Name: Corporate Finance Fundamentals
Rating: 4.760942760942761 (297 reviews)

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Corporate finance course overview

Interested in a career in corporate finance? Looking to move up the ladder at your current job? This introduction to corporate finance course will give an overview of all the key concepts you need for a high powered career in investment banking, equity research, private equity, corporate development, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), treasury, and much more.

Introduction to corporate finance curriculum

Our Corporate Finance 101 Course will teach you the fundamentals:

Who the key players in the capital markets are
What the capital raising process looks like
The main business valuation techniques
Types of valuation multiples
How to structure a deal
How to finance an acquisition
Types of debt securities
Types of equity securities

This course will also show you an overview of career paths as well as teach you how to prepare for interviews. Learn the fundamentals of corporate finance.

What will I learn in this corporate finance course?

This free corporate finance course will teach you about:

Different players in capital markets
Funding lifecycles
Business valuation methods
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) processes
Equity capital raising
Debt capital raising
Corporate finance career paths

Who should take this corporate finance class?

This free corporate finance class is perfect for anyone currently in or looking for a career in investment banking, equity research, private equity, corporate development, finance, and accounting. This course is an excellent primer for beginners and a great refresher for advanced practitioners.

About the Corporate Finance institute®

CFI is a leading provider of online courses and certifications for careers in investment banking, equity research, corporate development, and other areas of corporate finance. CFI students come from a wide range of prestigious institutions that include: Wharton, Harvard, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, BlackRock, KPMG, IBM, and more. Thank you for taking CFI’s free course on corporate finance.

Corporate Finance Fundamentals

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Level 2

Approx 2.5h to complete

100% online and self-paced

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What you'll learn

Lesson

Multimedia

Exams

Files

Introduction

Course introduction

Download course notes presentation

Corporate finance overview

Players in corporate finance - primary market

Players in corporate finance - secondary market

Types of participants and transactions

Interactive exercises 1

Capital Investment

Capital investment overview

Net present value (NPV)

Terminal value

Interactive exercise 2

Unlocking the drivers of value

Enterprise value vs equity value

Internal rate of return (IRR)

Interactive exercise 3

Mergers and acquisitions

10-step acquisition process

Types of buyers

Acquisition valuation and analysis

Issues to consider when structuring a deal

Interactive Exercise 4

Dividends and Return of Capital

Three main activities of corporate finance recap

Dividends and return of capital

Retained earnings and excess cash

Dividends vs share buyback

Interactive exercise 10

Conclusion

Roles in corporate finance

Qualified Assessment

Become a certified Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® Certification

Corporate Finance Fundamentals is part of the Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® certification, which includes 29 courses.

Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® Certification

Skills learned Financial modeling and valuation, sensitivity analysis, strategy
Career prep Investment banking and equity research, FP&A, corporate development

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Path to certification

Prerequisite courses

7 courses from beginner to intermediate level.

01 Optional

Core courses

11 courses from beginner to intermediate level.

02 Required

Elective courses

11 courses at an advanced level.

03 Required

Get Certified

Submit your FMVA® checklist and order your certificate.

04 Required

Join our community

Get access to the Global Corporate Finance Society.

05 Optional

How the certification works

FMVA® Financial Analyst Certification courses are offered 100% online, allowing you the flexibility to start the financial analyst program anytime and learn when it’s most convenient for you.

The program is a part of the All Access Subscription, which includes all programs and courses.

CFI courses are designed by instructors with over 21 years of financial analyst training experience.

Students must complete all core and elective courses (14 in total) and demonstrate mastery of the topics through successful completion of course materials, quizzes, and assessments.

Within 48 hours of program completion, your Blockchain Verified FMVA Certification will be emailed to you.

What our students say

Great course
Good for basic understanding of corporate finance

Ishita Lal

Introduction to Corporate Finance
A very useful course for aspirants building career in Finance field.

Radhika Dhokai

Introduction to Corporate Finance
very informative

Samuel Manda

Corporate Finance Review.
This course not only improved my basic knowledge of corporate finance but has built up my confidence to take a higher course in the coming future.

ABHISHEK ANAND

I LOVE IT

Martins Atandoh

The Introduction to Corporate Finance course was very practical and neatly delivered. Highly recommended.

Salvator Chibueze Opurum

All the classes are exactly relatable to the topic and clearly explained. The session was very interesting and interactive.

Nishant Agarwal

This course is lucid and engaging. Excellent for beginners and good for experienced professionals.

Partha Ghosh

It was a very insightful course, especially for someone who has just begun learning about corporate finance.

Riona Poojari

This was a great course and very insigthful

Jerome Ebai Atem

The course content was extremely helpful for a beginner like me in understanding corporate finance.

ASWIN SHAJI

Met my expectations and fulfilled everything needed

Veeresh Gullehalli Thippeshappa

Thank you. The experience was amazing.

RAJAT JALAN

I don't have any background knowledge in finance but this course has been a major eye-opener for me as I gained a simplified but detailed understanding of the topics.

Ayokunle Awosanya

A must-take course!

GAURAV MAHENDRA

The course was extremely insightful & enlightening.

Nirali Mehta

The introductory course was highly efficient in delivering all the majors concepts in a clear and engaging manner. The short duration of the videos makes it feel extremely easy to complete the full course. An ideal quick summary for major financing concepts.

