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Finance and Investment at University of Brighton - UCAS

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Course summary

Designed to evolve your decision-making capabilities and awareness of best practice in investment strategies and performance evaluation, our Finance and Investment MSc will prepare you for a career in investment, trading, financial analysis, fund management, banking, financial services or financial consultancy. This course will equip you with a thorough grounding in the theoretical and practical aspects of economics, finance and investment. By the end of the course, you will have the skills necessary to use advanced tools and quantitative techniques to appraise financial opportunities. As part of this course you will also have access to our real-time trading room, streaming up-to-the-minute data from Reuters. This course is part of our Finance MSc programme. All students complete the same core finance modules, then from the end of the first term you will be able to tailor the course to your individual strengths and career aspirations through option modules and the option to specialise in one of five areas. The other specialisms offered are:

  • Finance and Accounting MSc
  • Finance and Banking MSc
  • Finance and Risk Management MSc
  • Economics and Finance MSc.

Modules

Core modules Economics of Financial Markets Research Methods for Finance and Economics Financial Theory and Practice Applied Econometrics and Financial Time-Series Analysis Financial Risk Management Investment Management Live Brief MSc Finance and Investment Dissertation Work Placement Project (60)


Entry requirements

The entry requirements listed here are our typical offer for this course. They should be used as a general guide. Normally a good honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject is required. Work experience is useful but not essential. Applicants with non-standard entry qualifications may be considered. If you are unsure whether you meet the entry requirements then please contact us. International students who need help meeting the academic entry requirements should contact our International College. Applicants who hold an HND or Foundation degree equivalent can take our nine-month Business Management BSc top-up degree and then progress onto this masters degree.IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

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Finance and Investment at University of Brighton - UCAS