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MSc Finance (Professional Practice)

University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This course is specifically aimed at international students, supporting those wishing to gain practical work-based experiential learning. Together with studying your chosen course, we are offering an additional 6-month placement opportunity, making the course 18 months in length. This allows students to put into practice the skills and techniques developed throughout the Masters degree within a UK environment after completing the 12-month taught program. This course is an ideal progression route for those aiming to pursue a career in corporate finance and financial management. The course will enable you to develop your understanding, and critically evaluate the theories affecting financial management, corporate organizations, and capital markets and the important issues facing financial and economic systems. The course will help you develop your understanding and critical evaluation of the theories affecting financial management, corporate organizations, and capital markets and the important issues facing financial and economic systems. The course has a strong focus on enhancing your management opportunities in areas such as corporate finance departments and finance-related roles in the wider finance industry.

General Eligibility

Entry requirements for Professional Practice courses are normally:

  • An Honours degree (2:1 or above) or equivalent professional qualification, in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business and Management or a Quantitative Science

  • Applicants with other appropriate professional qualifications and/or experience will be considered on an individual basis

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Core Modules

Core modules:

  • Principles of Finance

  • Investment and Portfolio Management

  • Financial Reporting and Company Performance

  • Corporate Finance

  • Corporate Governance

  • International Finance

  • The Global Professional

Option modules may include (choose one)

  • Managing Employee Relations

  • Intelligent Business Information Systems

  • Emotional Intelligence for the Effective Leader

  • Global Business and Human Rights

  • Management Accounting

  • Managing Sustainable Challenges

Final Project

An opportunity to pursue an area that interests you or which you are passionate about comes in your choice of project. You have a choice of three routes: Research Route, Consultancy Route and New Venture Creation Route (subject to tutor approval).

Research Route

  • Quantitative Financial Analysis

  • Individual Research Project

Consultancy Route

  • Consultancy Skills

  • Group Consultancy Project

New Venture Creation

  • Launch a venture

  • New Venture Creation

MSc Professional Practice Placement

The Professional Practice module gives you an opportunity to reflect on your personal and professional development and put theory into practice through professional work experience. This route must be chosen at the point of application by selecting the specific (Professional Practice) route as the placement adds a further 6 months to your duration of study. Due to the competitive nature of the placement route the Professional Practice course has limited availability and places are capped.

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.5
  • TOEFL93
  • PTE65
  • Duolingo89
The minimum of IELTS is 7.0 overall with no element lower than 6.5 (a minimum of TOEFL 550 (Computer Based Toefl 213) score) or equivalent will be considered acceptable.

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