investment management industry (in client services, trading, or back office support), the degree can advance your position.

If you're looking to break into the field, the degree will provide the tools to land—and succeed in—your first position.

Fusing the Art, Science, and Technology of Business

The Boston University School of Management develops new ideas and insights for scholars and practitioners through its faculty’s research; and by fusing the art, science, and technology of business in our teaching, we impart knowledge of business disciplines with a unique cross-functional perspective to prepare ethical, innovative leaders for the good of society worldwide. Our students acquire advanced teaming skills, appreciate the impact of management systems, and understand the strategic and operating applications of new technologies.

To make your mark in today’s networked enterprise, you need to be able to anticipate change, harness it, and make it work for your organization.

That kind of vision can only come from your ability to see the enterprise as a whole system. And from analytical skills that reveal interconnections and intersections—not just as they are today, but how they could evolve tomorrow. It’s a vision that emerges in leaders who have learned to build teams that work.

At Boston University School of Management, interdependency and long-term impact pervade teaching and learning at all levels: undergraduate, graduate, and executive. Graduates of every program stand out as builders and leaders. They rise rapidly in their careers. And they develop the staying power needed in an era when technological advancement drives innovation and competitive advantage—in every department of every organization, in all sectors.

The School has changed the face of management education by building on our deep and broad strength in information technology. We use that strength and experience to drive and support our curriculum. We create interdependence between what we teach and how we teach it. The result: a pioneering approach to management development.

Here are just two of the many reasons our departments and programs rank among the top, nationally and internationally.

Boston University School of Management is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). AACSB International accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools, worldwide.