MBA in Finance

Key Features of the Programme

This unique programme allows you to choose a specialist route for your MBA award. Students can obtain a named award in any of six streams: HRM; Project Management; Finance; Information Systems; Marketing or general Business Management. This ensures students are afforded the widest choice of specialisms from which to choose. A practitioner focus is part of this programme. Industry-led workshops and guest lecturers keep information current and applied.

All streams within your MBA programme will include:

* Personal, academic and professional development.
* Lectures and assessment methods that apply the business knowledge required for students to perform as an effective manager in any organisation.
* Through extensive study of key issues in business theories students will be capable of evaluation and application of important global management issues which impact on organisational effectiveness and performance
* Knowledge and understanding of global business, most especially on issues such as globalisation, standardisation and customisation of products and services.
* Skills and knowledge to inform you how an organisation is best managed in a changing world.

With these in mind, the programme is designed to provide you with relevant knowledge, so that you are familiar with the latest theoretical and practical developments relating to business management and development.

The Finance stream addresses international banking and finance through The Theory of Finance and Financial Markets and Institutions modules which can allow organisations to anticipate economic outcomes and make changes of direction quickly in response to economic pressures.

Career Opportunities

The award of MBA is synonymous world-wide with competency in the strategic management of a business. The complexity of a managerial role is captured within the range of modules contained within this programme. Graduates typically progress into positions of management across a diverse range of organisations, multinationals, domestically and internationally. Having gained expert knowledge in international business and trade, graduates take their place at the forefront of organisational leadership internationally. Completing a research dissertation as part of their programme imbues learners with the ability to use scientific principals in conjunction with business models and expert knowledge resulting in excellent decision-making skills. Informed decision-making is at the heart of successful strategic management and this programme produces graduates that can take their place among peers internationally and excel in the disciplines of HRM, IT, Marketing, Finance and Project Management. Careers sectors currently range from new product development, marketing, finance, engineering and science supporting the widely applicable nature of the degree.