MSc Corporate Financial Management

Overview

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.

Key Facts

Entry Requirements

• 2:2 or above from a UK Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent qualification(s)

Locations

• London Moorgate and Online

Study Mode Options

• Full-time

Next Start Date

• June 2025

Course Details

Our 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 by lecturers with extensive industry experience, in workshop style classes that encourage greater interaction. As well as gaining a formal qualification, you will also develop your professional skills and improve your future employability.

NEW MSc Corporate Financial Management 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, 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.

Course Structure

Course Modules

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

Course Start Dates

June 2025

• MSc Corporate Financial Management
  • Full-time: London Moorgate
• MSc Corporate Financial Management with Professional Practice
  • Full-time: London Moorgate

Online

Study MSc Corporate Financial Management Online starting September 2025, February 2026 or June 2026

Fees and Applying

How to Apply

You can apply for this course directly with the University of Law.

Fees and Funding

• 2024/25 Course Fee (for courses starting on or after 1 July 2024)
  • Domestic students
    • London: £11,850
    • Outside London: £11,300
  • International (non-domestic) students
    • London: £18,500 (or £15,500 including a £3,000 International Bursary*)
    • Outside London: £17,000 (or £14,500 including a £2,500 International Bursary*)
• 2025/26 Course Fee (for courses starting on or after 1 July 2025)
  • Domestic students
    • London: £12,300
    • Outside London: £11,750
  • International (non-domestic) students
    • London: £18,500 (or £15,500 including a £3,000 International Bursary*)
    • Outside London: £17,000 (or £14,500 including a £2,500 International Bursary*)

*Terms and Conditions apply

By studying a Master's degree you could be eligible for a Postgraduate Loan.

If you’re a ULaw alumnus, you may be eligible to receive our £1000 Academic Master's Alumni Discount.

We also have a range of scholarships and bursaries available to help you invest in your future.

International Students

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

The University of Law

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