Program Overview

Banking and International Finance MSc

Key information

• Duration: 12 months
• Attendance mode: Full-time
• Location: Bunhill Row, Central London
• Start of programme: September 2025
• Application deadline: Rolling applications
• Entry year: Showing course information for 2025

Overview

The MSc in Banking and International Finance is a postgraduate degree that prepares students for a successful career in the banking industry. The course is accredited by the Chartered Bankers Institute (CBI) and the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales).

Why choose this course?

• Study on an MSc course that’s tailor-made to prepare you for a successful career in the banking sector, and certified by the CBI (Chartered Bankers Institute) and ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)
• Learn at one the world’s largest and most highly-respected finance faculties on a course that evolves as fast as the banking industry
• Work with leading researchers within the academic banking field at our Centre for Banking Research, who regularly host events, seminars and workshops with industry partners and policy-makers
• Start to create your own professional network, through our well-established links in the City of London’s financial institutions.

Course objectives

• Take a step closer to your successful career in global banking and finance with our highly practical MSc in Banking and International Finance.
• If your ambition is a career in the banking industry this postgraduate programme is tailor-made to develop your professional standards and competence.
• Bayes offers an innovative blend of theoretical and vocational learning to equip you with the outlook, the skills and the temperament to make things happen.

Teaching staff

• The teaching staff on the MSc in Banking & International Finance includes a variety of faculty members with established track-record of outstanding research in banking and finance and highly-trained professionals with many years of experience working in the financial services sector who are also active researchers and consultants.

Accreditation details

• The MSc in Banking & International Finance is accredited by Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW).
• The CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, recognises the rigour and the relevance of the MSc in Banking and International Finance and has awarded this course partner status.
• The MSc in Banking and International Finance is accredited by the Chartered Banker Institute.

Course content

• On the Banking and International Finance MSc course, you will:
  • Study on an MSc course that’s tailor-made to prepare you for a successful career in banking and finance, and certified by the CBI (Chartered Bankers Institute) and ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)
  • Learn at one the world’s largest and most highly-respected finance faculties on a course that evolves as fast the banking industry
  • Work with leading researchers within the academic banking field at our Centre for Banking Research, who often host events, seminars and workshops with industry partners and policy-makers
  • Choose Term 3 options to meet your career goals, with a wide choice of electives, including international study, and research projects
  • Start to create your own professional network, through our well-established links in the City of London’s financial institutions.

Course structure

• Programme content is subject to change. We regularly review our module offering and amend to keep up to date and relevant.
• Induction weeks: All of our MSc courses start with two compulsory induction weeks which include relevant refresher courses, an introduction to the careers services and the annual careers fair.
• Term 1:
  • Compulsory modules:
    • Global Banking
    • Financial Statements Analysis
    • Principles of Finance and Valuation
    • Data Analytics for Banking and Finance
• Term 2:
  • Compulsory modules:
    • Bank Risk Management
    • International Finance
  • Elective modules:
    • Corporate Finance
    • Fixed Income
    • Alternative Investments
    • Topics in M&A
• Term 3:
  • Five elective modules plus Career Management Skills and Research Method
  • Three elective modules plus a General Research Project

Assessment methods

• Assessed essays
• Presentation
• Group projects
• Unseen exams
• Problem sets

Term dates

• Induction: 15th September 2025 - 26th September 2025
• Term one: 29th September 2025 - 12th December 2025
• Term one exams: 5th January 2026 - 16th January 2026
• Term two: 19th January 2026 - 3rd April 2026
• Term two exams: 20th April 2026 - 1st May 2026
• Term three - international electives: 4th May 2026 - 15th May 2026
• Term three: 18th May 2026 - 3rd July 2026
• Term three exams: 6th July 2026 - 17th July 2026
• Resits: 10th August 2026 - 21st August 2026
• Additional resit week - tests only: 24th August 2026 - 28th August 2026

Careers

• The MSc in Banking and International Finance prepares you for a successful career in the banking industry, including Fintech companies, major finance and consultancy firms and foreign exchange desks.
• Recent graduates work in a variety of roles including as analysts, consultants and advisors, in investment banking, commercial banks and private banking, and at asset management, credit products, financial and credit risk management consultancies.

Recent graduates have secured positions such as:

• Credit Risk Analyst
• Auditor
• Head of Development
• Associate

Recent employers include:

• Credit Agricole CIB
• KPMG
• Llloyd's of London
• PwC UK
• Bloomberg LP
• Natixis Corporate and Investment Bank
• UBS
• Ardian
• HSBC
• OakNorth Bank
• Willis Towers Watson

Fees & funding

• International fee: £35,000
• UK/Home fee: £28,000
• Deposit: £2,000 (paid within 1 month of receiving offer and non-refundable unless conditions of offer are not met)
• First installment: Half fees less deposit (payable during on-line registration which should be completed at least 5 days before the start of the induction period)
• Second installment: Half fees (paid in January following start of course)

Graduate Loyalty Discount

• We are offering a Graduate Loyalty Discount of 20% on tuition fees to all our alumni when applying to any of our degree courses.

Scholarships & bursaries

• Scholarships, sponsorships, loans and other funding could support your education at Bayes Business School.

Entry requirements

• A UK upper second class degree or above, or the equivalent from an overseas institution
• Some level of previous study or evidence of skills in business, economics, accounting or finance is essential
• Work experience is not a requirement of this course.

GMAT

• GMAT is not required for application, but may be requested as a condition of offer at the discretion of the Admissions Panel.

English language requirements

• If you have been studying in the UK for the last three years it is unlikely that you will have to take an English language test.
• If you have studied in the UK at degree level for less than three years (e.g. 3+1, 2+1, 2+2, etc.) you will be required to provide the results of an approved English language test and possibly resit the test to meet our academic entry requirements.

Apply

• Please see our Application Guide for details of the documents you will need to supply as part of your application, and other useful information.
• We cannot comment on individual eligibility before you apply. We can only make a decision on your application once it is fully complete, with all requested information received.

Student life

• We are located right in the heart of London. Being a City St George's student allows you to take advantage of all that London has to offer.
• London is ranked first as 'Best Student City' in the world to study in (QS, 2025).

Contact us

• Speak to one of our staff from Master's programmes teams.
• Book an MSc Consultation
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