Abha Naik

Fantastic tutorial content, excellent approach and easy to understand.

Benoy Philip

This course was very informative and the illustrations were very helpful to make me understand what was going on. I am very grateful I attended this course and very happy that it was free!

Khumo Mase

The course is really informative and covers the fundamentals of corporate as it should. Also easy to comprehend.

Elizabeth Benjamin

Found the course to the point, short and concise, perfect combination of explanatory diagrams and animation. Downloadable course notes are icing on the cake. Great job.

Sachin Chavan

This course is good for beginners and regular assessments helps in better understanding and revision.

Nehali Belnekar

For an introductory course, it has dense information that is very beneficial. I would recommend it if you have interest in the capital markets and if you want to understand corporate language.

Chiyaba Chiwala

These course has helped me improve my understating how companies raise their capital, how they invest the raised capital and how they return the proceeds of the investment efforts to investors thereafter.

BRIAN OKINDO

I find this course very helpful to understand basic concepts of corporate finance.

Abubakar Ismail

Excellent course for students who want to get knowledge about corporate finance

Ankit .

This course is not only just the introduction of corporate finance but also it touches a broad range of advanced topics of corporate finance. I really liked this course, and definitely recommend it to everyone.

Akash Paul

I would definitely recommend this introductory course to individuals aspiring to gain fundamental knowledge on Corporate Finance.

Loyiso Zinzombe

100% Recommended.Really helped a lot to gain knowledge about Finanace

Alo Ghosh

The course approach was very simple, direct and easy to understand. The end of modules test questions were very helpful to understanding each module better.

Kalu Uma

I have found this course very useful, engaging, and well designed. Thank you, CFI!

Simon Tareke Abay

I highly recommend this course as review of topics before taking required courses on the FMVA.

Edwin Serrano

The course gives an overall idea about corporate finance in a concise yet comprehensive manner.

Mandar Phadke

It was a very satisfying experience. All the lectures are clear and informative. The instructor is also top class.

Md. Sharif Mostafa Anik

Great overview of essential aspects of corporate finance for beginners or as a refresher for experienced professionals.

Solomon Egbo-Egbo

This course was very educative and engaging. I have come out more learned on the general overview of corporate finance and the prospective career paths attached to the subject matter. I will definitely be referring to friends.

EKENE NNAJI

The course provides a simplified module for first time learners to have a grasp of what Corporate Finance entails. The manner in which the course is structured really helped me as a person to be able to follow the course with ease. Thank you for this great platform.

ADEYINKA OLORODE

I recommend the program to those who want to venture on the corporate world. This program provides the basic understanding to corporate finance and is a one step forward to climbing up the corporate ladder. Thank you Corporate Finance Institute (CFI).

Jayson Laureta

This is really the best program from anyone wanting to learn about Finance.

Ana Norales

Taking this introductory course have resurrected my hunger to pursue a career in as a Financial Analyst. Thank you CFI!

Solomon Usman Fada

Very useful course for beginners due to easily access and good explanation of contents.

Rodrigo Pineda

I attained immense knowledge from this course and I am very happy to this course

Ariya Mohan M

The Graphs & diagrammatic presentation used in this course to explain are concise and to the point. Great work!

YASHPREET MAAN

The best course ever! Very detail and easy to understand! You guys must try!

Tennie Thesalonica

A very good course on Capital financing and it covers all minute aspects of the subject. Gives a thorough overview of capital financing, capital investment and dividend distribution.

Biswadeep Ghosh

Words alone cannot express how grateful I am to you cfi,you've turned my life around, I've barely graduated but what I'm capable of doing now us remarkably, I've been told so,not only have gained certificates, build an impressive CV but also you guys have provided me with commercial awareness, alot. Thank you very much and keep changing lives,you are the future. With all due respect and respect Michael

Michael Ochilo

You will get a big picture of corporate finance here within an hour. Check it out!

Tossaporn Choowuttichao

I ENROLLED ON THIS COURSE WITH NO OR LITTLE KNOWLEGE ON THE INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE AND GREAT TO SAY, AFTER COMPLETING THE COURSE, I HAVE GAINED INVALUABLE AND IN DEPTH KNOWLEGE ON EQUITY AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT. THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT INITITATIVE CFI

Raphael Nyarko

This course is really engaging and the material provided is self explanatory.

Rashi sharma

The course guide you through the key terms used in an Investment Banking deal so clearly.

Antulio Asdrúbal Tinoco Gutiérrez

The course from CFI has helped me to effectively learn about the basics of corporate finance. The exercises has helped me keep motivated and engaging. I would definitely recommend this to my friends.

Simi Banerjee

I am absolutely excited i decided to take this course it was really knowledge and it has helped enhance my knowledge in corporate finance

Levison Malawo

This course in an eye-opener to the corporate finance matters.

Kenton Mutethia Muthaura

This course is so informative and easy to understand. Graphics which was used is helping me to understand situations and transactions easily without any confusion. I only have some of replays during the course.

Shoyab Shikari

I'm a Mechanical Engineering graduate moving into Investment banking. This was a really great course that has helped me understand Corporate finance on a broad scale, and has helped align my interest. I wish I had found this course earlier, but it's all good. I'm moving to other courses on the CFI site.

