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MSc Corporate Finance

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    MSc Full-time 1 year

Course Description

Our MSc Corporate Finance is designed to prepare you for a career in the treasury department of a large company or the corporate finance team of an investment bank. It is also suitable if you wish to work in a management consultancy role with a finance focus or an advisory role with an accounting or professional services company.

This applied Corporate Finance master’s encompasses diverse topics such as mergers and acquisitions, issuing capital, cash management, corporate payout policy, managing foreign exchange exposure and executive compensation. It will provide you with tools to evaluate corporate finance issues, improve financial management practice and work in professional corporate finance roles.

The programme shares a common taught first semester with MSc Finance and MSc Finance and Investment before specialising in Corporate Finance in semesters two and three.

The programme is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the world’s largest body of management accountants, and offers at least eleven exemptions from their examinations. This is strong recognition of the professional relevance of this programme for students wishing to work in the finance function of a business or multinational organisation.

Entry Requirements

A good honours degree in business (or a related subject), finance, accounting, maths, physics, engineering, computing, economics or at least a minor in Finance.

Good (2:1) grades in quantitative modules are required regardless of degree background.

Applications may also be considered from those with an appropriate professional qualification or more than one year of relevant work experience.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are lots of options available to you to fund your master’s programme, from alumni bursaries to school and department scholarships and government loans.

Student Destinations

MSc Corporate Finance is ideal for students seeking to follow a career in the financial management function of a business, corporate finance roles in banks or in accountancy and management consultancy.

Our alumni are highly sought after and work with a range of organisations, including many major global banks, large business and the “Big Four” accountancy firms

  • Exxon Mobil – Financial Analyst
  • Fineco Bank – Corporate Finance Advisor
  • PwC – Management Consultant
  • RBS – Equity Derivatives Analyst
  • Techcombank – Financial Market & Banking Sector Analyst

Module Details

Semester 1

Compulsory Modules

  • Business Communication for Finance
  • Principles of Finance
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • Financial Reporting and Company Performance
  • Economic Data Analysis

Semester 2

Compulsory Modules

  • Business Communication for Finance
  • Corporate Finance
  • International Financial Management
  • Performance Appraisal and Stock Valuations

Optional Modules (choose one)

  • Business Economics
  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
  • Fintech and Global Markets
  • Portfolio Management
  • Derivatives and Risk Management
  • Cryptocurrencies and Cryptographic Finance

Summer

Compulsory Modules

  • Corporate Financial Analysis
  • Advanced Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance and Responsibility

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