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Masters Degree Description

Develop your critical and analytical skills across finance and investment - enhancing your knowledge to prepare for a career in banking, finance or business. The course is designed to meet the growing demand for highly skilled and intellectual professionals in investment management. You’ll gain specialist knowledge in finance while developing your ability to research, appraise and critically evaluate current issues in the financial sector. You’ll look at topics such as pensions, socially responsible mutual funds and the impact of hedge funds on economic growth.

Entry Requirements

All students

You typically need one of the following

• 2.2 honours degree in a relevant subject

• recognised professional qualification or equivalent in a relevant subject

Relevant subjects include • business management • finance • accounting • economics • banking • law • the natural sciences • IT and computing.

We consider applicants without these academic qualifications dependant on personal, professional and work experience and other formal qualifications. You may also be able to claim credit points which can reduce the amount of time it takes to complete your qualification at Sheffield Hallam. Find out more

Overseas applicants from countries whose first language is not English must normally produce evidence of competence in English, such as an IELTS score of 6.0 with 5.5 in all skills. If your English language skill is currently below an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

This course prepares you for a career in:

  • investment / portfolio management
  • banking
  • finance
  • business consulting
  • Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for:
  • Investec
  • RBC Capital Markets
  • Santander
  • Citibank
  • Credit Suisse
  • EY
  • Shell
  • HSBC
  • Barclays
  • Chinatrust Commercial Bank

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Financial Management And Investment Risk (30 Credits)
  • Financial Stability, Regulation And Sustainability (30 Credits)
  • Investment Management And Derivatives (30 Credits)
  • Statistics And Big Data In Finance (30 Credits)
  • Elective modules
  • Consultancy (60 Credits)
  • Dissertation (60 Credits)

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