MSc Finance and Investment Banking offers a coherent and intellectual learning experience, providing students with a critical understanding of the subject and enabling them to employ the tools of analysis used by a wide range of finance and investment banking professionals.
Students can now combine this specialist Master's with a year long placement. The work placement opportunity gives them a practical perspective to their academic studies and enables them to increase greatly their skill set for a wide range of finance and investment banking careers. Previous students have had placements with Canada life, PRGX, and Mayfair Equity Advisory Ltd.
Specific careers that may be appropriate include a range of investment banking roles such as financial analyst, investment manager, securities’ analyst and portfolio manager as well as roles within financial departments of corporations/organizations like treasury, financial control, risk analysis etc. Furthermore, the programme offers a sound platform and preparation for doctoral research in the areas of finance, accounting and economics.
This Master's programme provides students with the necessary IT analytical skills which reinforce the theoretical and empirical underpinning of the programme. The students will learn quantitative methodology, to carry out quantitative analyses of relevant financial and economic problems.
The University offers a varied programme of teaching and learning that includes small group seminars, statistical software packages, lectures and access to specialist web-based resources. The programme also echoes the esteemed Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA®) level 1 and 2 examinations.
Moreover, students can benefit from the University's strong connections with employers such as Canada Life, and Santander with many companies attending the careers fairs. Graduates are working for organizations including HSBC, Standard Chartered, Nomura, and Gallagher & Mohan.
| Level | Masters |
| Discipline | Business & Management |
| Duration | 12 months |
| Intakes | Jan, Sep |
| Application Fees | GBP 0 |
| Tuition Fees | GBP 17950 |
| Campus | Main |
| Language proficiency (minimum) | |
| IELTS | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| TOEFL | 79 |
| PTE | 58 |
| 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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