Department of Financial Studies

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

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

DFS was rated AA by TIME (the Triumphant Institute of Management Education), making it one of the top 30 business 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 Master of Finance and Control course.[4] The past deans of the department include some of the best known[5][6] financial management educationists like Professors M. Y. Khan and I. M. Pandey.

Courses

The programmes offered by DFS are:[7]

  • MBA (finance) (erstwhile Master of Finance and Control)
  • Doctoral programme

International associations

DFS has collaborations with the following institutions:[8]

Admissions

The MBA (finance) programme has a total of 62 (24-general + 16-obc + 8-sc + 4-st + 6-ews + 2-cw II + 2 phc) seats. Admission is on the basis of the Common Admission Test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management.

For research scholars, DFS accepts post‐doc research scholars from the colleges/university/industry in the fields of finance and accounting/control and related fields.

References
  1. "Financially sound". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. "Top 90 B-Schools". Triumphant Institute of Management Education. 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". Triumphant Institute of Management Education. 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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