This programme is designed for graduates with a first degree in a wide range of social science subjects or candidates from other disciplines that can demonstrate their suitability and motivation for this programme. Work experience is welcome but not necessary. Through an interactive educational experience the programme aims to introduce students to a wide diversity of perspectives, cutting-edge ideas and techniques in financial management to enhance graduate career prospects. The programme will also offer an international perspective to gain deeper understanding and skills in the field of financial management, reflecting closely a highly globalised and integrated real-world business environment.
We will consider all applications with 2:ii (or international equivalent) or higher. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application including supporting statement and references.
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Graduates from the School of Finance and Management leave SOAS with a coherent and solid knowledge of management and finance, with skills in statistics and computing, critical reasoning and analytical thinking.
Recent graduates have been hired by:
Amber Capital
Council of Europe
Credit Suisse
Deloitte
General Insurance Brokers
HM Treasury
KPMG LLP
Ligomarc Advocates
Policy Vault Africa
Statista
Teneo
UniCredit Bank
World Food Programme
Core
Valuation - 15 credits
Open
Compulsory Dissertation or Projects
Choice between 1. Dissertation and 2. A combination of Research Project of 30 credits and Practical Industry Project worth 30 credits.
Practical Industry Project - 30 credits
Open
Research Project (School of Finance and Management) - 30 credits
Open
Dissertation in Finance - 60 credits
Open
Compulsory
Four compulsory modules
Corporate Finance - 15 credits
Open
Risk management - 15 credits
Open
Financial Data Modelling - 15 credits
Open
Financial Markets and Instruments (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Guided options - List A
A minimum of 30 credits to be selected from List A. A further 15 credits can be selected from either List A or Open Languages.
Advanced Econometrics with R coding - 15 credits
Open
Green Finance - 15 credits
Open
Research Methods - 15 credits
Open
Digital Government and Regulation - 15 credits
Open
Emerging Market Finance - 15 credits
Open
Public Financial Management - 15 credits
Open
Data Analytics with Python - 15 credits
Open
Project Management (School of Finance and Management) - 15 credits
Open
Innovation Systems, Complexity and Policy - 15 credits
Open
Open options
Students can take a maximum of 15 credits from the School-wide languages' open options list.
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