NYU School of Professional Studies

This certificate is designed to provide you with the skills and insights needed to join this growing and dynamic field of finance. You will learn about the broad range of alternative investments available, including private equity, hedge funds, real estate, and infrastructure, as well as the role such investments play in a well-diversified portfolio.

You will gain familiarity with various types of alternative investments as well as their role in a well-diversified investment portfolio, the ability to explain the key characteristics of alternative investments as well as return and risk profiles of major alternative sub-asset classes, including real assets, hedge funds, private equity, and structured products, and the required knowledge and skills to serve in roles such as product managers, account managers, research and portfolio managers at asset management firms, and analyst and associate positions at private equity firms and hedge funds.

This certificate is designed to provide you with critical skills and insights into the corporate financial decision-making process. You will learn to analyze and interpret financial statements and gain an understanding of key corporate financial functions, such as liquidity, working capital, and financing decisions.

You will gain knowledge of the nature and role of a corporation and its financial management decision-making process, the ability to interpret financial statements to perform financial forecasting and reporting, an understanding of corporate financial functions, including cash, liquidity, and working capital management, as well as capital structure decisions, the ability to apply techniques such as DCF (discounted cash flow) and WACC (weighted cost of capital) to value a business enterprise or proposed investment, and the required knowledge and skills to serve in roles such as finance analyst and associates in corporations, commercial and investment banks, accounting, and other finance firms.

This certificate is designed primarily for individuals seeking core knowledge in credit risk management. Early career professionals will find this to be a valuable credential to possess as they target roles requiring these skills within private firms such as banks, insurance companies, finance companies, rating agencies, advisory firms, as well as public entities.

You’ll gain knowledge of key financial ratios used to analyze credit risk, the ability to apply credit risk management tools and techniques to assess creditworthiness in real-world situations, a preparation for roles such as credit risk managers and analysts in a variety of firms, and financial analysis skills valued by commercial and investment banks, corporations, private equity, hedge funds and credit rating firms.

This certificate is designed to fulfill the educational requirements necessary to sit for the Certified Financial Planner Certification Examination. The program covers all 72 financial planning topics required by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Center for Financial Planning, Inc., and additional relevant topics.

You’ll gain knowledge and understanding of all 72 principal knowledge topics mandated by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. to attain CFP certification, a knowledge and understanding of professional practice standards and the ability to apply the CFP Board Financial Planning Practice Standards to the financial planning process, the ability to communicate complex financial planning techniques and to provide recommendations in a clear, fair, and relevant manner, and the ability to apply and integrate the financial planning information to formulate a financial plan, and the skills to successfully communicate the financial plan results both orally and in writing.

This certificate is designed to provide key tools and insights to enter the emerging area of FinTech which is revolutionizing the world of financial analysis, trading, investing, and record-keeping.

You will directly engage in the design and delivery of financial services and products using these new technologies. You will learn the technological, market, and regulatory factors driving the acceleration of emerging technology use in finance, gain an understanding of key technologies such as artificial intelligence and data science, and utilize new tools in the area of algorithmic trading and machine learning and their key applications in the field.

This certificate program is designed primarily for individuals seeking core knowledge in investment management. Early-career professionals will find this to be a valuable credential to possess as they seek a role in this emerging area of finance.

You’ll gain an understanding of the investment goals and needs of different types of investors, a fluency with the fundamentals of capital market instruments, the ability to interpret how changes in market conditions impact capital market instruments and participants, the skills valued by banks, asset management firms, credit rating agencies and other financial management firms, and an enhanced ability to build your own investment portfolio including various asset classes, such as equities and fixed.