Graduate Institute of Finance
Introduction
To play a role in helping the School of Management fulfill its mission and achieve its vision, the institute is committed to be a premier graduate institute of finance in the region and one of the best in the nation, with excellence and continuous improvement in finance education. The mission of the institute is to prepare students for successful careers by providing education of high quality through the efforts of caring, dedicated, and qualified faculty, to establish and foster relationships with the business and financial community, to promote the scholastic development of our faculty, and to provide advanced graduate education for students seeking academic or research careers. Regarding the mission statements, we have derived five learning goals:
- Critical and analytical thinking. Each student shall be able to demonstrate critical and analytical thinking skills when developing decisions in a variety of contexts within the financial services industry.
- Competence in specialization. Each student shall be able to demonstrate competence within his or her specialized field of study.
- Teamwork. Each student shall be able to gain experience working with other people and learn how to effectively communicate with team members to accomplish a stated objective.
- Quantitative analysis skill. Each student shall be able to acquire the statistical, mathematical and programming skills, and to apply those skills toward the solution of advanced problems in the field of finance.
- Ethical professional. Each student shall be able to think not only critically and analytically, but also historically and ethically.
To fulfill the above objectives and goals, our curriculum is organized to include requested courses, such as seminars and thesis, and specialized courses which are classified into four categories, financial engineering, corporate finance, investment, and quantitative analysis. The relationships among this institute's mission, learning goals and the curriculum are depicted in the following figure.
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Required documents
1. *Financial Statement Declaration
1. Please download the declaration on this page, sign it, and upload it.
2.At this stage, we only accept this declaration. Please do not upload bank-issued financial statements.
3.Applicants who do not receive a scholarship or are granted a " tuition waiver only" after the announcement of results, please upload a financial statement during the online registration period (May 27 to June 4, 2026 12: 00 noon).
4. A financial statement should be in English version with a minimum of $4,000 USD, issued within the last 6 months.
5. Failure to upload or submit incorrect documents will result in incomplete online registration. The system will consider the application as rejected.
2. *Passport
1. If the applicant does not have the passport yet, please upload any identification document in English so as to check the applicant's name.
2. If the applicant holds R.O.C. Alien Resident Certificate, please upload it together with the passport.
3. *ORIGINAL Diploma
- Please upload the official diploma in both the local language and English. Please merge the two versions as a file and upload it.
- If your original diploma is neither in English nor in Chinese, an English translation certified by the university or by a notary public is needed together with the original.
- Applicants graduating in the current semester should upload the certificate of enrollment in English
4. *ORIGINAL transcript(Grade report)- must show all subjects taken, grades received for each semester.
- ORIGINAL transcript in both local language and in English
- An applicant who has a bachelor’s degree shall have spent a total period of at least 32 full months undertaking the bachelor’s degree program.
- An applicant who has a master’s degree shall have spent a total period of at least 8 full months undertaking the master’s degree program.
- An applicant who has a doctorate shall have spent a total period of at least 12 full months undertaking the doctorate program.
- The transcripts must show: all subjects taken, grades received for each subject.
5. *Curriculum Vitae
6. *study plan(500 words)
7. *English proficiency
- TOEIC 500 or its equivalent
- Not required for applicants from English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, United States of America)
- Not required for applicants whose previous degree is from English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, United States of America)(proof required)
8. *1 Recommendation letter
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