MSc in Global Financial Management at University of Northumbria at Newcastle United Kingdom
The MSc Global Financial Management programme has been developed in response to the considerable world wide demand from students wishing to follow a career in financial management. Since the launch in 2000 graduates have demonstrated success in a variety of careers, confirming the programmes potential to enhance employability in an ever increasing competitive market. To ensure that the programme is up to date an extensive review has just taken place, part of which was to benchmark the content against syllabuses of the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA).
Opportunities for careers in financial management are considerable and varied. The programme is designed to build upon existing knowledge of financial management. The programme therefore seeks to recruit graduates who already hold a first degree in finance, financial management or a degree in business where there is considerable financial management content. Students with professional qualifications in accounting and finance will also be considered. Personal commitment to both subject and personal development is very important if students are to gain maximum benefit from the programme.
Newcastle Business School has chosen a focus on investment, performance management and risk management. There are number of reasons for this, firstly NBS’s learning and teaching philosophy is concerned with the application of theory, thereby ensuring programmes are more relevant to today’s business, secondly the content has been benchmarked against professional standards, again ensuring relevance and thirdly, former graduates have enjoyed considerable career success, applying knowledge and expertise from the programme.
The programme structure is shown below:
Financial management themes contained within the modules are:
International corporate finance and money markets
Risk management and the use of financial instruments
Mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment, management buy-outs
Strategic investment decisions and risk in multinationals
Performance measurement and management – individual companies and portfolios
Ethical behaviour and corporate governance/