Program Overview

Banking and Finance MSc

Overview

Our Banking and Finance MSc will help to enhance your lucrative career opportunities in the fast-paced world of multinational banking and finance. It will give you specialist skills combined with advanced level business management techniques.

Core modules will help develop an advanced understanding of essential areas, while optional modules allow you to tailor your degree to your specific interests and career goals.

You will be able to understand and analyse financial institutions, markets, consumer demands and competition. You will also explore the latest concepts in banking, policy, economics and risk management.

As this course is accredited by the Chartered Banker Institute (CBI), you will have valuable networking opportunities with leading industry experts, and it will help to bring you to the attention of top multi-national employers.

You have the option to take industry-recognised digital qualifications by Microsoft and SAP alongside your course, which will develop your digital skills and help you stand out to future employers.

Why choose this course?

• Gain digital skills
• Triple accredited
• More than 27,000 Business School alumni connect you to a powerful global network of business contacts
• Accredited by the largest professional body for bankers in the UK
• Top 100 in the world for Finance - QS World Business Master’s Rankings 2025: Finance
• Delivered by our research centre focused on financial services consumers, markets and institutions

Course Content

Core Modules

• Bank Theory, Operations and Management
• Consumers, Ethics and Regulation in Finance
• Corporate Financial Strategy
• Research Methods for Banking
• Financial Security Valuation
• Quantitative Research Methods for Banking

Optional Modules

• Bank Risk Measurement and Management
• Quantitative Risk Management
• Central Banking Theory and Practice
• Contemporary Issues in Banking
• Contemporary Issues in Finance
• Financial Econometrics
• International Finance
• Sustainable Finance

Learning and Assessment

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Tutorials
• Workshops
• Dissertation
• Essay
• Examinations
• Project work

Entry Requirements

• Undergraduate degree: 2:1 (or international equivalent) in finance, economics, accounting, business, or management
• Quantitative/mathematics background: 2:1 (60%) in a minimum of two modules covering at least two of the following subjects: mathematics, statistics, quantitative methods, quantitative finance specialisms, and econometrics
• English language requirements: IELTS 6.5 (no less than 6.0 in each element)

Fees

• Home/UK: £15,800
• International: £32,400

Careers

• Careers advice
• Job prospects
• Accreditation
• Graduate destinations: accountants, finance and investment analysts and advisers, marketing associate professionals, human resources managers, management consultants, business analysts, business development managers, financial managers, data analysts
• Career progression: 86.2% of all postgraduates from Nottingham University Business School secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation

Accreditation

• Chartered Banker Institute (CBI) accreditation
• Triple accredited: EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB accredited

Research Areas

• Financial services consumers, markets and institutions
• Banking and finance
• Risk management
• Financial econometrics
• International finance
• Sustainable finance

Tuition Fees

• Home/UK: £15,800
• International: £32,400

Duration

• Full-time: 12 months
• Part-time: Not available

Start Date

• September 2025

Location

• Jubilee Campus

Contact

• Student Recruitment Support Hub
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