Program Overview

Introduction to the Bachelor of Finance

The Bachelor of Finance is a comprehensive undergraduate program designed to equip students with the technical and analytical skills necessary to succeed in the field of finance. This program covers a wide range of topics, including corporate finance, equities and investments, debt markets and fixed income securities, financial modeling, and international finance.

Course Details

• Location: On-campus at Clayton: Full time
• Duration: 3 years (full time)
• Start date: First Semester (February), Second Semester (July), November
• Fees: Information about fees

Entry Requirements

To be considered for entry into this course, you must satisfy all of the following requirements:

• Minimum Age: At the time of enrolment in a course at Monash University, you must be at least 17 years of age.
• Academic: All Monash undergraduate courses require you to have successfully completed a minimum of an Australian Year 12 qualification (or equivalent) and achieve the required academic entry score.
• Additional requirements: Prerequisite subjects and English language requirements

Prerequisite Subjects

You must satisfy the following prerequisite subject requirements for this course:

• English: VCE: Score of 25 in Units 3 and 4 of English (EAL) or English (Other)
• Maths: VCE: Score of 25 in Units 3 and 4 of Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics

English Language Requirements

All Monash undergraduate courses require you to satisfy English entry requirements in one of the following ways:

• English subject (Australian Year 12 equivalent): You can meet English entry requirements if you have completed an English subject in your prior secondary studies that is equivalent to an Australian Year 12 level.
• Language of instruction: You can meet English entry requirements if you have completed half a year of full-time study (equivalent to 24 Monash credit points) at Australian VET Diploma (AQF level 5) or higher (or equivalent) at an institution where English is the language of instruction, communication, and assessment for all aspects of study for the whole of the educational institution.
• English tests: If you have not met English entry requirements as outlined above, Monash accepts the following English tests where the entry scores for this course are as follows:
  • IELTS (Academic): Overall 6.5, with minimum band scores: Listening 6.0, Reading 6.0, Writing 6.0, and Speaking 6.0
  • TOEFL iBT: Total score of 79, with minimum scores: Listening 12, Reading 13, Speaking 18, and Writing 21

Course Structure

The course develops through the four themes of foundation commerce knowledge, specialist discipline knowledge, capstone experience, and elective study.

• Part A. Foundation commerce knowledge: These units will provide you with a comprehensive study of economics and econometrics disciplines and the impact they have on multi-discipline decision-making in organisations.
• Part B. Specialist discipline knowledge: These units will develop your capacity as a critical and creative professional who is able to apply your knowledge of finance to provide discipline-based solutions to commerce.
• Part C. Capstone experience: The capstone unit is designed to consolidate the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the study of your specialisation.
• Part D. Free elective study: This will enable you to further develop your knowledge of finance, or commerce more broadly, or to select any units from across the University in which you are eligible to enrol, including to complete a major or minor from another course.

Double Degree Courses

Double degree courses allow you to study towards two different degrees at the same time and graduate with two separate qualifications. And because a required subject in one course can count as an elective in the other, our double degrees take up to two years less than if you studied for the two degrees separately.

• Commerce and Finance: This double degree course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in both commerce and finance.

Fees

Fees are subject to change annually.

• International fee: Note: The fee information displayed is based on the 2025 rates and should only be used as a guide. Fees are per 48 credit points, which represents a standard full-time course load for a year. The fees for 2025 are: A$53,200

Enrolment Obligations

International students enrolling in a CRICOS-registered course can study no more than one third (33%) of their course by distance and/or online learning. Students must enrol in at least one unit that is not by distance and/or online in each compulsory study period unless the student is completing the last unit of their course. See standard 8.19 and 8.20 of National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018.

• CRICOS code: B

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International Course Guides

If you are an international student and wish to find out more about our courses, entry requirements, studying at Monash, and more, please download our international course guides below.

• International course guide - Undergraduate (PDF)
• International course guide - Graduate (PDF)

International Study Grants

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