Who we are
Head of Department
The Department of Finance is one of four departments within the Faculty of Business and Economics. We have 30 full-time academic staff, five full-time professional staff and finance practitioners who serve as sessional teaching staff. The Deparment is housed in an impressive new building in the thriving and truly civilized city of Melbourne.
The Department is home to visiting academics from around the world, runs a vibrant international Research Seminar Series and internal Brown Bag series, and hosts the wonderful annual Finance Down Under Conference.
Our staff members publish their research in the leading journals, serve on the organizing committees of the discipline's major conferences, actively participate in professional associations, consult in the corporate and public sectors, and offer tailored executive education programs. At the undergraduate level, the Department teaches into the Bachelor of Commerce and offers the elite B Com Honours in Finance. At the postgraduate level, the Department offers both professional Masters programs in finance and research-focused Masters and PhD programs in Finance through the Graduate School of Business and Economics.
The Head of Department is Professor Bruce Grundy.