Now more than ever, the Finance sector, requires multi-disciplined practitioners who can navigate financial markets, make informed investment decisions and act rationally and ethically under pressure. The University of Essex MSc Finance is the flagship Master’s degree of their finance disciplines at Essex Business School. It delivers a solid base in Finance for those with a strong quantitative and financial background who wish to move into a career in the finance sector or as a route towards academia.
This Masters in Finance has been developed to meet the needs of a global finance sector that is still partially in recovery and in need of decisive leadership and new thinking. Students will learn using case studies, real-life data from the Bloomberg data feed and established financial models. Students will learn when and what to question and how their unique skillsets can make an impact.
Students will master core areas of finance, such as:
MSc Finance is taught at Essex Business School, ranked 25th in the UK for research quality. The students and staff join the University of Essex from all over the world and the teaching is grounded in contemporary issues and professional practice, supported by industry-standard facilities, such as the Bloomberg virtual trading floor.
| Level | Masters |
| Discipline | Business & Management |
| Duration | 12 months |
| Intakes | Oct |
| Application Fees | GBP 0 |
| Tuition Fees | GBP 21350 |
| Campus | Colchester |
| Language proficiency (minimum) | |
| IELTS | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| TOEFL | 88 |
| PTE | 60 |
| Duolingo | Not Accepted |
| Exam proficiency (minimum) | |
| SAT | Not Required / Waiver |
|---|---|
| ACT | Not Required / Waiver |
| GRE | Not Required / Waiver |
| GMAT | Not Required / Waiver |
Minimum GPA - 70.0%
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