Finance MBA

Our Finance MBA is an exciting, vibrant, intensive non-industry specific course that can prepare you for a successful career in multi-discipline, business leadership and management roles globally.

• Achieve an integrated understanding of the operation and strategy of management, with particular emphasis on relevant aspects of finance.
• Develop an understanding of the financial environment and the finance function.
• Gain the necessary analytical tools to be effective in management roles in the finance sector as well as management and leadership roles in the wide range of non-financial services, non-profit and for-profit organisations, consultancy industry, private and government organisations.

An honours undergraduate degree (minimum 2:2) in a relevant academic discipline, preferably in business related subject area.

Applicants with a degree in another discipline may be admitted after consideration on a case-by-case basis. In addition, applications are encouraged from those with a lower-level qualification and/or appropriate experience or, exceptionally, substantial related work experience (2 years +) alone, may be acceptable; other qualifications or experience which demonstrate that an applicant possesses appropriate knowledge and skills at Honours Degree standard may also be acceptable.

English language requirements

• IELTS 6.5 overall (with at least 5.5 in each component area)

If you don't meet the English language requirements, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

You will emerge from our Finance MBA with well-developed analysing ability, clear perspectives on strategy and strategic thinking, and highly effective communication and research skills, all of which are in demand by employers in private, public, and third sector organisations around the world.

Typical career routes for graduates of this course include business leadership and management roles globally.

You will be able to:

• Evaluate global business environments and situations using relevant theoretical models to investigate economical, socio-political and technological conditions of global developments that impact on business.
• Critically evaluate and use of essential analytical tools of finance in order to respond to employer related problems by making a set of clearly evaluated recommendations.
• Analyse financing of the business enterprise or other forms of organisations and banks: sources, uses and management of finance; use of accounting for managerial and financial reporting applications.
• Synthesise knowledge of other management functions of marketing and leadership into critical aspects of strategy and the strategic process.
• Critically evaluate incident of strategic organisational change by exploring the role of leadership.
• Critically assess the role of digitalisation and new technologies in fostering marketing communications and performance.