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  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year full-time

Masters Degree Description

Start or advance your financial career with a global perspective as you explore the conceptual, analytical and professional skills you need to excel in industry during this era of financial globalisation.

Our MSc Finance and Banking course focuses on multinational corporate finance. You’ll cover topics including international money and financial markets, the theory and practice of corporate financial management, and how to analyse real-time financial market data movements. 

You'll use our industry standard Bloomberg terminals and software, and have the chance to complete your Bloomberg Market Concepts training during the course. This certificate is recognised in industry and shows employers that you have relevant Bloomberg experience when you graduate.

You'll explore finance in an international context and using academic theory and real-world practices to support your learning. Taught by staff who have rich research and industry experience, you'll gain a comprehensive insight into banking and international finance, and graduate with a variety of career options.

Accredited by: 

The University of Portsmouth has earned business accreditation from the AACSB in recognition of the outstanding quality of its business and management education. Less than six percent of the world's schools offering business degree programs hold AACSB business accreditation.

Entry Requirements

Qualifications or experience

  • A second-class honours degree in a relevant or related subject, which includes some element of statistics or quantitative methods, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.

English language requirements

  • English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 5.5.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

You'll graduate with an understanding of the complexities of modern financial markets, and be in a strong position to begin or advance your career within global finance and industrial sectors. 

Through our MSc Finance and Banking course you'll gain a worldwide appeal to employers, with the ability to work in a variety of areas including investment analysis, securities trading, banking and investment banking, accountancy, and financial management. You could also go on to further study. 

Your teaching staff are experts in their field and they have shaped this course to match the needs to the industry. You'll receive the knowledge, technical ability and networking opportunities you need to graduate with a rich and transferrable skill set. You’ll have an in-depth understanding of the industry and graduate prepared to work in international financial markets.

Graduates of this course have gone onto roles such as:

  • Commercial Finance Analyst
  • Bid Pricing Executive
  • Graduate Econometrician
  • Hedge Fund Manager
  • Financial Regulator

Module Details

Core modules

  • Aef Research Methods and Dissertation – 60 credits
  • Corporate Finance – 15 credits
  • Econometric Modelling – 15 credits
  • Foreign Exchange Market Analysis – 15 credits
  • International Banking: Efficiency, Competition and Regulation – 15 credits
  • Financial Econometrics – 15 credits
  • International Banking, Financial Markets and Monetary Policy – 15 credits
  • International Money and Capital Markets – 15 credits

Optional modules

  • Database Design and Implementation – 15 credits
  • Digital Economy: Society, Culture and Policy - 20 credits
  • Financial Technology: Micro Perspectives - 15 credits
  • Digital Economy: Business, Markets and Institutions - 15 credits
  • Financial Technology: Macro Perspectives - 15 credits
  • Innovation Dynamics and Data Science - 15 credits

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