Corporate Finance & Banking (Taught)

Accelerate your career with our Masters in Corporate Finance & Banking. Blending corporate finance and banking, this programme opens doors to dynamic opportunities in international banking, financial intermediation, corporate and personal financial management, wealth management, responsible banking, and securities and investment management.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• Benefit from teaching grounded in the latest research and gain cutting-edge insights complex financial issues in international financial markets and banking.

• Choose from a diverse range of elective options including Climate Finance and ESG investment and Data Science and Machine Learning in Finance.

• Learn from expert academics - including Dr Hormoz Ramian - who are recognised nationally and internationally for their finance research.

• Access advanced tools including Bloomberg terminals, WRDS: Compustat, CRSP, Thomson Reuters Insider Data, Datastream and Thomson ONE & Deals.

• Build business-ready skills through our industry connections. Explore our specialised Finance in Practice Workshops to gain practical insights and hands-on experience.

• Benefit from an individualised skills development program and a dedicated Career Development Coach, helping you balance academic learning with essential employability skills to achieve your professional goals.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take five core courses and one optional course, and complete a substantial independent piece of work, normally in the form of a dissertation, which offers you the flexibility to pursue studies in your chosen area of interest, on a theme related to financial analysis.

Core courses
Corporate Finance and Securities
Financial Econometrics
Financial Management in Banking
Capital Markets and Investment
Dissertation and Research Methods

Optional courses
Asset Pricing and Macro-Finance
Climate Finance and ESG Investment
Data Science and Machine Learning in Finance
Financial Risk Management

CAREER PROSPECTS
Recent graduates have become finance managers, wealth managers, VAT managers, audit specialists, planning & business analysts and personal financial advisers, and work for companies such as KPMG and Deloitte as well as most major banks and financial institutions around the world. We have a dedicated careers and employability team who provide 1-2-1 support and advice, group workshops, employer events on campus and networking opportunities throughout the year to help you with your career prospects.