Finance and Investment - MSc

The dynamic and fast-moving industry of investment offers wide variety of careers; it demands professionals with high level of finance knowledge, technical skills and the abilities that quickly adopt to new challenges. The MSc Finance & Investment degree at Birmingham City University will equip you with the knowledge, skills and abilities required to start a graduate level career and make a difference in the industry. As the investment professionals of the future, you will gain knowledge as well as the essential soft skills like adaptability and lifelong learning skills. While you progress throughout the course, you will become more effective and creative in problem solving. You will develop ways of analysing and thinking about investments that will remain with you in the years ahead when new and different investment opportunities become available. What's covered in this course The course curriculum is aligned with professional programs - the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA), the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment (CISI) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting (CIMA), and is well suited in preparing students to complete the relevant professional examinations. You will be provided a solid grounding in finance theories, investment techniques and strategies as well as their real-life application. You will also have the opportunity to gain real world trading techniques from professional traders with first-hand knowledge of the financial markets. We offer flexible learning that will enable you to specialize in particular subject areas, as well as allowing you to tailor your course to a specific career aim. Based at the University’s new campus in the UK’s second city, you’ll live and study in a vibrant environment and engage with local, national and international businesses. You will be taught by highly-qualified, research-active academics with industrial and professional experience.

Applicants are normally expected to have one of the following:A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree from a UK university in a Finance-related disciplineAn equivalent graduate level qualification from an overseas university or equivalent institution (minimum 2:2) in a finance related disciplineA Pre-Master's course approved by Birmingham City UniversityA Pre-Master's course at another UK university/institution with a minimum of 55% averageOther qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.