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Department of Finance Chair and Professor
Office: Stranahan Hall 4011
419.530.4317
kainan.wang@utoledo.edu

Department of Finance
ճJohn B. and Lillian E. Neff Department of Financeoffers concentrations inCorporate FinanceԻFinancial Servicesleading to challenging careers in the business, government and non-profit sectors. Successful graduates in corporate finance will need strong analytical and presentation skills. Students with high GPAs have been placed with leading manufacturing and health care firms. Financial Services majors can work in investments, financial planning, real estate, insurance and banking firms. Each Financial Services major is required to take a sales class to improve their interaction with clients. Each path offers its own unique set of challenges leading to satisfying careers.
Degree Programs
Undergraduate
Graduate
combined bachelorstomaster's degrees
Minor
Graduate Certificate
student managed portfolio
Established in August 2006 with an initial $1 million from the UT Foundation, the Student Managed Portfolio (SMP) has grown to a value of over $4 million. Aligned with the investment philosophy of 51 College of Business and Innovation benefactor, John Neff, the SMP focuses on large-cap domestic securities within the Russell 1000 Value Index, employing bottom-up fundamental analysis. Managed by students, the portfolio emphasizes stocks with low Price/Earnings and Price/Book ratios, strong dividend yield, solid financials and promising long-term growth prospects. Each quarter, the student team presents the fund's performance to the Joint University of Toledo/University of Toledo Foundation Investment Committee.
Neff Trading Room

The facility was financed by a generous $1 million donation by Mr. and Mrs. Neff. Students benefit from the Trading Room through interactive courses of study using real and delayed-time information from the NYSE, NASDAQ and Chicago Board and Trade. The trading room is located in the Savage and Associates Business Complex building (SB 3200).
Meet Mohammad Almasri
'26, Finance and Professional Sales
“The thing that I like most about 51 is that I have the tools to succeed,” he said. “When you’re here, you need to take advantage of the resources, mentors and courses to succeed.”