MBA Global Banking and Finance

at University of Birmingham

Core modules
The following modules must be taken:

• Accounting for Managers (10 credits)
• Contemporary Topics in Banking and Finance (10 credits)
• Developing Leadership Practice (10 credits)
• Entrepreneurial Finance (10 credits)
• Finance for Managers (MBA) (10 credits)
• Human Resource Management (10 credits)
• International Banking: Regulation and Supervision (10 credits)
• Operations Management (10 credits)
• Marketing Concepts and Practice (10 credits)
• Responsible Business (10 credits)
• Strategic Analysis of Business (10 credits)

• A good Honours degree (or equivalent), or equivalent professional qualification
• Five years’ work experience with three years of professional finance-related work experience including managerial responsibility
• IELTS 7.0 (with no less than 6.5 in any band); TOEFL IBT 95 (with no less than 22 in any band); Pearson Academic Test of English 67 (in all four skills)

Please note we will also consider candidates without a first degree or professional qualification but with at least ten years’ work experience including significant managerial responsibility.

Scholarships may be available. International students can often gain funding through overseas research scholarships, Commonwealth scholarships or their home government.

Throughout your MBA, you will have the opportunity to be involved in group and individual activities aimed at helping you develop the skills and techniques to support you to achieve your career aspirations.

Some examples of the activities that you can undertake include online MBA profile building, industry specific networking events, Distinguished Leaders alumni seminars, mock assessment centre experience and video recorded interview practice.