Benjamin Annan

One of the best course I came across in the field of Finance. The course design is amazing as you have testes after every section and it helps in enhancing your understanding. Proper notes in form of PDF along with video lecture is provided. Would totally recommend you this course.

Vaishnavi Vinod Pillai

This course is very mind opening and for the fact that career opportunities are provided makes it important to actually take. The instructor speaks and uses a very clear language, provides valid examples and broader explanations. The test i's also possible to do.

Clifford Letuka

The course was immensely useful to understand the basic concepts of Corporate Finance. The way of putting things togther and explaining is great. The content is quite relevant . I am looking forward for few more important free courses so that i can judge much better.

SANJEEV DAS

As a professional that is proficient in accountancy but have very little to do with corporate finance, this course helped me improve my understanding of the fundamentals and identify the gaps in my knowledge of corporate finance. Hoping that in the future, those gaps will close by the time I finish this program.

Axel Hassan

I decided to try use this course as a trial and a decision factor whether to enroll for the entire certification. I am fully convinced to go ahead. I regret not coming across this program years ago.

Eric Amaefule

I am from a non-finance background, but looking to switch to this field. Hence I wanted a course that could help me learn basic corporate finance and related items. This course has massively helped me in accomplishing my goal. The concepts introduced are clear and concise, and the assessments are intriguing.

Vatsal Rai

I took an overview from the course which helped me to start with the basics of corporate finance covering areas of valuations, capital financing and capital investment and how the return of capital follows a cyclic process. I am thankful to corporate finance institute for providing a great platform where people can learn and practice the review questions in a more simple way. I am looking forward to the FMVA certification in the near future.

ARITRA MUKHERJEE

Amazing course, amazing experience. Looking forward for a similar experience throughout my FMVA journey.

Adithya Iyer

The course is well structured and very informative This course is highly recommended

Mostafa Mahmoud Ibrahim Mohamed

What a wonderful exciting journey and reaching destination is wonderful! Recommend every finance graduate post graduate, passionate about corporate finance should go through it.

Adil Kamal

Good

Suraj Pawar

Good

Santosh Vyavhare

Very interesting and easy learning course

Aishwarya Kulkarni

I AM glad that it covered the essential topics which will be taught in my 3rd year corporate finance course.

Aaron Mondoka

It covers all the relevant information regarding the topic. As a beginner, it is helpful in learning about the basics on corporate finance. I strongly recommend this course, might never disappoint you.

Manu M

loving it

ASIF YAKOOB

Knowledge is power and this course exemplifies it

Joan Kinya

I would like to thank CFI for this opportunity great learning and proud to refer about CFI to others

Ruksana Shaikh

The course content is relevant to industry needs. The presentation of course is cogent and direct on point. I gained insight into things I did not know. I recommend the continuous development of course content to meet current industry demand.

Obed Aryee

Excellent Exam

Shankar Sangnod

This course taught me how corporations deals with funding sources, capital structure and investment decisions

Anwan Sharif

this course helped me a lot to understand all the concepts very well. Highly knowledgeable and everyone should do this course to enhance their knowledge.

Nidhi Yadav

The course materials are awesome

Tamer Sarhan

It's really an amazing course as it clarifies the basic corporate finance for a beginner.

Fatema Begum

This is good for beginners in corporate finance roles and also a good refresher for anyone in the corporate finance roles across the various industries.

Emeka Nkemakolam

Corporate Finance provides that how to maximize the value of a business through planning and implementing management resources while balancing risk and probability. Its help an organization to spend and collect their fund by which way at lower cost. It also help to ensure utilization of an Corporation's asset properly. Its provide an actual idea abut capital structure and the way to increases.

Amanat Hosen Akash

Quite helpful

Ridhima Arora

Course is really organised and taught well.

Christ Offessah Aidoo

Very Awesome course, make me having a comprehensive understanding of corporate finance

Pijar Sulthan Muhammad

Awesome and informative course

Hardik gujarathi

This course covers a whole lot of concepts as an overview. For anyone new to the field of Corporate Finance, this course is really insightful.

Harmandeep Singh

Excelent

Celso Arão Zacarias

The calculations was not explicit enough. I really struggled to understand them, may be if i hadn't a finance background i would be more confused.

Edozie Nwuba

Proper knowledge aquired

Amit Kumar

Very informative and very interactive from the beginning to end.

OLAWOLE ADETOYESE

Excellent because it gives PDF of everything we have covered so that we can glance at it to improve muscle memory.

Saad Shakeel Fatmi

good course details

Kelvin Kamande Karanja

Allow certificate for free of cost plz

Kiran Kumar Reddy

This course will definitely help you if you are considering taking a finance related modules or programs in the future. It's a full package and since I am an Accounting student I really learned a lot from this course. Thank you Corporate Finance Institute for the opportunity

ONNEETSE SELELO

More time should be allocated to Book building process and pricing. Pricing should include some practical examples, preferably with some recent pricing cases.

venugopal rajamanuri

The course is very informative and easy to follow

Serah Karumbo

it was amazing to complete the course

arghya saha

Realy Very nice platform to learn finance.

