Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year
From corporate and investment to sustainable finance, master real-world challenges and shape your path to becoming an innovative, future-ready finance leader.
Combining cutting-edge theory with real-world challenges, our Finance (MSc) programme prepares you for career success in the evolving finance world.
You’ll explore such topics as asset pricing and investment management while developing consultancy and research skills.
You’ll study innovative financial technologies and instruments, electronic trading, ethical financial decision making and the corporate financial life cycle. Optional modules allow you to tailor your learning in line with your career ambitions.
Exposed to cutting-edge trading simulations in our flagship Trading Room - one of the largest in the UK – you’ll put theory into action, gaining the practical skills required for life at the stock exchange.
In order to be considered for an offer for this programme you will need to meet all of the entry requirements. Your application will not be progressed if the information and evidence listed is not provided.
With your online application you will need to provide:
A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved a 2:2 honours degree in any discipline with at least one module related to mathematics, statistics or quantitative content, or an equivalent international degree. If your degree certificate or result is pending, please upload any interim transcripts or provisional certificates.
A copy of your IELTS certificate with an overall score of 6.5 with 5.5 in all subskills, or evidence of an accepted equivalent. Please include the date of your expected test if this qualification is pending. If you have alternative acceptable evidence, such as an undergraduate degree studied in the UK, please supply this in place of an IELTS.
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An employability focus is embedded throughout, including case studies and assessments that mirror the challenges you’ll face in the workplace.
Combining academic depth with real-world relevance, you’ll be provided with a strong platform to embark on a broad range of careers in the accounting and financial services sector. We integrate technical, professional and critical skills to prepare you for roles in investment, banking, consultancy, management and beyond. Flexibility within the programme allows you to specialise in areas of interest. Throughout the course, there is a strong emphasis on ethical awareness, critical thinking and sustainability – vital skills in today’s business environment.
Core Modules:
Asset Pricing
Corporate Finance
Financial Markets and Investment
Critical skills for Finance Professionals
Research Dissertation: Accounting, Finance and Fintech
Optional Modules:
Financial Technology and Behaviour
International Financial Management
Market Structure and Electronic Trading
Sustainable Finance
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