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Study mode

Full time

Duration

12 months

Start date

SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Finance / Accounting (General)

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Overview

MSc International Finance is for those working or hoping to work in finance or accounting. You'll gain an academic qualification in domestic and international financial operations and you'll address current challenges and issues facing the world's international financial institutions and markets.

The course links theory and practice in international financial matters through intensive, selective and expert orientated modules with a clearly defined business outlook. One of the main attractions of this course is that it provides a wide range of modules to suit your specific interests. The content focuses on financial markets, the analysis and management of financial intermediaries and their interaction with financial instruments, investment and risk management. This will see you studying a broad range of related topics such as asset fund management, portfolio theory and investment analysis, credit risk, and financial institutions main operations and performance within an international context.

Employability

Graduates who possess an LSBU Masters degree in international finance are likely to be highly employable in trading and analyst positions, not only in the UK but throughout the world. Excellent career opportunities exist in finance, banking and investment. Graduates from this course have gone on to obtain positions in major international companies, financial institutions, regulatory agencies, credit rating agencies and financial consultant firms in the UK and overseas.

Placements

In addition to academic rigour, the Masters is highly oriented to support your career development. There is an optional placement in a relevant business area to enhance your employability skills and apply accounting and finance theory to contemporary business practices. If you take part in a placement, the dissertation may be linked to your placement experience.

Teaching and learning

This course will develop your key skills in:

  • Understanding the core of international finance in the modern global marketplace
  • Understanding the theoretical basis for understanding the nature of international financial operations and their complexity.
  • Understanding of the employment of theoretical principles to deal with practical situations faced by investors, business and financial institutions
  • Developing research problems/questions in the area of investment, banking and finance.

Modules

An independent research project which draws upon the students? skills and knowledge gained thus far enabling application of learning to a scenario resulting in added value to an organisation and creating real world impact.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£16,900

Entry requirements

Students need to have 2.1 honours degree in any subject from the UK or Bachelors degree equivalent to UK Second Class Upper Division; or 2.2 honours degree in relevant subject area; or Students with a non-relevant degree but with at least a 2.2. Honours and relevant work experience in financial services will be considered on an individual basis; or the Fundamental Level (Knowledge and Skills) of the ACCA professional examinations; or Completion of the Operational and Management levels of CIMA examinations; or other relevant professional qualifications including from overseas.

University information

London South Bank University (LSBU) is one of London’s highest regarded and longest established universities, with a history going back over 140 years. It is located in the central London Borough of Southwark and is firmly rooted in the heritage and future of the city. The university works hard to foster firm ties with business organisations in both public and private sectors, building professional networks of academics and employees and...more