TUSHAR RANJAN BARIK

One of the best introductory courses that I have come across and CFI does a brilliant job explaining the complex introduction to the world of Corporate Finance. I recommend doing this course for all the fellow students/graduates of the finance and accountancy field. It is a superb course for beginners and you do not necessarily require a huge base or knowledge in Finance or Accounting to do well in this course. Happy learning!

Aritra Chakraborty

Thanks for letting me take this course am from Sierra Leone,West Africa completing this course is an advantage in my career. This course is easy to navigate around and well resented thanks to the instructor

Matthew Brima Bockarie

VERY NICELY EXPLAINED

Md Mobashir Alam

This course has provided greater knowledge and understanding thank your cfi for providing such great courses.

shikha choukade

i have no words to express my feelings . thank you so much

Areeb Ali

It was really awesome course. I came to know about the different concepts as well some were known. I enjoyed a lot.

Ruchi Dike

its an wonderful course to understand the whole mechanism of financal institution.

Sagar Devani

I found it a very interesting course. Very good methodology, with a clear explanation. It would be good if in this topic they had added more topics about the capital structure. In everything else, I found the content to be very good.

Alberto Rashid Orihuela Paredez

good course

yaoting mao

Very good attempt of spreading knowledge. thanks a lot. I will surely learn all the lessons.

Amrita Sinha

The best you could get is in this course. I'm glad now that i have a good understanding in capital investment, capital financing and dividends & returns of capital.

Ayub Olanrewaju

This is a good training for me. Corporate finance became more interesting to me after the tutorials. I am ready to learn more and be better groomed for what to come

Ayoade Oluwaseun

This course is full of new insights for people who are just starting to learn about finance and for those who need a refresher course in corporate finance. Will recommend to friends.

Winnie Joy Go

this course is so much important for every student its so much helpfull

Asibul Hasan

Excellent course! All the best! God bless!

CHRISTOS SEITANIDIS

Explained in great details. Love the in use of interactive quizzes at the end of each section to test my knowledge. Great flow, delivery and organization. Videos are short and the structure allows me to move at my own pace. I learnt a lot and it was fun doing so.

Sharna Kay

The delivery portion of the course was done thoroughly .

Himani Dave

I can say: "A course give you the chance to understand the deep goal from small words, thanks very much.

ahmad GHAZAL

Great course! The delivery was smooth and effective. The use of infographics also make the course very easy to understand

Chinedu Prince Erigo

course is highly satisfying. thank you.

HIMANSHU SINGH

The course provided a lot of insights about the financial world and is a must to be working at banks

Abhijit Mishra

Thanks to the management board of the institution.

Ebenezer Esiojano

It's really nice. Thai you CFI

Emmanuel Okororie

This course is very detailed and education. I highly recommend this for beginners.

Mercy Babatunde

This course helped me to bolster my knowledge & understanding of the subject. Thank you .

Debabrata Das

Very interesting and great review

Mark Morse

I really enjoyed this course. It cleared up so many fundamental concepts for me and simplified calculations I used to find intimidating! Thank you CFI for this free course!

Rufaro Munzara

if you want to start study in the corporate finance field strongly recommended and a sophisticated course

Khalid Ahmed Mohamed Hussein

in my opinion this course is super and peace of cake i recommended to every on thanks CFI

Moataz Raya

Learnt Introductory Corporate Finance at CFI and it was an amazing experience. It is very well structured, delivered, the content is clear, informative and crisp. The examples are an edge to understanding. Also the assessment at every level is just best to check your understanding and familiarity with the topic. Higly recommended.

Madhav Rathi

The content covered in this course are more than what i really expect,very very informative & indulging. it helps me out to clear as many topics better than in my academics.

Deepali Pal

I can sincerely say that this course provided me with things that exceeded my expectations about an introductory course. The amount of subjects was high, yet well summarized and clearly presented.

Sultan Al-Attar

This is honestly an amazing course! The information was clear and well explained and in the videos (+ course notes) there were effective uses of visualisations like graphs to improve the explanations.

Derome Robinson

This is the course that will be providing sufficient knowledge regarding Corporate Finance and it's aspects. Great Course to kick-start a career in Corporate Finance.

Ankit Chauhan

This course taught me that corporate finance has three main parts that are capital investment, capital financing and dividend and return of capital. I had a great time discovering every single sub-topic of this course and increasing my knowledge and skills. I am really happy I took this course to completion. It is going to a huge plus in my career as an accountant. Thanks, CFI

Bommanin Franck Aristide Gnonteme

great introduction to corporate finance and useful for people who are new to this topic. It is easy to follow, direct to the point and I liked the exercises between lessons.

Suliman Alkhalifa

Satisfactory

Vikash Kumar

I found this course really helpful as it's been a while that haven't read about corporate finance. So it really helped me to revise the whole content.

Simranjeet kaur

Excellent presentation

SRISHTI KUMARI

The course is perfect with provided course material plus very clear explainations. I strongly recommend to take this course whoever intrested in corporate finance.

Ami Htike

This course was very very interesting for me. Congratulations°!

Pablo Mussio

Good

A.Z.M Sheikh Nazmus Saqib

I really liked the process of testing and knowledge sharing. I really recommend this platform to get more knowledge about corporate finance.

