Finance and Marketing

For students wanting to specialise in marketing within the banking and financial services sectors acquire the technical knowledge to understand how financial services products work, together with the marketing acumen necessary to compete successfully in this highly competitive sector. undertake non-assessed intensive computer training covering bloomberg, thomson reuters, datastream, eikon, morningstar, s&p capital iq and other key financial databases and software systems enjoy a range of innovative optional modules and dedicated career pathways with the chartered institute of marketing (cim) and the chartered banker institute (cbi) to tailor your studies to match your career aspirations gain professional recognition and join a worldwide network of like-minded individuals to help build and sustain your career.

Our master’s 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 and marketing enables you to develop the marketing and financial skills and subject expertise that will make you a valuable asset from day one of your marketing career. careers in finance and marketing this degree programme prepares you for a variety of roles related to marketing communications in the competitive world of financial services, comprising: actuarial, insurance, regulation & compliance, retail banking and risk management. it is an excellent conversion programme for those wishing to specialise in marketing and the promotion of financial services, whether your first degree is in general marketing, business, accounting, finance or another discipline. with intensive computing training covering thomson reuters datastream and other financial databases and software being incorporated into relevant modules, you will also develop highly valued it skills. by carefully selecting your optional modules, you can start to develop a specialisation to enhance your employability and achieve graduate gateway status from the cim or associate chartered banker designation from the cbi. potential employers include: financial services providers – often multi-nationals like hiscox, oliver wyman, willis, swiss re, mercer diverse international groups which have diversified intro financial services (e.g. supermarkets such as sainsbury’s or tesco) specialist organisations by sector (risk, insurance) and by country (e.g. ping an insurance group in china) regulation – managed by specific regulators in each country, like the fca in the uk

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: