Master Finance at Newcastle University Business School

Our Finance MSc provides you with the opportunity to critically analyse the role of finance within international financial systems, notably the management of asset-specific, company and country risk.

You will develop your understanding of the key principles and theories of finance and strengthen your existing IT and research skills, skills that are highly regarded by employers in this highly competitive sector.   

Worldwide growth in the financial services sector has increased the demand for students with specialist skills and competencies in finance. This course responds to this market demand and covers emerging trends and issues in global financial markets and services and features compulsory modules in financial theory and corporate policy.

You will analyse the behaviour and develop contemporary empirical understanding of international financial markets, institutions and the strategies of investors in financial markets. You will engage with contemporary debates on important issues related to the operation of financial markets and institutions.

You will have access to state of the art statistical software including Stata, MATLAB, Bloomberg and Thompson Financial’s DataStream. You will use these for your empirical projects in applied econometrics as well as your final dissertation.

Guest lectures on the course complement the study of theoretical frameworks with an analysis of the most recent trends in financial markets and provide an overview of the available opportunities within the financial sector.

The course builds on the School's established research strengths in finance and economics with teaching informed by the Finance and Financial Economics and Macroeconomic Analysis and Applications research groups.
 

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Master Finance at Newcastle University Business School: Core and elective modules

CORE MODULES

• Introductory econometrics
• Research methods
• Financial theory
• Financial derivatives
• Applied econometrics
• Dissertation

ELECTIVE MODULES
Select five modules to suit your interests:

• International money and banking
• Behavioural finance
• Risk modelling
• International finance
• Corporate finance
• Time-series econometrics
• Retail and investment banking
• Cross sectional and panel econometrics
• Portfolio management
• Economics of commodity markets
• Introduction to financial reporting

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Master Finance at Newcastle University Business School: Career prospects

• A sample of job titles our graduates now hold include Chartered Financial Analyst, Assistant of Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Financial Analyst, Accountant, Financial Trader, Auditor, Investment Analyst and Risk Analyst.
   
• A sample of employers who our graduates now work for include China Construction Bank, KPMG, PwC, Accenture, Santander and JP Morgan.     

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Master Finance at Newcastle University Business School: Admission

This course is aimed at motivated students who are interested in pursuing a career in investment banking, financial research, and financial trading.

Academic requirements: For entry onto this Master’s course, you should hold a minimum upper-second-class Honours (2:1) Bachelor’s degree or its international equivalent.

You also need to demonstrate a firm grasp of basic calculus, probability theory and statistical inference. If this is not clearly evident from your transcripts, please use your personal statement to give details of your mathematical knowledge.

English language: IELTS 6.5 overall score with no sub skill below 6.0. If you do not meet the requirements and need to improve your English before you start your Master’s degree, our on-campus academic and English language learning centre INTO provides a range of options, visit www.intohigher.com/newcastle.
 

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Finance - Impressions of your Masters study

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Overview of Masters programmes - Newcastle University Business School

		Accounting Finance and Strategic Investment
		Advanced International Business Management (Dual Award)
		Advanced International Business Management and Marketing (Dual Award)
		Arts, Business and Creativity
		Banking and Finance
		E-Business
		E-Business (E-Marketing)
		E-Business (Information Systems)
		Finance
		Full Time MBA
		Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
		International Business Management
		International Economics and Finance
		International Financial Analysis
		International Marketing
		Operations Management (Dual Award)
		Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
		Quantitative Finance and Risk Management
		Global Human Resource Management MSc

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