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MSc Finance and Investment
at University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 32,300
Country Rank#16
Duration9 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 90

Program Overview

For students interested in a career in investment analysis or portfolio management
Established in 1973, this was the very first Masters degree in finance in the UK and over the past 40 years has gained an international reputation for providing excellent training and academic knowledge
Undertake a non-assessed financial database training course delivered by the data specialists from providers including Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Bureau Van Dijk, the Standard, and Poor’s Global Market Intelligence
Includes a company analysis workshop run by a practitioner to help develop practical investment understanding, augment presentation skills and provide an insight into current real world information
You have the opportunity to work towards a qualification from the CISI in addition to your MSc to increase your employability.

Course Content
The only difference between the 9-month and 12 month courses is that the 12-month course includes a dissertation. Students on the 9 month course take additional taught modules to make up these learning credits. Both programmes have exactly the same entry requirements and result in exactly the same award.

Compulsory modules
- Financial Instruments
- Financial Modelling
- Principles of Finance
- Investment Analysis 1
- Quantitative Research Methods
Entry Requirement
For direct entry onto our Masters programmes you will be required to hold a relevant Bachelors degree with a grade equivalent to a UK Second-class honours (2:1 or 2:2).

Fees & Scholarships

International Tuition Fees:

£32300 per year

Career Prospect

This degree programme can prepare you for a variety of roles, two of the most popular being:

Investment Analyst (market research, analysis of funds, trends for strategic planning)
Investment/Portfolio Manager (dealing with client’s portfolio & completing transactions)

By carefully selecting the research topic for your dissertation and your optional modules such as corporate finance, corporate governance, derivatives, international financial management, mergers or financial economics, you can start to develop a specialisation to enhance your employability.

Developing applied IT skills through using Thomson Reuters Datastream and other financial databases and software systems as part of your modules, you will also have the latest technical know-how to kick-start your career.

Potential employers include:

Investment management companies where analysts provide information to in-house fund managers
Stockbrokers and investment banks, where the analysts' research assists clients of their company, usually fund managers but sometimes also company executives and directors
Wealth management divisions of investment banks
Institutional investors, such as large charities, pension funds and life assurance companies
Hedge funds
Government or public organisations
SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises)

Cost Of Studying At University of Exeter

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

Loans Sanctioned

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MSc Finance and Investment at University of Exeter