Program Description

This is a specialist course that seeks to educate and prepare you for a range of careers within the finance profession. It aims to provide you with specialist financial skills and knowledge – everything from derivatives, portfolio theory and risk management, to financial modelling, governance and ethical finance.

• Three pathways enable you to tailor the course to an area of specialist interest
• Development of skills and knowledge to suit globally-orientated, enterprising financial working environments
• The chance to integrate theoretical and practical learnings
• You will have the option to apply for a ‘professional experience’ opportunity, designed to further develop your skills and knowledge with the aim of maximising your employability prospects. See modules for more information.

Upon successful completion, you will have knowledge of:

• Financial concepts, theories and their application to real-world situations.
• Financing arrangements, strategies and governance structures of business entities.
• Complex operation and function of financial markets in different regulatory settings.
• Contemporary and controversial issues of finance in global financial markets.

On successful completion, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate diagnostic and decision-making skills – such as optimising investment strategies for both firms and individuals in dealing with financial management problems.
• Use advanced mathematical and statistical techniques for financial and investment analysis.
• Select, retrieve and analyse relevant data and information from finance-related databases like Datastream and Bloomberg to solve practical problems.
• Design and conduct research in financial management using appropriate methodologies to advance knowledge in these areas.
• Critically evaluate the conceptual and theoretical frameworks of finance and challenge assumptions.
• Exercise judgment in the selection of different methods and approaches to financial management in the corporate environment.

Admission Requirements

• Applicants should hold a good honours degree 2:2 or above in a relevant academic discipline, such as finance, accounting or economics. Applications from candidates with relevant experience will be considered on an individual basis.
• General Requirement :-
  • Indian Students-Students must achieve 60% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree or 55% in a 4 Year.Undergraduate Degree Students from the following Universities will be considered with 55% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree (unless applying for Health and Life Science courses): Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai (Madras), Anna, Amity, Andhra Pradesh, Aligarh Muslim, Pune, Bangalore and JNTU.
  • Arab Students-Students who hold a Bachelor’s Degree should have an average grade of 60% or above. Students who have an average grade of 70% or CGPA of 2.5 out of 4 for the Postgraduate Research programmes with a satisfactory research proposal.

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	6.5

Remarks:

Indian Students IELTS Waiver:-65% in Standard XII English language from certain examination boards only (Central boards, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand)