MSc International Business and Finance

Course code: MN3AA

Start date: September

Course length: full time: one year

Campus: Kedleston Road site, Derby Campus

Faculty: Business, Computing and Law

School: Derby Business School

This course is available to international students

The MSc International Business and Finance is designed to develop a deep knowledge and understanding of business and finance operations in an international context, whilst also providing you with the personal and employment skills appropriate for a career in business or financial management in either an international business or the financial sector.

Because the specialist subject is multidisciplinary, the course integrates analysis from various disciplines including economics, international business and management and finance and behavioural finance. This will introduce you to the relevant mathematical and modelling skills you need, providing the relevant theory in economics, management, psychology and finance, expanding your knowledge of business and financial instruments and developing your understanding of critical issues in an international context.

You will become strategically aware of the factors affecting agents operating in international business and will hear different theoretical perspectives for the critical appraisal of the role, operation, and impact, of financial markets internationally. You will develop the necessary research skills for analysing the business operation and impact of finance activity and will build the study and practice skills required for a career in an international organisation. All course elements have been developed in an international context, taking into account international policies, culture and regulatory diversity in international business.

This is a classroom based course.

UK/EU students

• £695 per module (you usually take 9 of these modules in total)

International students

• Full time: £10,455 (in total)

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

How you'll learn

Throughout the programme you will encounter a diverse range of learning and teaching methods designed to meet the programme aims. At each level, we will provide development and support to help you to develop your academic and applied skills and to promote personal development.

The teaching team uses a mixture of lecture format, group work, discussions, workshops, case-study analysis, practical data analysis and personal networking at this level, supported by specific guidance on study texts, on-line study materials and use of blended learning.

How you're assessed

You are assessed through coursework on each module. The coursework will differ on each module and will involve a range of formats including computer-based tests, research reports, practical activities, presentations, essays and case studies.

On completion of the MSc you will be ideally placed to join management training programmes in the world's largest international companies and financial organisations. 

Your aim may be to work for a financial sector organisation such as an investment bank or hedge fund, or the financial department of an international organisation. Or you may simply want to better understand the business and finance decisions you make for a small-scale exporting company in terms of exchange-rate management and hedging. 

This programme will give you much of the knowledge you need to gain professional qualifications in any financial organisation.

"All of the strategy-based modules sparked my interest and have totally changed my way of thinking."

Christian Mittelhammer

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