MSc Business & Finance
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MSc Business & Finance course entry details Start date: Sept 2025
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Fees & funding: For further information on the most up-to-date course fees, and our scholarship offering, please visit our MSc Business & Finance web page.
Duration: 1 year, full-time
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Entry requirements: At least a 2.1 degree at Undergraduate level from a UK university, or overseas equivalent from a top-performing university. If English is not your first language, please note that you must meet a minimum overall standard in a recognised test of English. Further details of these tests and minimum overall scores are available on the MSc Business & Finance web page.
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Class of 2024 profile
Why MSc Business & Finance? Develop a combination of business and management skills alongside advanced financial skills, enabling you to undertake a range of financial management roles for organisations outside of the finance industry. You’ll uncover key management and business expertise by exploring modern business principles and techniques. Alongside this, you’ll advance your financial skillset, giving you the ability to understand organisations as a whole. With the option to choose our Business in Practice module, you’ll put your learnings into practice to strengthen your industry expertise. This course will be taught through an exciting mix of face-to-face and online learning, utilising the format most suitable to the content, and in a way that helps you balance your workload and make the most of opportunities for extra-curricular activities. Assessment and modules Over three terms you will complete eight core modules, and one optional module of your choice. If you choose the Dissertation route you will undertake the ‘Research Methods for Financial Management’ module in terms two and three, and if you select the term three Business in Practice route you will also select one additional optional module in term three. Assessment of these modules will vary, and you could be assessed by group work, project work, or examination.
Core modules for 2025 entry ■ Financial Reporting and Statement Analysis ■ Quantitative Methods for Financial Management ■ Corporate Finance ■ Analysis of Economic Behaviour ■ Financial Management
Career destinations All of our MSc students benefit from our dedicated CareersPlus service whilst at WBS. Our MSc Business & Finance graduates are highly employable, and go into a range of industries and roles.
Number of students: 89
■ Strategic Management Accounting ■ Financial Markets and Instruments ■ Strategy Analysis and Practice.
Optional modules Please note that this is a sample range: ■ Ethical Leadership ■ International Business ■ Derivatives and Corporate Risk Management ■ Leading for Innovation ■ Judgement and Decision Making ■ Project Management. ■ Research Methods for Financial Management (compulsory for students choosing Dissertation). Please note these modules are subject to change.
Number of nationalities: 12
Average age: 23
Capstone modules ■ Dissertation ■ Business in Practice.
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