B.A. in Finance
Realize your dreams, invest in your future
Career field
Thanks to the integral preparation you will receive in B.A. in Finance, on graduating you will be able to participate in diverse areas of business, such as:
- Banks, brokerage houses, insurance companies, pension and investment funds public and private sector
- Treasury and finances in the non-financial private sector
- Public and private capital firms, startups in the technology and fintech sector
- Consulting for financial project assessment, business valuation financing, mergers and acquisitions
- Your own finance company
Is this right for you?
If you are an analytical person, like to manage money and other resources and want to be part of the strategic financial decisions of an organization, the B.A. in Finance is an excellent starting point.
The goal of the B.A in Financial Management program is to prepare professionals with a solid quantitative and business background, competent in the administration of the financial resources of an organization in order to generate value, considering current regulations and acting with ethics and social responsibility. A graduate of this program will take financing, investment and risk management decisions in areas such as financial markets, insurances, investment funds, stock exchange, among other public and private, banking and insurance institutions.
Competencies
- Develop investment and financing strategies that create value for stakeholders and consider current regulations.
- Manage financial products and services, using cutting-edge technologies and complying with ethical standards.
- Manage risk derived from investment, financing and operating decisions, considering diverse economic scenarios and current regulations.
- Develop financial models using quantitative and computer tools to predict business scenarios and perform analyses that will support decision-making processes.
Entry profile
Tecnológico de Monterrey is looking for a new generation of students that have finished their high school studies and are talented, enthusiastic individuals, who are committed to the development of their environment and the wellbeing of society; people who have the potential to study an undergraduate program and become leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit, humanistic sense and competitive on an international stage.
Entry requirements: High school or equivalent.
Bachelor in Finance (BFI)
This program is offered in English and Spanish, allowing graduates to have a multicultural profile.
Program differentiators:
New program delivered in English
It offers our students extensive academic and job opportunities abroad, intensive engagement with our professors, and international training partners, enabling them to develop a multicultural profile.
Specific differentiator:
If you have an English level B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), you will be able to study this Bachelor where you will have the opportunity to:
- Take units taught in English.
- Carry out projects with transnational Education partners such as CNBV, Casa de Bolsa Vector, Actinver, Metlife, BIVA, Bitso, Konfio, Bimbo, Grupo Peñoles, Coca-Cola, Bafar, Grupo Alfa, HSBO London, and Mastercard.
- Take units with international professors as well as with foreign students.
- Take concentrations, TEC Weeks, and/or TEC Semesters in English inside and outside of Mexico (optional). Obtain a Bachelor's certificate upon graduation by meeting program requirements, in addition to the Licenciatura en Finanzas degree.
To obtain the Bachelor's certificate, you must:
- Ensure admission as it is a program with limited capacity.
- Take at least 75% of the credits of the program in English.
- Demonstrate a Cl level of English language proficiency referenced to the CEFR, in one of the exams authorized by the Institution.
- Fulfill the requirements to obtain a professional degree at the Tecnológico de Monterrey.
The three stages of the model
Choose your path
Exploration
- You will open your competency file and add to it throughout your degree program.
- You will learn the foundations of the area of Business.
- You will participate in fundamental and exploration challenges from the area of Business, interacting with peers from different degree programs.
- You will study general education courses, selecting them from a collection.
- You will participate in a challenge that integrates all the competencies to be developed in this phase.
Focus
- You will acquire the core competencies of your degree, in other words, those that distinguish it.
- You will participate in more focused challenges to reinforce what you have learned and broaden your basic knowledge.
- You will have the elements to decide whether to deepen your knowledge or diversify and, subsequently, build your specialization plan.
- The Tec Weeks, challenges and overall university experiences will enrich your file.
Specialization
- You have decided between diversifying or focusing deeply in your major, which you will achieve by choosing a concentration or a stay, to name a few of your options. The TEC Semester is a flexible time to start.
- You will develop the competencies related to your specialization, increasingly connected to your passions, interests and plans.
- By passing a concentration, you will develop your competencies, and, on graduating, will be a candidate for obtaining a Diploma in that concentration, after meeting the established requirements.
How can you specialize?
Concentrations
Specialize in one of the different concentrations available at the campus of your choice, according to the profile you would like to develop.
Internships
Internships allow you to participate in the development of specific projects with companies, organizations, or research groups, in a context of total immersion related to a specialty field. They can be carried out locally, nationally or internationally.
International experiences
Experience life outside Mexico to broaden your horizons and delve into the topics of your interest.
Courses or blocks
Choose the education units that best adapt to your objectives, enabling you to specialize in your specific interests.
Concentrations
Disciplinary
Delve into your field of study
- Business Analytics: from Data to Decisions
- Corporate Finance and Investment Banking
- Driving Global Business Across Frontiers
- Fund and Alternative Investment Management
- Innovation and Digital Transformation
- Management and Innovation in Financial Institutions
- Open Innovation and Technology Transfer
- Strategic Management of Omnichannel Retail
Transversal
Delve into other fields of study
- Conscious Business
- Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Tools
- Design, Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial Families, Sustainability and Transcendence
- Entrepreneurship in Action
- Government and Public Transformation
- Mexican Culture
- Quality of Life and Well-Being
- Social Innovation
*These concentraciones are not the definitive offer and their availability varies by campus.
General education course
Area exploration courses
Introductory block (CHALLENGE)
Area exploration block (CHALLENGE)
Exploration topic (CHALLENGE)
Track integrating block (CHALLENGE)
Disciplinary course
Disciplinary block (CHALLENGE)
Integrating disciplinary block (CHALLENGE)
TEC Semester
Multidisciplinary professional elective (CHALLENGE)
Final integrating block (CHALLENGE)
| LAF |
| Cuarto Semestral |
| Elective Course Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
| Investment Analysis |
| Financial Culture |
| Treasury Management |
| Econometric Models |
| Time Series |
| Investment Theory |
| Quinto Semestral |
| Elective Course Ethics and Citizenship |
| Financing Analysis |
| Firms Valuation |
| Investment Vehicles and Coverage |
| Algorithm Analysis |
| Derivative Instruments |
| Financial Modeling and Programming |
| Sexto Semestral |
| Professional Elective I |
| Professional Elective II |
| Professional Elective III |
| Professional Elective IV |
| Professional Elective V |
| Professional Elective VI |
| Séptimo Semestral |
| Elective I |
| Elective II |
| Elective III |
| Elective IV |
| Elective V |
| Elective VI |
| Octavo Semestral |
| International Financial Management |
| Investment Fund Management |
| Elective Multidisciplinary Professional |
Related programs
BGB - Bachelor in Global Business
BBA - B.A. in Strategy and Business Transformation
LCPF - B.A. in Finance & Accounting
LDE - B.A. in Entrepreneurship
LDO - B.A. in Human Resource Management
LEM - B.A. in Marketing
Bloque de exploración del área (RETO)
Bloque integrador final (RETO)
