Gopala Vasudevan is a Finance professor at Northeastern University rated 3.1/5 by 13 students, with 3.5/5 difficulty and 67.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Gopala Vasudevan professor reviews and ratings: 3.1/5 from 13 student reviews at Northeastern (67.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
I took international finance with vasu. Had taken his corporate finance earlier. very nice and helpful person. Responds to emails quickly although not much in office. Is an NYU PhD and is very smart.FIN4320 2017-05-16 15:06:39 +0000 UTC
He doesn't really communicate well and you won't learn anything from him. However, he basically hands out his entire test in practice questions and it's not hard to get an A. Beware that all learning needs to happen at home and that his hand will constantly repeat the annoying signature motion but you'll get over it.FINA3301 2017-04-12 12:09:46 +0000 UTC
He is a good professor. Very helpful to students.FIN432001 2016-05-28 16:16:00 +0000 UTC
He doesn't know how to teach and isn't helpful at all!!! I came to his office and talked about the project he said there is nothing he can do about it?! Even though Final is optional, but you need to get a overall 97 plus to get an A. you will end up with an A- even if you got 96.9! Do not take his class! You learn nothing from itFINA4320 2014-04-23 18:18:35 +0000 UTC
In his international finance class. Just terrible. So boring and confusing and makes the material way harder to understand than it really it. dont take his classes.FINA4520 2013-11-03 18:50:06 +0000 UTC
I like this guy. He is very organized, helpful and available. Gives a lot of extra credit and also drops the lowest of the first two exams if you take the final. If you do well in the first two exams you dont have to take the final.FIN4320 2016-04-30 07:43:00 +0000 UTC
I liked Professor Vasu's class very much. He is very organized posts all material on BB. Exams are very much like Sample Exams and a cheat sheet is allowded.FIN432001 2014-05-13 09:29:51 +0000 UTC
That guy just does not know how to teach AT ALL. He is capable of explaining certain concepts, but otherwise he just does not seem to care about either the material or the students. He makes basic ideas and concepts tough. Also puts insane amount of pressure on timed assignment and has no idea of his own deadlines.FINA4320 2013-02-16 15:15:12 +0000 UTC
I had him for my International Financial Management class. Boring class. He uses slides that come with textbook only. And those are horrible. Much better understanding the concepts by reading the book by yourself. The case studies are very hard, and he gave you an ok-grade, although you did very well. He's terrible in explaining things.FINA4520 2012-08-03 20:31:11 +0000 UTC
he is a very good professor. Very organized and helpful. Gives sample exams that are a good guide to the actual.FIN4320 2014-01-12 06:03:14 +0000 UTC
He is very organized and quite straightforward. Gives three exams and drops the lowest one. Final is optional!FIN432001 2014-04-02 21:29:27 +0000 UTC
His accent is not too hard to understand and he is able to explain the material very conicsely (though he is much better in his office hours). However, that guy needs to take better care of his class. The syllabus he gave was outdated and that the completely wrong group project described. Not a bad teacher overall, just not very careful.FINA4320 2013-01-21 09:40:29 +0000 UTC
He has a strong accent. That was not too bad, but he made things too complex to understand and he was not good at explaining concepts at all. the 8 am class made participation not easy and he gave out in-class projects which actually drag down your overall participation points.FINA4320 2012-08-22 17:38:17 +0000 UTC
Gopala Vasudevan has an average rating of 3.1/5 from 13 student reviews. 67.0% of students said they would take them again.
Gopala Vasudevan's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.5/5 based on student reviews.
Gopala Vasudevan has taught FINA4320, FINA3301 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.