Finance and Management at University of Glasgow - UCAS

Course summary

Finance & Management will provide you with a thorough understanding of management and financial management. You will learn to critically evaluate the macro and micro environment to successfully impact on the management of organisations operating in a global context, especially from a financial perspective. WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • You will build on your general business knowledge gained during your undergraduate degree. You will develop a multidisciplinary knowledge base of finance, management and economics to aid with your problem solving and decision making skills to support business management.
  • You will develop an in depth understanding into topics not limited to: international business strategies, global business and financial systems, cross-culture management, corporate finance and investment management, intellectual property protection, and corporate social responsibility. These are central to operating and managing contemporary organisations.
  • Your understanding, analytical and interpretive abilities will be significantly enhanced to enable you to appreciate and manage the opportunities and challenges that businesses face in today’s dynamic business world.
  • You will be taught by staff who have international experience across finance, management and economics, enabling you to get a broad understanding of a wide range of factors that affect management in a global context.
  • You will have the opportunity to learn about real-life experiences of business executives and analyse real case studies in order to apply theory into practice and think like a business management executive.
  • You will be equipped with essential practical, intellectual and transferable skills for careers in financial services, management, business analysis and consultancy.
  • We are now partners with Bloomberg Experiential Learning. The ELP program recognises and celebrates academic institutions that are leaders in experiential learning through the integration of Bloomberg terminal exercises into curriculum.
  • Take advantage of our individualised skills development programme, which will ensure you balance academic theory with crucial employability skills to help you maximise your potential and achieve your career goals.
  • Adam Smith Business School is triple accredited.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE You will take both core and optional courses and undertake a dissertation. Based on your career plan, your dissertation will allow you to focus on either a financial and economics or management issue. Core Courses Corporate finance and investment Financial services Global business environment International strategic management Managing across cultures and comparative management Management issues and controversies Optional Courses may include: International business and entrepreneurship in emerging economies International finance and money Internationalisation of SMEs Modern theory of banking and finance Money, finance and growth


How to apply

International applicants

International applicant information can be found via gla.ac.uk by searching for 'international'. As there is extremely high demand for places on this degree programme, the University has established an application process with six application rounds which recognises that different geographical areas complete and submit their applications at different times of the year. This process aims to ensure fairness and equity to applicants from all geographies.

Entry requirements

2.1 Honours degree or non-UK equivalent in a relevant subject containing at least 20% credits in business, management and economics. Students who do not have such a background and who would like to pursue further studies in the area of financial management are advised to apply for the MSc Management with International Finance. Only applications that meet or exceed our stated entry requirements will go forward for consideration. Any application that does not will be automatically rejected. Applicants will be made offers based on their relative performance compared to other applicants, taking into account both current GPA, or degree classification, and the relevance of an applicant’s academic background. Please note, applications that meet our minimum entry requirements may still be rejected, based on its score in comparison to other applications received during the same round. Please review our stated entry requirements to ensure you meet or exceed them before submitting your application. International students with academic qualifications below those required should contact our partner institution, Glasgow International College, who offer a range of pre-Masters courses.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Additional fee information

All fees are published on the University of Glasgow website. https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/feesandfunding/

Sponsorship information

Sponsorship and funding information can be found via gla.ac.uk by searching for 'scholarships'.

Finance and Management at University of Glasgow - UCAS