International Finance Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in International Finance at Boston University’s Metropolitan College (MET) prepares you to navigate the multinational financial system, understand international portfolio management, and explore the balance of payments and international economic linkages. Available online or on campus, the certificate covers a highly desired area of finance, as we witness increased level of cross-border investments and multinational mergers and acquisitions.

Designed for professionals whose work involves multinational corporations and global financial markets, the International Finance graduate certificate will equip you to address corporate questions pertaining to foreign exchange risk, transaction and translation exposure, and corporate strategy and foreign direct investment. Upon completion of the coursework, you should be able to understand multinational financial management; explain the concept of equilibrium exchange rates; differentiate between nominal and real exchange rates; define social, political, cultural, and economic country risks; identify basic factors that determine foreign exchange risk for a company; determine the cost of capital for foreign investments; and describe the risks and advantages of international investing.

Graduates will be qualified for jobs in areas of credit risk evaluation, quantitative security selection, risk measurement and mitigation, cash management, and impact of foreign exchange rates on cost of capital and budgeting. The program offers excellent preparation for the internationally recognized Chartered Financial Analyst^® (CFA) Program exams, and shares courses with BU MET’s MS in Financial Management, which is part of the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program.

Students who complete the International Finance graduate certificate will be able to demonstrate:

• Understanding of multinational financial management.
• Expertise in the concept of equilibrium exchange rates.
• Facility in calculating currency appreciations and depreciations.
• The ability to describe central bank currency interventions.
• The skills to differentiate between nominal and real exchange rates.
• The competency to describe the requirements for successful currency forecasting.
• The knowledge to distinguish between current, financial, and official reserve accounts.
• The ability to calculate nation’s balance-of-payment.
• Proficiency in defining social, political, cultural, and economic country risks.
• Proficiency in defining translation and transaction exposures.
• Ease in identifying basic factors that determine foreign exchange risk for a company.
• The ability to determine the cost of capital for foreign investments.
• Understanding of the risks and advantages of international investing.
• The knowledge to describe international cash management.

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