The Villanova School of Business‘s office of Graduate Programs has partnered with the Greater Philadelphia Senior Executive Group to create a mentorship program. This program will be for students pursuing Master of Science in Finance. GPSEG will assist VSB’s Graduate Career Management office in providing senior level mentors for MSF students.
Mentors will give students an insight to the industry in which they work and provide the student mentees with information about their particular company and experience. The mentors will also deliver resume feedback, provide tips and contacts to help students with professional networking and give direction on opportunities that could help the students reach their professional goals.
The new partnership will enable the Graduate Career Management office to provide suitable mentor-mentee matches in order to facilitate more interaction between VSB students and executive level finance professionals. The mentors will be available to MSF students to provide insight into the finance industry and offer advice on career development.
VSB’s MSF program is a 12-month, full-time degree program that includes hands-on interaction with the business world in addition to classroom study. Coursework includes financial theory, financial decision-making, applied corporate financial analysis, derivatives and management of real-world investment funds.
The MSF program at the Villanova School of Business has been accepted into the CFA Institute University Recognition Program. This status is granted to institutions whose degree program or programs incorporate at least 70 percent of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK), which provide students with a solid grounding in the CBOK and positions them well to sit for the CFA exams.