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University of Manchester: Financial Management
| Institution | University of Manchester |
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| Department | Alliance Manchester Business School |
| Web | https://www.manchester.ac.uk |
| mba@mbs.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +44 (0)161 275 6414 |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
Successful finance practitioners require a wide range of transferable skills and subject-specific knowledge in areas such as corporate finance, financial markets and financial accounting. Our MSc comprises foundational units in finance and accounting alongside advanced units in the following areas: - Financial management
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Financial markets
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Financial strategy
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Private equity
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Data Analysis & Statistical Techniques
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Quantitative Methods for Financial Management
A final supervised project will allow you to deepen your finance knowledge and apply your skills by analysing real-world information and addressing questions with practical implications. You will be taught by a team of academics that have several years of experience delivering course content both online and face-to-face within blended programmes. Our academics are on the cutting-edge of finance research, which informs their teaching. They regularly utilise our wide range of financial databases in their learning and teaching activities. This is a significant strength of our MSc in Financial Management.
The course will equip you with:
A deep understanding of the tasks that financial managers and other similar finance practitioners undertake and the objectives they pursue;
The ability to describe and interpret the functioning of financial markets;
An understanding of why and how successful companies rely on and benefit from well-functioning financial markets;
The skills and knowledge to analyse and synthesise complex information from corporations and financial markets, and offer solutions to challenging problems;
The capability to search and gather relevant financial information from several sources such as companies' annual reports and financial databases;
Flexible and relevant transferable skills that finance practitioners require in their career.
MSc
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
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| Entry requirements | We require a 1st or 2:1 UK Bachelor's honours degree or international equivalent from an institution recognised by NARIC or a Master's degree or international equivalent from an institution recognised by NARIC . We expect that most candidates interested in this Master's will have a degree in engineering, mathematics, business, economics, science or other related subjects; however your degree can be in any discipline if you can demonstrate that you have good numeracy and analytical skills. |
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