Finance and Investment

For students interested in a career in investment analysis or portfolio management established in 1973, this was the very first masters degree in finance in the uk and over the past 40 years has gained an international reputation for providing excellent training and academic knowledge undertake a non-assessed financial database training course delivered by the data specialists from providers including bloomberg, thomson reuters, bureau van dijk, the standard, and poor’s global market intelligence includes a company analysis workshop run by a practitioner to help develop practical investment understanding, augment presentation skills and provide an insight into current real world information you have the opportunity to work towards a qualification from the cisi in addition to your msc to increase your employability.

Our masters programmes are designed to prepare you for a successful career, wherever in the world you plan to work. employers expect advanced communication and technical skills, team-working and independent research, project-management and the very latest specialist knowledge from their postgraduate recruits. an msc in finance & investment enables you to develop the professional and financial skills and subject expertise that makes you a valuable asset from day 1 of your career. careers in finance and investment this degree programme can prepare you for a variety of roles, two of the most popular being: investment analyst (market research, analysis of funds, trends for strategic planning) investment/portfolio manager (dealing with client’s portfolio & completing transactions) by carefully selecting the research topic for your dissertation and your optional modules such as corporate finance, corporate governance, derivatives, international financial management, mergers or financial economics, you can start to develop a specialisation to enhance your employability. developing applied it skills through using thomson reuters datastream and other financial databases and software systems as part of your modules, you will also have the latest technical know-how to kick-start your career. potential employers include: investment management companies where analysts provide information to in-house fund managers stockbrokers and investment banks, where the analysts' research assists clients of their company, usually fund managers but sometimes also company executives and directors wealth management divisions of investment banks institutional investors, such as large charities, pension funds and life assurance companies hedge funds government or public organisations smes (small and medium-sized enterprises)

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Exeter has partnerships with the following companies: