
Academic Department
Finance
Learn how organizations invest capital, manage risk, and create long-term value.
Make Smarter Financial Decisions
Every business decision has a financial dimension. Finance helps you understand how organizations raise capital, evaluate opportunities, manage risk, and create long-term value in a changing global economy.
Finance graduates help shape markets, guide investments, and fuel growth at investment banks, asset management firms, Fortune 500 companies, and financial institutions around the world.
Across our undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs, you'll explore topics including:
Corporate finance and capital structure
Financial markets and institutions
Financial modeling and valuation
International finance
Investment analysis and portfolio management
Risk management and derivatives
Academic Programs in Finance

Academics
Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
The department offers educational opportunities at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, combining rigorous academic preparation with applied experience in corporate finance, investment analysis, and financial markets.
Smeal Finance Department Annual Update
Explore success stories, student profiles, faculty research, and how alumni and advisory board support continue to drive excellence in the Finance department.
Work Like a Finance Professional
Finance by the Numbers
Rankings, research, and industry-connected learning opportunities reflect the finance department's impact in financial markets, investments, corporate finance, and risk management.
#13
Undergraduate Finance - Public Business Schools
U.S. News & World Report
#21
Accounting & Finance - U.S.
QS World University Rankings
#25
Worldwide Research Performance
UT-Dallas Worldwide Business Research Rankings
Research That Moves Finance Forward
Faculty examine asset pricing, corporate financial policy, investment management, securities regulation, and financial institutions. Their work influences financial theory, market practice, and public policy while expanding the understanding of global capital markets.
Meet the Finance Department
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