Department of Financial Studies

The Department of Financial Studies, commonly known as DFS, is a department of University of Delhi offering programs in Finance. Tracing its roots in the Delhi School of Economics, the Department of Financial Studies was carved out of the Department of Commerce of the University in 1987 to provide training in the field of finance. The Department of Financial Studies is located at the South Campus of the university.[1]

Department of Financial Studies
Department of Financial Studies logo
TypePublic
Established1987
DeanDr. Sanjay Sehgal
Location
Delhi
,
Delhi
,
India
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUniversity of Delhi, CFA
WebsiteMFC.edu

DFS was rated AA by TIME, making it one of the top 20-30 B-Schools in India.[2][3]

Eminent financial policy personalities of India including C. B. Bhave, Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty and M. Damodaran have served on its advisory board for the MFC course.[4] The past Deans of the Department include some of the best known[5][6] financial management educationists like Prof. MY Khan and Prof. IM Pandey.

Courses

The programmes offered by DFS are[7]

  • MBA (Finance) (Erstwhile MFC)
  • Doctoral Programme

International Associations

DFS has collaborations with the following institutions:[8]

Admissions

MBA (Finance) Programme has a total of 62(24-general + 16-obc + 8-sc + 4-st + 6-ews + 2-cw II + 2 phc) seats. The admission to the course are done on the basis of score in Common Admission Test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management.

For research scholars, DFS accepts post‐doc research scholars on deputation from the Colleges/University/Industry in the fields of Finance and Accounting/Control and related interdisciplinary fields.

References
  1. "Financially sound". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. "Top 90 B-Schools". Time4education.com. 10 June 2009. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  3. "T.I.M.E. List of Top B-schools in India". time4education.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  4. amd-2 (31 December 2004). "MFC Prospectus 09.11.2008 Final" (PDF). Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  5. Pandey, I.M. (2009). Financial Management. Vikas Publishing House Pvt Limited. ISBN 9788125916581. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  6. Khan, Y. (2004). Financial Services. Tata McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780070585850. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  7. "Courses offered by Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi New Delhi - Minglebox". minglebox.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  8. "Department of Financial Studies : University of Delhi, South Campus". Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2015.

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