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Study Details: MSc
Our MSc Management with Finance programme provides you with the skills and competencies you need to manage effectively in business today, combined with specialist knowledge in Finance.
This programme is ideal for you if you are a graduate or professional in any field, looking to work as a manager or to develop a successful career in finance.
Our focus is on making you more employable. With that in mind, the MSc Management with Finance programme places particular emphasis on building the interpersonal, analytical and problem solving abilities you need to make an immediate impact in a managerial role.
Key Information
•A firm grounding for developing the skills and competencies essential for managerial effectiveness
•Opportunity to specialise in a range of business disciplines
•Extensive e-learning support, including podcasts from lectures and interactive self-testing opportunities
•Teaching provided by a mix of academics and industry experienced practitioners offering you genuine professional insight and robust academic teaching
•Personal tutor support and guidance to increase your confidence and assist you in realising your potential
•Specialist modules in the Theory of Finance, Portfolio Management and Corporate Finance
•Opportunity to gain valuable work experience by participating in the Academic and Career Skills programme with a 6 month work placement
•A career development scheme integrated within the programme schedule to help nurture your managerial skills essential for your professional development
•A high degree of student-tutor contact time provided through small group sessions
•CMI accredited
You’ll benefit from a contemporary programme geared towards the realities of working as a modern manager. The MSc Management with Finance consists of a highly effective combination of lectures, small group sessions and online learning.
The small group sessions, in particular, have a strong emphasis on student-centred learning, involving practical skills sessions to prepare you for what it’s really like to work in a management or finance role.
In a typical week you can expect 90 minutes of lectures and 90 minutes of small group sessions for each 15 credit module. You’ll also find further support at your fingertips through the Business School’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). You will work alongside people from diverse backgrounds, including experienced industry professionals, all within a business-orientated environment.
We focus on developing your professional skills so you can transfer management concepts into real life. A wide variety of activities are used to support your learning, including:
Once qualified, you will enjoy the confidence to apply your highly relevant knowledge and skills to a wide range of managerial challenges
The programme is divided into three stages. If you decide not to continue after Stage One (four months) you’ll still be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Management ? an excellent foundation for future success. Stopping after Stage Two (eight months) achieves a Postgraduate Diploma in Management with Finance.
Our MSc Management with Finance programme consists of 7 core modules which will equip you with the knowledge and skills that are fundamental to management practice including Leadership and Change Management, Markets & Marketing, Accounting & Decision Making and Operations Management &Services Excellence. In your second term you then begin to specialise in finance with the study of Corporate Finance. Your specialist studies continue in the third term when you will look at Private Equity & Venture Capital and Financing Entrepreneurial Initiatives alongside a consultancy project or work placement designed to showcase how you can apply the skills and knowledge you have developed during the programme.
On successful completions of BPP’s MSc Management with Finance you will also receive a CMI (Chartered Management Institute) Level 7 Certificate.
To apply you will need one of the following:
(a) A 2:2 Honours degree from a recognised university or the equivalent international qualification; OR
(b) An acceptable professional qualification equivalent; OR
(c) A pass in the Graduate Entry Examination; OR
(d) An acceptable professional qualification equivalent such as the CMI, ILM at level 6 or above
Following the review of applications, you may be required to:
(a) attend a face-to-face interview
(b) take part in a telephone interview
(c) Submit a Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) score of 550 or above
(d) Submit a Graduate Records Examination (GRE) of 500 for Verbal and 500 for Quantitative. The median GRE score for each section ranges from 550-625 per section, with the median total around 1200.
If you are a non-native user of English you must also:
(a) Provide evidence that you have been instructed and assessed predominantly in English for a significant part of your educational career; OR
(b) Provide evidence of a recent IELTS Score of 6.5 overall, plus a minimum of 6.5 in each area, OR
(c) Provide evidence of an equivalent result in an appropriate English language examination
Our aim is to recruit students with varied academic and professional backgrounds, therefore we encourage anyone with an appropriate qualification, Accredited Prior Learning or suitable work experience to apply
For details of which international qualifications are accepted for this programme, please see our country-specific entry requirements.
The full programme fee is £9,750.
Please note that modules run subject to demand, therefore all modules may not run in all locations.
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