Nouman Wali

If you want to quickly review core finance concepts, this is an effective way to do it!

Nick Romano

The course programme is well streamlined

Rajesh T V

The course very well achieves the purpose of the course, i.e. to give an introduction to corporate finance. The study material is well drafted and only relevant information is shared. The concepts are sequenced very well to create a complete picture for the participants of the course.

Ruchira Phansekar

Excellent Course for Beginners in Finance and Investment Banking

Aditya Patil

Great course

Sonu sah

A good course with good content. Content could be enhanced

Rajeev Chowdhry

me gusta la manera en como se interactua el alumno con el docente, excelente calidad de cursos

Víctor Maya

so useful , thanks a lot CFI Team

Ahmed Mohamed AboulFotouh Ahmed

Great insights into the world of Corporate Finance. Adequate and refreshing knowledge up for grabs.

Ibrahim Olatayo SHITTU

This corporate world is the biggest in every sector we need to grow our self to make it more bigger and please keep it free for all.

Abhishek Mohapatra

highly recommended

Rawan AlSubaie

I was delighted to get a lot of information through the corporate finance course. Thanks CFI

Vernon Pinto

The presentation and articulation is very effective and helped me a lot in understanding the concept covered in the course.

Vinod Hegde

It improves my knowledge and skill

Manohar pal

I feel happy to attend such informative and knowledgeable course conducted by one of the reputed institute. Thanks

Saif Ansari

Your provided course is great and very helpful for further jobs

Samyak Dhanki

I am grateful to you for providing me with such a resourceful course.

CA Ankit Kumar

The course assessments were very informative and interactive. The course covered a lot of information that could be very useful for my career path as I work for a corporate Finance institution, and it was my first time to take a short at a corporate Finance course. Well done to CFI team. The course content is truly insightful.

Charity Malatsi

A valuable and good course to learn about the corporate finance

Lakshay Kaushik

I am really satisfied with the overall course and its content. instructor covered all the main topics in detail. it helped me to learn about corporate finance basics.

ABDULLAH .

This online course has really helped me to understand the different concepts that needed to understand in order to understand corporate finance.The different types of debts have helped me to understand to which business which debt form should be applicable.Different techniques of financing as well as different concepts such as IRR,terminal value etc. are very well-explained.This will surely help me in my career growth. Thank you CFI !

Riddhi Rajput

The syllabus of the course is awesome and I have learnt lot of new things. I want to recommend this course to the students who all are preparing for the financial exams

Saurabh Grewal

This course is really informative especially im not from a finance background, however, i found myself searching for some of the terminology used to better understand the point.

Ghadah AlMudaiheem

It was very comprehensive course with apt topics and really helped in getting insights of this subject

Rahul Kumar

Yes, the course was really nice and informative.

Kenny Jain

learnt a lot of new things . good audio and video quality

Koustav Mukherjee

It's an very useful and informative contain.

Komal Agarwal

Dear Sir/Mam, The course is very effective & efficient in terms of knowledge & market skills.

Yogesh Soni

The lecturer of this course delivered well. I really gained a whole lot watching the videos. I added to my knowledge on corporate finance. Thanks.

Victor Ekom Charles

Thank you

Rohan Gawde

The course was very easy to understand. The video lectures were clear and concise. Well done.

Maurice Robinson

Instructor was lucid in explaining the concepts. Each and every concept was explained in a very easy to understand way.Overall , the best course in corporate finance till now.

Partho Pratim Narayan

It was an amazing course, through learning this we can understand the real perspective of Corporate Finance in the business world and its method of applications in the business and also we can understand the eminent role of finance professionals in thecorporate world

MOHAMMED FAISAL TC

The Introduction to Corporate Finance course effortlessly breaks down tricky concepts and is so robust. It covered all the expected concepts and even more. Fantastic material.

Temitope Ejide

with little knowledge in accounting, I can say this course is full of interesting and remarquable inputs to help anyone to have a general view on Corporate Finance. The structure of various parts of this courses helps you get full understanding of the mechanism of Corporate Finance.

Arnold-Aime NGAMELEU KAMENI

This introduction to corporate finance course will give an overview of all the key concepts you need for a high powered career in investment banking, equity research, private equity, corporate development, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), treasury, and much more

Sanjay Gupta

Thank you creating such an engaging course.

Andy Batlhophi

Well designed and described course for professionals as well as beginners to refresh / develop better understanding for corporate finance. Instructor explained the concepts in a very logical order, with sufficient details / examples which made it easy to follow. This was a good refresher for me to corporate finance. I highly recommend this course for Corporate Finance Professionals as well as for beginners.

Imtiaz Ahmad

very well planned and executed, no difficulty in understanding the contents

khalil mohammed haji

This course is very exciting, well packaged and well delivered. The course touched every aspect of Corporate Finance and gives explicit exposition to a beginner in corporate finance career.

EMEKA ANONYAI

it was very amazing

Khushi Shah

I thoroughly enjoyed the lessons. Simple, easy-to-understand and engaging. A recommended course for every beginner.

Francisca Nwume

Good

neelam thakur

It was amazing experience.Concepts were clearly explained. It would recommend this course to all the beginners of Corporate finance learners.

deepa shetty

The course gives complete insight on corporate finance. the course content, the resources provided and lectures were very much organised, simple to understand and it gives complete insights on corporate finance.

