MSc Banking and Finance
University of Sussex Business School
Key Information
Campus location
Brighton, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 - 2 Year
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
GBP 22,500 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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* full-time international students | £13,135/year for full-time home/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students
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Introduction
Gain a strong understanding of modern banking and finance theory and practice, with particular insight into the performance, risk management and regulation of banks. You’re taught by academics and practitioners who are at the forefront of this rapidly changing sector.
We offer you training in banking, finance, management and accounting as well as an in-depth appreciation of the finance industry. You’ll develop your critical thinking and decision-making techniques, enabling you to appraise:
- bank operations
- corporate finance issues
- financial derivatives
- investment strategies
- quantitative techniques
- risk management models
- the latest developments in financial markets.
This course opens up a range of career opportunities including roles with banks, funds, regulators, consultancies and finance divisions of corporations or NGOs. We also offer internship opportunities, and guest speakers from the banking and finance industry.
On graduation, you’ll be ready to meet the complex demands of the modern workplace, and take your place as a professional in a knowledge-based, global economy.
Accreditation
This MSc is recognised by the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA).
The University of Sussex Business School is accredited by EQUIS, the most comprehensive institutional accreditation system for business and management schools. Accreditation ensures rigorous quality control, benchmarking against international standards and is acknowledged worldwide.
Career Opportunities
This MSc helps you develop the managerial and technical analytical skills required in the private and public sectors. You’ll gain the essential skills and knowledge for a successful career in banking and finance in particular, and in business and management in general. This includes personal and transferable skills:
- critical thinking and analytical capacities
- self-management
- communication and teamwork
- information retrieval and information technology.
This course is for you if you aim to work in:
- The City of London
- A multinational banking and financial corporations
- Investment banking and fund management
- Large international financial bodies such as the IMF, OECD and the World Bank
- Central banks such as the Bank of England, FED and the ECB
- Government bodies such as the Treasury
- Auditing, bank supervision and regulation
- Financial markets and regulators
- Senior administrative and management roles in business.
The MSc is also great preparation for pursuing a PhD.
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Curriculum
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2022/23. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
We’ll do our best to provide as many optional choices as we can, but timetabling constraints mean it may not be possible to take some module combinations. The structure of a small number of courses means that the order of modules or the streams you choose may determine whether modules are core or optional. This means that your core modules or options may differ from what’s shown below.
We’ll display the modules running in the academic year 2023/24 as soon as possible.
Full-time and part-time study
Choose to study this course full-time or part-time, to fit around your work and personal life. Modules for the full-time course are listed below.
For details about the part-time course, contact us.
Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students in the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
Autumn teaching
- Bank Financial Management
- Corporate Finance
- Essential Quantitative Finance
- Financial Instruments
Spring teaching
- Bank Risk Management
- Money and Banking
- Research Methods for Banking and Finance
Summer teaching
- Research Project (MSc Banking and Finance)
Options
Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research.
While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.
Spring teaching
- Corporate Governance
- Financial and Time Series Econometrics
- Financial Crises and Bank Regulation
- Financial Derivatives
- Multinational Financial Management
Admissions
Rankings
- 1st in the UK for annual research income in 2020/21 (Chartered Association of Business Schools)
- 13th in the UK for Business and Economics (The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022)
- Top 25 in the UK (QS World University Rankings: Masters in Finance Rankings 2023)
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
Scholarships
Our goal is to ensure that every student who wants to study with us is able to regardless of financial barriers, so that we continue to attract talented and unique people.
Details of our scholarships are not yet set for entry in the academic year 2023/24.
Working while you study
Our Careers and Employability Centre can help you find part-time work while you study.