我的W/E和EDU背景都跟这个关系密切，想继续走这条路－－因为change gear不是那么容易的，不光要顾申请，也要虑及以后的就业问题。Finance的排名很容易找，比如NYU就是牛校之一，可是，如果细看的话，NYU似乎偏重investment一些，就像Tepper偏重数理分析一样，而我是不能想象自己以后要以金融立身吃饭的，那个我知道自己不行。大学学的那些微积分、线性代数、概率论什么的在考研结束以后就丢干净了，要我再学真是要我命了。所以迫切地想知道哪些学校的corporate finance子方向特别好。这个问题真是细，只能在这儿问大家了。

多谢！

不了解，但自己觉得对于MBA而言，investment和corporate finance应该差别没有那么大。只要不是去MIT或者UC Berkeley这样强调数学的学校，数学背景也应该不是问题。

2008年美国新闻周刊研究生院排名 MBA in accounting

MM可以搜索一下。

第一是德州奥斯汀

1. Investment is totally different from Corp Fin;

2. Accounting is totally different from Corp Fin.

投资学主要是探讨金融市场和金融资产(包括股票, 债券,期权和期货)定价模式。关于课程方面, 投资学领域可以开出如下课程------投资学(探讨金融市场的组织和特性,股票,债券和期权与期货的基本特性和基本定价),固定收益债券(专门探讨政府债券和公司债的特性和定价),国际金融市场(介绍国际金融市场的组织,运作和金融工具的运用,利率,汇率的定价和特性等等),期权与期货(专门探讨期权与期货的特性和定价)。 
　　
            
公司财务主要是探讨公司实物投资与财务运作的决策过程。公司财务学领域可以开出如下课程------公司财务,公司兼并与收购, 公司治理。公司财务课程讨论如何评估(实物)投资项目的收益与风险, 投资项目的融资,股利政策和破产与重组等等课题。公司兼并与收购课程探讨如何利用公司财务课程所学到的评估与融资手段进行企业或项目的收购。公司治理探讨公司财务政策对股价的影响, 也就是如何透过公司财务的运作以追求公司价值极大化 
　　
            
　　　　 　　
            
公司财务的研究方向主要是下面六大类,股利政策,借债政策, 破产与重组, 兼并与收购, 多角化经营和股权结构等。公司财务的研究主要是利用实际公司资料做实证检定。理论模型虽偶尔会利用到较高深数学，但理论终究不是公司财务的主流。公司财务中较受到重视的理论反而是以逻辑推演为主，而不以数学推导为主。

by larry lang

Career Paths:  Financial Services Industry

·         Investment Banking:  Investment banks underwrite (distribute securities issued by firms) and trade financial instruments for both corporations and local governments, privately place securities and assist corporations in mergers and acquisitions.  The main divisions of investment banking are:

·         Corporate Finance:  Provides corporations with mergers and acquisitions advice  and underwriting services; deals specifically with all types of corporate restructuring transactions and with capital markets, such as equities, bonds, derivatives etc. and with their issuance and initial pricing.

·         Institutional Sales and Trading:  Responsible for selling securities to institutional investors, where the securities are those underwritten by the bank or those bought and sold as part of the bank’s trading operation. 

·         Research:  A full service investment bank is also a serious research organization, providing sell-side research reports and buy/sell recommendations on a wide range of debt and equity securities.

Career Paths:  Corporate Finance (Non-Financial Services Firms)

·         Within a corporation, Corporate Finance refers to two distinct areas, financial management and treasury functions. 

·         Corporate Financial Analyst:  Working within a corporation, corporate finance deals with the analysis and valuation of both internally developed projects and external growth opportunities, including business development and mergers and acquisitions. 

·         Treasury Analyst:  Treasury functions include determining capital structure, raising capital in external markets and risk management. 

这正是我要说的。Corporate finance是企业内部财务管理的那些，比如预算管理、财务分析什么的；投资是怎么用钱，尤其是怎么在金融市场上操作，盈利或者风险控制与分散等问题；会计是记账啦。我的master就是ACCOUNTING，可不想在美国又学会计了。

corporate finance is basically lower level of IB, so just choose finance schools!

50% of NYU course are finance related, NYU is good only because wall st recruit there.

With the new regulation (under a provision in President Obama’s recently passed stimulus package, they may not be able to continue working in the U.S. ), if you don't have green card, you won't be able to find a job!

谢谢楼上的几位所作的旁征博引、科学探究。是我没有确定这个corporate finance的含义、内涵和外延，现在厘清：就是偏重公司的财务分析、预算管理、资产管理什么的。不是去华尔街做IB啦，那个太累了，吃不消。我在原单位干的就是这个财务分析、财务系统管理和财务人员的内部培训，打算将来还是沿着这条路走下去。

欢迎继续讨论和提供信息、建议。谢谢！

Check your mailbox. The company I mentioned is one of the HOTTEST among all top MBAs who want to do CorpFin but still want to earn a 120K+. A MBA program trains you to become a generalist, not a specialist. Therefore, I probably won’t worry as much about my specific concentration under the CorpFin than getting into the right company.