Ravichandran Rajagopalan

Introduction to Corporate Finance Institute has in no while expand my horizons, and has added to my wealth of Experience, I indeed have benefited from this Institute and I therefore request everyone to to make it a time to learn from this great citadel of learning, I'm most grateful.

RAMONI OLAYINKA SAMUEL

Basics of corporate finance neatly explained. Kudos!

Kishore Srinivasan

It's very easy to learn new things

Sachin s

This course will contribute to the best of my potential and value add to whatever task I am made a part of.

Sudhanshu Gupta

i gave the examination which is asked at the end of the course. i gave around 6-7 attempts till now but not able to cross 80%. according to me all my answers are right but then i am not able to achieve the minimum target. please provide me the solution for the questions asked in assessment exam.

Yash` Choubey

This course is very awesome and so knowledgable thanks to ypu CFI

Abhishek Jain

This is really a good course and the course content is also very much organized, specially in nice time fashion. Good to take this course.

DIPANKAR GHOSH

Section wise presentation is well presented. Exam question pattern is in depth in knowledge based on line item wise

Shyamal Roy

Still we need in-depth knowledge on corporate finance

Balaji R

get well knowledge and clear concept after doing that course excellent

SHAHID JAMAL KHAN

Easy to follow, covers basic principles a finance student must acknowledge, and it's FREE

Viet Phuong Le

This course is great the course material is interesting and the voice and video are clear. thank you for this great opportunity

Afnan Al Warthan

Great course on understanding corporate finance

Postraj Karki

hashim umer

This course is better than the Corporate Finance course that I took in University.

Rene D'Penha

The course is amazing and very helpful.

Rinshita Gupta

A great course for anyone interested in the basics of Corporate Finance.

Peter Abegunrin

Nice delivery

Temitope Akinyemi

Good

Angelina Nikitha Cyril

That is really useful and fruitful for Finance Group student. I really like it. Thank you. I will have touch to long.

SURJAN ROKAYA

I would personally recommend this course to anyone seeking a finance-related career. It covers the basics and give the necessary foundation to pursue a career in corporate finance. Private Equity, Venture Capital, Investment Banking, FP &A. The List is not exhaustive. Career Professionals can also take this course as a refresher to review basic concepts. Thank You CFI. Scott Powell, Tim Vipond and the entire CFI team for this wonderful opportunity of learning. Gracias.

Martins Ajakaye

Very Good.

Dhandhoj Malla Thakuri

I love the way corporate finance was broken down to my level of understanding, this made learning fun and interesting.

Abigail Ojiabo

I loved it. The course allows the students to get an overview on corporate finance and I am sure it will be very useful in my professional life.

Marvin Shelton Cavele

A highly interesting course for people willing to go for a career similar to corporate finance!!!

George Al Bcherraoui

i was inputting the right answers and still getting them incorrect on exam; took me 2 hours to finally notice my answers were correct all along after going back and fact checking them from the course. I suggest checking the website that runs the test for glitches in the system.

Raul Fernandez Jr

Best course

tanveer khan

Very good overview.

Doug Donley

More examples could have been done with the formulas to give more practice for the assessment questions.

Kethlois Meikle,FMVA

very nice concept and a lot of learning.

Shruti Mishra

Good Overall

Ayush Mangal

This is a good course and offers well relateable examples into the sphere of corporate finance.

Ayomide Hermann

Very informative and engaging

Gicheha Kingori

From a finance background student corporate finance is always a mandatory one.Furthermore, this course really helped me to learn the ins & outs of Corporate Fiance essentials.

Md. Fazle Muhit Jian

Greatly helping

Mithun K U

I'm absolutely amazed at how affordable this experience has been considering the fact that the value of this material is exceptional. You guys at CFI all deserve to be proud of what you have accomplished, and I'm sure many more people are going to resonate with what you have inspired. Thank you for the outstanding quality of your content. It's so enjoyable, I can work on these courses in my free time and although it is work it doesn't feel like work. You have full control to go at your own pace, so now matter how hard you work, there is time for anyone who is serious to put in the time they need.

Marco Pelser

Harder that I thought

Camila Thais Higa Lopes

not good very very bad

kanhiya lal

As a 19 year old fresher stepping footsteps in field of finance this course was a great step.The prsentations,slides,language clarity and concepts were amazing.I would suggest that if you can show an individual on the screen talking and giving lectures then that would be good.

JINEET SHETH

Great course broken down excellently. Presentation is great and can be understood by even people who do not have finance backgrounds

wilfred agyei

THE COURSE WAS EXPLAINED VERY WELL. I WAS ABLE TO GRASP THE IMPORTANT CONCEPTS. THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE COURSE AND I'LL TAKE MORE COURSES.

Njabulo Nhlakanipho Shezi

Hi, Just wanted to say that this was the best course I have taken out of the prerequisite courses. I got everything from the start. Just one point to note. When I started to do the final test, it opened it from question number 4, and as I went back I saw that the previous questions were answered, but not by me. So I did everything from the question 1 again.

Nina Lukka

Amazing course

Mubarak Nasser Al Mansoori

I really appreciate the way course was carried. It maintained its objective and kept things simple enough for beginners. I do think there should be a bit more interactive material for students and the slides need an update.

