Finance

at Warwick Business School

Programme structure

The MSc Finance course combines compulsory and optional modules across the three terms of your one-year course.

COMPULSORY MODULES

• Quantitative Methods for Finance
• Asset Pricing
• Corporate Finance
• Investment Management
• Empirical Finance
• Ethics, Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance
• Research Methodology
• Dissertation
   

The finance programmes are challenging technical courses. To succeed on these courses you will need strong finance, mathematics and statistics or econometrics ability; this could be demonstrated by a high 2.1 or first achieved in a relevant subject at Undergraduate level, and the study of relevant modules in key areas. A clear emphasis on your choice of undergraduate electives in the aforementioned areas will strengthen your application.
 

When assessing your academic record, we take into account your grade average, and the position of the institution where you studied your qualification.
 

You must have, or be expecting to obtain, at least a high 2.1 degree at Undergraduate level from a UK university, or overseas equivalent from a top-performing University.
 

Entry requirements

• A first or high 2.1 achieved in a relevant subject at Undergraduate level 

• We do not require a GMAT or GRE score but a well-balanced score (700+) may strengthen your application. 
   

English language requirements
 

If English is not your first language, you must meet a minimum overall standard in a recognised test of English, examples are shown below. You must show a good balance across all sections of the test and it must have been taken within two years of starting the course. We will require your certificates as evidence. 

EU/International fees: £38,250

This is payable at the start of the year, or in instalments, but to secure your place on the course you must lodge a £1,500 deposit with us within four weeks of receiving your offer. The deposit is part of the total fee, not an additional cost. 

The start of your time here at WBS is the beginning of the rest of your career, so it’s never too early to start thinking of how to make the right impression with employers. 
 

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