MSc Finance at University of Dundee

This degree and all of the available pathways offer exemption from ACCA papers F1-F3 (the papers have been recently renamed as Applied Knowledge AB, Applied Knowledge MA, and Applied Knowledge FA).

This degree programme offers the opportunity to specialise on one of a selection of what we call pathways. You can study.

• MSc Finance
• MSc Finance and Banking
• MSc Finance and Investment
• MSc Finance and Risk

You are able to change your chosen pathway within the first two weeks of arriving at Dundee. 

This programme enables you to understand in detail the operation of modern business organisations and the role of financial institutions and capital markets in the global economy.

It will introduce you to state-of-the-art techniques and thinking regarding research methodology and the statistical techniques employed to investigate a firm's values and asset prices. At Dundee you will be taught by staff who have practical experience working in the financial sector or who have insights into financial practices through their research of, and with, analysts, company directors and market traders.

You will also learn to analyse and interpret financial data and solve quantitative problems in and finance, and critically evaluate research in finance and financial markets.

Careers

This course is ideal if you want to progress in banking, fund management, investment analysis, treasury management or doctoral study in finance. The structure of the degree emphasises the development of both the technical and generic skills required to work in the fast-moving world of finance.

The University has excellent employment outcomes for its students and this programme is designed to build on this record; past graduates have gone on to take up careers in international banking, asset management, investment analysis and academia.

You’ll be able to make use of the University's dedicated careers service to help you to confidently present yourself to the world's top employers.