Vaibhav Bhatia

This course is extremely beneficial and essential for entrepreneurs.

Nkosingiphile Langa

contains lots of materials and straight to the point answers to questions

Godwill Ekpe

Is it a proper valid question & answer? I had a doubt with this exam.

Saravanan Elangovan

The course was through, concise and comprehensive. Will definitely refer and do other courses with CFI.

Martins Igberase

It's one of the best course I have taken so far...It's a short course and highly recommended for finance students...cheers to the team of CFI

Roshan Raja

This brief background on Corporate Finance was very interesting and inclusion on the career aspects the industry was very helpful. But, there were a few formulas and other parts that were not included, but were tested on during the assessment. For example, the question on finding the Present Value using Perpetuity, the formula was not thought during the course. But, overall a splendid learning experience!.

Zahid Sameer

Excellent presentation.

Mohamed Mokhtar

The review process should be modified for exams. It would be helpful to know what questions were answered correctly and incorrectly before retaking the exam.

Shamus Duff

Provides a career map... for aspiring MBA finance graduates.

Naveen Chandrasekaran

The course was excellent. Keep it up CFI. 5/5 rating

Ngoni Tsekera

The course is very well structured, the instructor and the accompanying presentations are helpful. I have informed many interested friends of mine through social media of your courses, they are all excited to join and subscribe to your site, and I recommend this course to anyone who has studied finance but is confused over the appropriate structuring of his her knowledge. I really thank you for this helpful effort.

Mohammed Saidy

I Appreciate it very much, I'm happy I finally got my certificate keep up the good work thank you.

KANNY SIBOZA

Helpful in learning the basics of corporate finance

Raghvendra Dhakad

Good refresher course on corporate finance. Learned a couple new things especially a better appreciation of mezzanine finance.

Colin Daniel

Well done Team. I am very impressed with the Introduction to Corporate Finance. I'm putting in for the main course soon, and also I give kudos to the Team for their swift response in resolving issues. Thanks.

Rasaki Bamidele Amusa

Excellent course. The material, as well as the video lectures, are easy to understand. The sessions on the potential career path and the interview questions are very informative and helpful. Will continue with the advanced courses in the near future.

Alex Tongayu, MBE

This course was extremely helpful for me as a college student pursuing a finance and economics degree, and I believe it will be helpful in facilitating more opportunities.

Gabriel Burgos

This course is outstanding, awesome, & great! I've already spoken (getting the word out) about CFI! Plan on taking more courses and eventually going for a Financial Analyst Certification.

Reginald William Hughes

This is a very important learning platform where I have gained insight into corporate finance and above all, i was award the certificate - Introduction to Corporate Finance. Corporate Finance Institute is a renowned body, meaning I have gained an outstanding paper which has added value to my Finance background. Thank you

Daniel Lodinya Stephen

Course blended just the right amount of overview concepts with details for each topic and subtopic. The lecturer possesses the perfect blend of subject matter knowledge, was able to convey the concepts through examples, and his voice was about perfect for listening and comprehending.

John Marceca

A well define to the point course the really open your minds on corporate finance

Tumwine Micheal

Clear and well explained. Is definitely a first step to a very promising career.

Naugloo Vidianand

Hi, this is Shashikumar from India, I am an MBA - Finance and working woth a leading Indian Stock Broking Company from last 7 months as an assistant manager - advisory desk. earlier I have worked with an NBFC named SHRIRAM City Union Finance ltd. as an executive - Operations. I have enjoyed the course, I got lot of learning from this course and I would like to thanks the Institute and promoters of this institute that they are providing such kind of online certification course that help developing carrer of the bidding finance students and professionals. Thank you Shashikumar Bhambhani

Shashikumar Bhambhani

Excellent

Abubkr Sami

This is a very good course and provides the necessary information even for people who dont have a bussiness training back ground .Please continue and thanks for the insight you are providing.

Benjamin Chilambe

A really great introduction that helped me brush up on and review some concepts I've learned in past university courses.

Ian Johnson

Very clear explanation and good choice of topics to provide an overview of corporate finance.

Keith Wong, CFA, CA(Singapore)

Really good course and the way it is presented helps a novice

Sanchita Kundu

The content is awesome i look forward to continue more courses from CFI

Tanumay Mal

I heartily appreciate you and your work especially as it is a free certificate course. I enjoyed it. Thanks.

Stanley Ijegbulem

I learnt in detail all the concepts which i can implement in the company , i gained more knowledge from CFI. Thank you very much CFI

Ganesh Anand.V. Rao

I'm in the process of exploring the Finance industry further and this course has provided a comprehensive, easy-to-understand, "big picture" explanation on Finance. The content is well communicated and even those with minimal Finance backgrounds can follow and significantly learn from the course. Highly recommended!

Patrick Gramaje

It was excellent...all concepts have been plainly explained

rubeena dina

GOOD one of the best

Jyoti Prakash Gautam

It's very succinct and straightforward! I really learned a lot! Thanks to the CFI team! Kudos guys!

Omotayo Habeeb

I am an MBA and a Finance Professional with 30+ years of experience. I took this course to see what is being offered and update myself with the latest approaches and technical skills, but after going through the course was very much impressed with the explanation methodology and presentations. It was simply excellent.

