Power your learning with experience
Integrating classroom instruction and academic thinking with authentic, experience-fueled learning is what we do best at D'Amore-McKim. It's an approach that expands your knowledge base, develops your creative mindset, and prepares you to meet the shifting demands of today's business world.
Experience is embedded into our curriculum by our expert faculty, who bring their own unique industry knowledge and insights to everything they teach. Through project-based coursework, you'll add real business experience to your portfolio and gain skills that you can take with you far into your career.
As a Graduate Certificate in Mutual Fund Management student, you'll benefit from Northeastern's unique emphasis on experience as you progress through your program.
- Learn from renowned faculty who are experienced practitioners and thought leaders in their respective fields
- Study real-world cases that powerfully illustrate course learnings
- Test concepts in the workplace for immediate impact
Get involved with on-campus experiences such as…
360 Huntington Fund
Apply to be part of the team that recommends stocks and manages investments for the 360 Huntington Fund. Launched in 2008, this nearly $1 million student-managed mutual fund represents experiential learning in its purest form.

Graduate Finance and Investment Club
Dive deep into the different disciplines in the finance industry with like-minded fellow students. You'll have the opportunity to meet with distinguished members of those disciplines, and participate in the annual stock market competition.
Meet Some of Our Students
Expanding career opportunities through pursuit of a graduate certificate
“Without having a formal education in the field, my knowledge was limited to my experiences. I wanted to learn more about marketing and earn a graduate certificate to provide myself access to more career opportunities in the future.” says Danielle Cochran, Graduate Certificate in Marketing'21
Q&A with Laura Dyduch, GCM'18
“The professors are captivating, they go beyond just teaching you the syllabus. Classes at D'Amore-McKim are like nothing I have ever experienced before. Not only do we learn things from the professor but they continually engage students in the conversation so that we all learn from each other as well” says Dyduch.