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Study Details: 2 Years
The MSc Finance with Work Placement Year provides you with the opportunity to study in the heart of London, close to one of the world’s premier financial centres with highly dynamic firms operating in Banking, Insurance, FinTech, and the financial services ecosystem.
You will be part of a highly international cohort of ambitious students seeking to make an impact in a global career in finance and financial management. You will be able to study cutting-edge skills such as Analytics and new areas such as Green Finance, and add a new dimension to your global effectiveness skill-set by studying a language.
Additional opportunities to improve employability skills, including a virtual industry project where you work in teams to solve a real-world problem as student consultants. The MSc Finance is a flexible option for those with or without prior background in finance.
We will consider all applications with 2:2 (or international equivalent) or higher. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application such as supporting statement. References are optional, but can help build a stronger application if you fall below the 2:2 requirement or have non-traditional qualifications.
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
Year 1 - Core
Valuation - 15 credits
Open
Year 1 - 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
Year 1 - 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
Year 2 - Placement Year
Postgraduate Placement Year - 60 credits
Open
Year 2 - Dissertation or Projects
Practical Industry Project - 30 credits
Open
Research Project (School of Finance and Management) - 30 credits
Open
Dissertation in Finance - 60 credits
Open
Open options
Students can take a maximum of 15 credits from the School-wide languages' open options list.
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