Tahir Ansari

Not too technical and clear enough for even a novice to Corporate Finance to understand.

Emilio Esteban

Well done

Leonidah Pauline Kinyeki Mukabi

This course "Introduction to corporate Finance" was extremely useful to me. it helped me understand what fields of opportunity are available for me which gave a clear cut practical scenario to understand a career in finance. It also helped me to learn about the interview processes and what other courses are important.

Janani K.P

it was good and valuable

Mostafa Shaker

Nice course for beginners and people from non-financial background

Kaushik Nayak

i loved this course, it's so useful and important. keep up the good work

Mohamed Oraby

I learnt a lot, it will boost my cv

Maungo Gontle Letebele

Outstanding Material used in this curriculum.

SUMAIR IQBAL

Hi, I'm Sai Charan Kuppili working as Design professional in Solar PV Industry on Engineering aspects of Solar PV Power plants, being a non-finance professional made me focus my interest on finance and CFI. This course from CFI has given excellent insights on Corporate finance in detail for all Infrastructure industry segments. Thanks for the best course for non-finance professionals. Thanks & Regards, SAI CHARAN KUPPILI

Sai Charan Kuppili

Captures interesting and straight to the point. Unlike most university lectures I have been to that talk about side issues don't really matter in the real world. I feel I have a better foundation in corporate finance to which I can build my knowledge and increase my skill set.

Ezekiel Robert

Excellent! Teaches you to know the environment of Corporate Finance career and the boundary between each. Was a good one. It helped me out!

Teka Derick Tikum

the course material was helpful and relevant

adele boipuso madeluka- khatazo

The course was great and helped me to understand the basics of corporate finance. I expected some detailed example of the valuation methods. But overall, the course was a good one!

Galib Hassan Khan

Very informative! Covered many key points. I would like to be able to print the slides to make notes, and had some natural pauses in the presentation in order to do so.

Tammy Fischer

It's a really nice course for finance aspirants....Thanks for these free courses sir...I request to provide some more free courses in capital markets and finance...

Raghuram Mogallapu

This course is very useful as an introductory course, i think that it could be very useful to include some overviews of other important topics like the economic impact in corporate finance, or the FP&A function contribution to corporate finance in a high level, and WACC fundamentals and a little bit of Risk analysis overview and Corporate Governance.

Juan Armando Avila Barragán

The course was very educational Good work guys

Owusu Emmanuel

It was really wonderful to listen 2-3 minutes videos, to brush up on concepts read much earlier, as well as to know recent concepts in corporate finance.

ARAN AHUJA

The course presents an excellent overview of corporate finance, which leverages further learning process to a great extent! Even though I covered the subject during my academic career, still I had to pause and make notes on key points on this course as I found them well structured.

Abdulbariy Karimov

Very interesting course to sum up basic corporate finance concepts. Divided in ~5 minutes-long sub-sessions which are pretty useful in case of frequent interruption. Extremely clear speaker. Really appreciated the final career paths session.

Laura Piccinato

I think the way the course is layout is very good, simple concise but with enough detail to provide a comprehensive review. I really enjoyed the presentations and the easiness how the concepts were introduced. got me inspired to continue my education with the other modules. Cheers, Dickson

Dickson Trujillo

Great way to understand this course, i like how simple and easy to follow instruction.

Abdukadir Mohamed

The tutoring and presentation style were all comprehensive, each topic giving information and a better understanding of its terms and attributes. I had a great time of learning, and the knowledge gained is relevant. I will recommend anyone interested in this programme.

Charles Aniobi

A very short exposition which does nothing better than motivate the learner to pursue a career in corporate finance. My path is now clear thanks to the course.

Jared Oginga

Tim does an amazing job giving a simple overview of Corporate Finance. Highly recommended course for those that are looking to go into Corporate Finance but unclear on where to start.

Eli Kaan

It is a great course to refresh your knowledge

Mauricio Robles

The course not only gives insights to corporate finance but also grants access to the fine details towards it

Sumit Pundhir

This is a good course, it explains an overview of corporate finance

Oluwatobi Osideko

This was really nice session with the mentor. Thanks a lot! :)

S. M. Abdul Awal Pavel

To know more about corporate finance, especially in growing businesses in Africa, you need knowledge on growth from SMES to competitive firms, knowing how to raise capital, debt, shares etc. I recommend CFI courses as a career builder, and I’m a diploma holder of accounting and want to advance myself in investment and wealth management. I most certainly appreciate your certificate, I think it’s clearly explained I have done financial operations in CIMA.

lizzy jonazi

Very good and interactive course. Suitable for beginners. As for me, Being a person with finance background, this course actually helps me to refresh all the terms and items thought in class years ago. Thanks again

Muhamad Nur Farhan Muhamad Fadzil

Frequently asked questions

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All Access Subscription is priced for $497 per year as Self-Study plan or $897 per year as Full Immersion plan.

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All Access Subscription includes all courses from Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® Certification, Commercial Banking & Credit Analyst (CBCA)™ Certification, Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)® Certification, Business Intelligence & Data Analyst (BIDA)™ Certification, Commercial Real Estate Finance Specialization and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Specialization.