MSc Financial Management
Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham
Key Information
Campus location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
GBP 17,010 / per year **
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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* international students: 1 July 2023 | home students: 31 August 2023
** international students: £28,890 | home students: £17,010
Introduction
Take control of your career in financial management. Our MSc Financial Management programme provides the knowledge and skills that will give you a significant edge in this competitive finance sector.
- Triple Crown accreditation from the AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS
- #4 most targeted university by the top UK employers (High Fliers Research 2022)
- 1 of only 6 ACT accredited universities
At the heart of every economy, finance offers a world of interesting, challenging and highly lucrative career paths. Our programme is designed to strengthen the knowledge and skills you need to work in financial management and provide you with a significant edge in the competitive global sector.
Why study MSc Financial Management at Birmingham?
- Financial Management graduates are in high demand from a wide range of top employers for their specialist skills. Our ever-growing relationship with key employers in the sector will provide you with the opportunity to meet and network with leading global organisations.
- You will study a variety of innovative topics that will prepare you for a global career, including foreign exchange markets, international treasury management, ethics, governance and regulation in treasury. You will gain knowledge of real-world investment challenges with an emphasis on ethical and sustainable business practices.
- You can choose a pathway with MSc in Financial Management to achieve two ACT professional qualifications. By choosing the specific optional modules and completing the requirements, you will receive the Certificate in Treasury (CertT) and the Certificate in Treasury Fundamentals (CertTF), as well as your degree.
You will also have the opportunity to take part in the award-winning Future Leaders Certificate programme. This extra-curricular programme will give you the chance to work on an exciting virtual live project set by a multinational company and enables you to better understand the impact that technology is having on the business world and the implications for your own career.
This programme has a pathway which will enable you to achieve two ACT (Association of Corporate Treasurers in the UK) professional qualifications. The pathway covers 80% of the syllabus for the ACT examinations for professional qualifications. Students who take and pass the elective modules required for the professional qualifications (namely, International Treasury Management and Risk Analysis and Management) and satisfy the other requirements for the qualifications, will be eligible for the award of the Certificate in Treasury Fundamentals (CertTF) and the Certificate in Treasury (CertT), in addition to their MSc Financial Management degree.
Admissions
Curriculum
Unless indicated otherwise the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2023.
Core modules
The following modules must be taken. All modules are worth 20 credits, with the exception of your Dissertation, which is worth 60 credits:
- Corporate Financial Management
- Ethics, Governance and Regulation in Treasury
- Financial Modelling Techniques
- Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation
- Dissertation
Optional modules
Choose two modules (20 credits each) from the following:
- Alternative Finance
- International Financial Management
- International Treasury Management
- Risk Analysis and Management
Please note: The modules listed here for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event, we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.
Scholarships and Funding
At Birmingham Business School we offer a wide variety of scholarships for our new MSc students in 2023.
These awards are available to both the UK and international applicants and range in value from partial to full tuition fee support, as well as awards of up to £10,000 for our alumni.
Accreditations
Ideal Students
Who is this course for?
This course is for graduates with mathematical experience and an interest in working in the financial sector. This programme will give such university graduates the knowledge, skills and qualification(s) that they need to work in these industries.
Career Opportunities
Graduates will leave Birmingham perfectly placed to take up key financial management roles in a variety of organisations, throughout all sectors of business, industry and commerce. Some may begin their training in firms of chartered or certified accountants, whilst others may work within charities, health authorities, local government, banks, media, manufacturing industries and IT companies.
Birmingham is the second largest city in the UK for financial companies, and our proximity to London, the global financial capital, and ever-growing relationship with key employers in the financial sector will provide you with the opportunity to meet and network with leading global organisations.
Top jobs in financial management include:
- Audit Graduate Trainee
- Financial Operations Analyst
- Corporate Banking Analyst
- Valuations Manager
- Trader
- Financial Account Manager
- Senior Credit Risk Analyst
- Investment Manager
- Tax Professional
- Senior Associate
- Assistant Director Credit Risk
Excellent career prospects
Our students have gone on to work in a wide range of industries, working with employers such as Mazars, BDO, Kroll, Accenture, Evelyn Partners, VISTRA, OSB Group, Rockaway Blockchain Fund, HM Revenue & Customs, PwC, Moody’s Analytics and a whole host of smaller companies and public sector organisations.
We pride ourselves on our graduates high levels of employability. We will help you to plan, manage and achieve your career goals, giving you a competitive edge when it is time to start job hunting. The University of Birmingham has ranked in the top 5 Universities Targeted by the Largest Number of Top Employers in the UK for the past 5 years, according to the Highfliers.co.uk Graduate Market reports (2017-2022).
Many employers visit the Business School to run seminars for our students. In fact, companies such as IBM, HSBC, and Deloitte are just a few of the organisations that see these sessions as an opportunity to look for suitable candidates for internship programmes and graduate training schemes.