Develop the expertise to analyse markets, manage risk and make informed financial decisions.
Develop skills sought by employers in rapidly changing and complex financial environments, and advance your career in industry, government or research. On our Master’s Finance MSc degree, we will teach you advanced stock market analysis, corporate finance, and portfolio management. You will also study behavioural finance and explore the behavioural biases that can affect financial decision making in uncertain environments.
The MSc is intended for those who aim to work in core finance jobs in the banking and financial industry. The programme follows the market and professional bodies closely and is mapped to skills that employers demand. It builds the ability to use and critically evaluate models and formal processes within finance and financial management.
This is a full-time 1 year degree programme. The first 9 months of the Finance MSC degree programme comprises taught study, divided into 2 semesters. In semester 3 (the final 3 months) you’ll complete an individual research project for your dissertation.
You will cover topics including:
Core finance modules like quantitative finance, asset pricing and portfolio management equip students with solid fundamentals and principles that govern investment decisions and the valuation of financial assets. A choice of optional modules in semester 2 will allow you to specialise your education in areas such as
The Programme Description Document contains an overview of the programme, its aims, information on programme modules and shows how we assess student progress as they learn with us.
As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our programmes to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. As a result, this programme may be revised during a student’s period of registration; however, any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Please read our Disclaimer to see why, when, and how changes may be made to a student’s programme.
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We are mandated by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to deliver the equivalent programme and quality as we offer in the UK. To match the programme lengths of internationally respected UK awarded degrees, the MSc Finance degree has a duration of one year.
We are a top 20 UK university for employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022) and offer extensive support for today’s competitive and rapidly changing financial landscape.
During our Finance MSc degree programme you’ll have actual industry experience through:
Finance MSc degree graduates will build expertise for a career in industry, government or research in sectors including:
Careers directly related to this course:
Our proprietary Southampton skills model is integrated into our curriculum. When you join us, you’ll be able to use our skills model to track, plan, and benefit your career development and progress.
As well as support from the Careers and Employability team in Delhi, you’ll have access to our market-leading employability development offering. This includes:
With links to multinational and industrial organisations, we enable you to engage with employers and explore potential career paths. We also host regular alumni events in-person across major cities in India, allowing you to grow your own networks. Our support is ongoing, and once you graduate, you’ll be part of a global community of over 220,000 alumni that spans over 180 countries
In order to be eligible for the Finance MSc degree programme, you typically require an upper second-class degree, termed a 2:1 degree, or international equivalent in a relevant subject that includes quantitative study such as:
We will consider the following professional ACCA/ACA/CIMA/CA qualifications on a case-by-case basis. Work experience in accounting is not a requirement but can compensate for unrelated degree subject/grades.
We accept several ways of meeting our English Language requirement. These include:
If you’ve successfully completed a degree, taught and assessed in English, up to 2 years before the date of first enrolment at the University of Southampton, we may be able to accept this as evidence of your English language ability.
Refer to our English Language proficiency guide for more information about English language requirements.
Typical academic admissions criteria represent the usual level of academic attainment an applicant is expected to achieve prior to being admitted to that programme. These criteria are not intended to provide a guarantee that all applicants who satisfy the criteria may be offered a place, nor that all applicants to be made an offer will receive an identical offer to one another.
Tuition fees for our Finance MSc degree programme for the year starting in August 2027 are yet to be confirmed.
We typically ask that tuition fees are paid in 4 instalments.
The balance of the yearly tuition fee will typically be paid over another 3 instalments.
The annual fee is subject to revision and is likely to increase by approximately 5% to 8% each year over the previous year. This percentage is not fixed and may be subject to change.
Admissions to study the Finance MSc degree at our campus in the Delhi NCR for the academic year starting August 2027 are not open yet. Potential students can understand more about our application process by looking at helpful guidance and advice on university admissions pages.
We encourage students to express an interest in our programmes so that we can send them more information when admissions open in the last few months of 2026.
Our programmes are taught in English, and content is equivalent to that delivered to other University of Southampton students. To match the programme lengths of internationally respected UK awarded degrees, undergraduates study for three years, and postgraduates study for one year.
Apply nowWe encourage students to apply as soon as possible so that they can receive a Conditional Offer based on predicted scores for their chosen programme. We can accept an application from a student using their predicted grades if we receive their final grades once they are available.