Program Overview

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MSc Corporate Financial Management Online

Establish your career in corporate finance and get ahead of the competition.

Designed for those looking to pursue, advance or switch to a career in corporate or business finance, our business Master’s course has a strong focus on maximising your future employability. The course modules are structured with an emphasis on meeting industry needs while also enabling you to develop your professional skills. If you have a numerical background and an interest in developing in depth specialist knowledge and understanding of the key aspects of corporate financial management, this is the course for you.

This business Master's degree is available to study on-campus or online as a full-time course (1 year) or with Professional Practice Year (2 years), or part-time (2 years).

Why Online?

Our online Master’s in Corporate Financial Management offers an excellent foundation for your finance career. We want to ensure that our courses give you the best possible chance of achieving your career ambitions, which is why we have built useful projects and strategies into the programme. You will apply theoretical concepts and finance models to real world case studies, covering topics such as governance, social responsibility, risk management, banking regulation, corporate reporting, finance, and performance management.

We are focused on your learning experience, and this course is taught with a strong practical focus. As well as gaining a formal qualification, you will also develop your professional skills and improve your future employability.

Enjoy Flexibility

Studying at our online campus gives you the opportunity to work at your own pace and around your other commitments, within given deadlines, and at your preferred time of day, with the benefit of our expertise, experience and employability focus.

Our programmes will save you the time and money on commuting to and from campus and allow you to study anywhere, across devices, however you can be reassured that the course won’t be compromised on quality or be less demanding than our on campus courses.

NEW MSc Corporate Financial Management Online with Professional Practice

This course is offered as a 2-year full-time business master’s programme. Sharing the first year of study with the 1-year MSc Corporate Financial Management Online, the 2-year programme benefits from a second year of Professional Practice that is specifically aimed at fostering the employment opportunities of students.

Offering greater flexibility than a traditional Placement Year, our Professional Practice Year allows you to decide how to put your skills into practice. Choose between an academic dissertation, business plan, business or consultancy project, or a paid placement in industry, depending on the option that is best suited to your future career path.

Why study a Business Master’s degree with us?

• A professional Careers and Employability Service: from day one to beyond graduation, we'll help you become more employable with support from our expert employability service and careers advisers.
• Professional Development: You'll have the opportunity to benefit from our 1:1 professional coaching each semester and be encouraged to submit a personal development plan (PDP) tailored to your career goals and unique skills. Your professional development is built-in to all of our course modules to ensure you continuously increase your work-place skills as you study, and we offer a whole range of professional development support.
• Quality of teaching: you'll work on real-life case studies, taught by business specialists with industry expertise in corporate financial management.
• Help to support your tuition fees: we have business scholarships and bursaries and can guide you on postgraduate fees and funding.
• Amount of support: Our range of student advisors and academic coaches, support apps and student support services help our domestic and international students.
• Flexible course format: Study full-time, part-time, on-campus or 100% online with a learning model that encourages independent and deep learning, shared modules for greater networking and clear time demands.

Key Facts

Entry requirements

2:2 or above UK undergraduate degree, or equivalent qualification(s)

Duration options

1 year (full-time) 2 years (part-time)

Study mode options

Full-time or Part-time

Next start date

September 2025

Course Structure

Course modules

This course is available full-time (1 year) and part-time (2 years). For full-time study mode students will complete 60 credits each semester and for part-time 30 credits each semester.

• Financial Management (15 credits)
• Financial Accounting & Reporting (15 credits)
• Management Accounting (15 credits)
• Corporate Governance (15 credits)
• Corporate. Social Responsibility (15 credits)
• Financial Risk Management (15 credits)
• Mergers. Acquisitions & Integration (15 credits)
• Responsibility of Directors (15 credits)
• Data & Decision Making (15 credits)
• Leadership Mindset (15cr)
• Business Simulation (15cr)
• Contemporary Issues in Business (15cr)

Course Start Dates

September 2025

• MSc Corporate Financial Management
  • Full-time: Online
  • Part-time: Online
• MSc Corporate Financial Management with Professional Practice
  • Full-time: Online

February 2026

• MSc Corporate Financial Management
  • Full-time: Online
  • Part-time: Online
• MSc Corporate Financial Management with Professional Practice
  • Full-time: Online

June 2026

• MSc Corporate Financial Management
  • Full-time: Online
  • Part-time: Online
• MSc Corporate Financial Management with Professional Practice
  • Full-time: Online

Fees and Applying

How to Apply

You can apply for this course directly with the University.

Fees and Funding

• 2024/25 Course Fee (for courses starting on or after 1 July 2024)
  • Online: £11,300 (or £10,550 for those eligible for our £750 International Bursary*)
• 2 Year Programme with Professional Practice
  • Online: £12,450 (or £11,700 for those eligible for our £750 International Bursary*)
• 2025/26 Course Fee (for courses starting on or after 1 July 2025)
  • Online: £11,750 (or £11,000 for those eligible for our £750 International Bursary*)
• 2 Year Programme with Professional Practice
  • Online: £12,950 (or £12,200 for those eligible for our £750 International Bursary*)

*Terms and Conditions apply

International

We have students from over 120 different countries throughout our campuses, with a dedicated team to help international students.