IMUSE Foundation-2009 Beijing Summer Fellowship

Initiating Mutual Understanding through Student Exchange (IMUSE) aims to promote broad understanding between people in China and North America by bringing together top college and graduate students from both regions to think about key issues. This cultural exchange culminates in a two-week conference in Beijing.

Mission
Initiating Mutual Understanding through Student Exchange (IMUSE) aims to foster mutual curiosity, respect, and understanding between people in China and North America by providing top college and graduate students from these regions an intimate forum for discussion and deep personal reflection about the key issues affecting China and their own regions today. IMUSE currently has three primary goals:

Socially intimate and intellectually meaningful face-to-face interactions among a small group of promising North American and Chinese college and university students to increase mutual curiosity, trust, and understanding among them;


Development and maintenance of an alumni network to effect high-impact, positive social change through the continued collaboration of former participants of IMUSE events;


Maintenance of a strong partnership among its satellites at Harvard, Tsinghua, and Peking Universities to maximize fruitful international exchange among members of our staff.


These goals are achieved through a variety of means, the most important of which is an annual conference among top college and graduate students from North America and China in Beijing. Other events overseen by IMUSE include but are not limited to essay, photography, and other creative work competitions; campus speaker events; social gatherings; mini-conferences for alumni in China and North America, and more.

Welcome to IMUSE!



Current Programs
The IMUSE 2009 Beijing Summer Fellowship Program will bring thirty outstanding students from Chinese and American colleges and graduate schools together from August 9 to August 21, 2009 to share their opinions, experience Chinese culture, and learn from one another. During the fellowship, Chinese and American delegates will participate alongside one another in a variety of activities designed to be both academically and personally enriching. Delegates will participate in panel discussion events with a student audience, where they will discuss the pertinent issues facing Chinese-American relations today. They will interact with and learn from distinguished guest speakers, which in past IMUSE events have included distinguished academics and celebrities from both America and China. As IMUSE is strongly committed to improving the quality of life for individuals in both countries, the fellowship will include a short period of public service within an underprivileged community. Other activities and workshops will cover a variety of topics from politics to pop culture to food. All events will be carried out in English, and no knowledge of Chinese is necessary.

In an effort to help students become familiar with Beijing and all that it has to offer, IMUSE will facilitate tours to sites of cultural interest as well as major businesses and government offices within the city. In addition, two days of the fellowship will be spent visiting a village outside Beijing, granting delegates a rare opportunity to glimpse the rural China so often overlooked by Western visitors. In order to help document their experiences, delegates will each keep a blog during the two weeks that will be uploaded onto the IMUSE website.

Students will stay the two weeks in a hotel and have all necessary living expenses paid for, including accommodations, food, ground transportation, and $500 toward transportation to and from Beijing.

IMUSE hopes that this dynamic, multidisciplinary, and challenging two weeks will expose both American and Chinese delegates to a better understanding of each other, and foster friendships and relationships that last long after the two weeks have ended.

The program will include 15 delegates from North American schools and 15 delegates from Chinese schools. All students in an American postsecondary school (including two- and four-year colleges, graduate schools, and vocational, technical, and trade schools) are eligible to apply. Students need not be American citizens to apply. Applications to be an American delegate are currently open and are due on April 1, 2009.

Select applicants will be contacted for English-language Skype interviews shortly after the application deadline, and fellows will be announced in late April.

Application website:

http://www.projectimuse.org/application/

MSF-Master of Science in Finance

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                                                          Northeastern University

Graduate School of Business Administration

                                                          Master of Science in Finance

Invest in Your Future

Financial leadership plays a critical role in determining how a company will meet its strategic goals. Northeastern's MS in Finance (MSF) program will train you in the skills essential for success in a career in finance.

The MSF program provides rigorous training in finance, helping students to develop their analytical and financial management skills. The program allows students to pursue study in either corporate finance or investments.

Northeastern's MSF curriculum is taught by full-time faculty, recognized as expert researchers by award-winning industry journals. In addition to extensive academic training in their field, our faculty have led major organizations, served as consultants, and many hold additional credentials including CFA and CPA. MS in Finance students enhance their networking opportunities as a result of their close association with faculty and industry leaders.

Realize Dividends

The MSF program offers convenience and flexibility. You can complete the program in 18-21 months. Students proceed through the program with many of the same classmates, enhancing networking opportunities. Classes are offered at the Batterymarch campus, located in Boston’s downtown financial district, and on Northeastern's Main Campus.

MSF students can take advantage of Northeastern’s MBA overseas summer study programs furthering their knowledge of global business. Students may choose trips of up to two weeks in duration to selected countries that are determined annually on student feedback.

Curriculum

The MSF curriculum provides comprehensive coverage of critical topics in finance including valuation, mergers and acquisitions, business turnaround, risk management, derivatives, insurance, and investments. The finance seminar course focuses on current methodologies in financial analysis.

Year one

Financial Theory and Policy
Analysis of Financial
Institutions and Markets
Investment Analysis
International Financial
Management
Elective
Elective

Year two

Financial Strategy
Elective
Finance Seminar
Elective
*Sample Elective Courses:

• Financial Risk Management
• Fixed Income Securities and Risk
• Investment Banking
• Business Turnarounds
• Valuation and Value Creation
• Real Estate Finance
• Finance Management for Value Creation
• Personal Financial Planning
• Portfolio Management
• Health Care Finance
• Entrepreneurial Finance
• Risk Management and Insurance
• Advanced Topics in Finance:Venture Capital
Students are also required to complete a thesis to graduate from the program.
Students planning for the CFA exam find that the material is integrated into the curriculum of the MSF program. Those planning for the Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) exam also receive excellent preparation through the MSF courses and additional graduate business electives.

How to apply
To apply you will need to submit:
• Completed online application
• Official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate schools attended*
• Official GMAT score
• Official TOEFL or IELTS score if undergraduate school instruction was not in English
• Two letters of professional or academic recommendation
• Current resume
• Application fee of $100
*Transcripts must be translated and certified by World Education Services (www.wes.org)

Northeastern University’s MS in Finance program is right for you if:

• You are ready to advance your career in finance.
• You are eager to learn from highly qualified faculty.
• You are interested in pursuing a CFA®, CFP® certificate, or CPA.
• You want a program that you can complete in as little as 18 months.

How to learn more

To learn more about the MS in Finance program:

• Visit our website at
www.msf.neu.edu

• Contact us at gsba@neu.edu or 617-373-5992 to:• Speak with an admissions team member or an MSF faculty member, student or alumnus

• Schedule a class visit

Application Information

The Admissions Committee evaluates an applicant’s:

• Academic preparation for graduate work including undergraduate GPA, GMAT, and TOEFL scores as necessary

• Career advancement potential in finance

• Quality, length, and level of work experience

• Potentially unique contributions to the classroom

Notes:

Applications are evaluated on a rolling basis.
Application deadline: February 1
Program begins: September
Apply online at www.cba.neu.edu/graduate/admissions.