MBA Finance
This course is for
Graduates who have little or no business experience and want a career in finance.
Overview
Receive a solid theoretical foundation in finance. Use your quantitative skills and enhance your employability. You’ll graduate prepared for a finance-related career.
Develop an in-depth knowledge of the financial system. You’ll learn to analyse financial decisions and the motivations of people making them. You’ll apply this knowledge in a range of real-world scenarios.
Our course brings in expertise from the University’s departments of Mathematical Sciences and Economics. This gives you access to a wide range of teaching and research experience.
Semester one: taught units
Compulsory units
You will take these units:
Econometrics for finance
Theory of financial decision making
Investment management
Optional units
You will select two of these units:
Financial derivatives
Banking
Corporate governance
Introduction to quantitative finance
Semester two: taught units
Compulsory units
You will take these units:
Corporate finance
International finance
Financial econometrics
Optional units
You will select two of these units:
Risk management
Financial engineering
Financial statement analysis and company valuation
Contemporary finance issues
New venture financing
Behavioural finance
Summer: Dissertation or Practice Track
You will finish the course by choosing one of these two options:
Dissertation Track
You will produce a unique piece of research using techniques learned throughout the year.
Practice Track
You will work with one of our partner organisations to solve a real business challenge. In teams, you will apply what you have learned and present your work to the company.
Course Level:
MBA
Overview
Degree awarded: Master of Science
Duration: 1 year
Entry requirements
- 2.1 or above (or international equivalent) undergraduate degree. Your degree can be in any discipline but you must have studied a subject with quantitative content.
We do not require GMAT
Entry requirements
2:1 or above
(or its international equivalent) undergraduate degree. Your degree can be in any discipline but you must have studied a subject with quantitative content.
If you are a USA student and completed your undergraduate degree abroad, your qualification must be equivalent to a 2:1 or above.
We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.
Work experience
In exceptional cases, relevant work experience may be a substitute for the degree requirement. You should have no more than three years’ relevant work experience.
Careers
We give you the edge
The practical focus of our courses will help you stand out from the crowd. You will develop key skills and work with employers from the start of your course.
Our graduates have a great employment record. Most go on to careers in a range of areas, start their own business or begin a PhD.