MSc Finance

The Financial Times* ranks our MSc Finance 4th in the UK, and 19th in the world

Join us to gain a deep theoretical and conceptual knowledge of finance and quantitative skills, preparing you for a range of careers in the financial industry. Go beyond the application of skills and develop your ability to challenge, evaluate, and rethink established paradigms.  

• Ranked fourth in the UK by the Financial Times 

• CFA Affiliated University 

• Gain hands-on experience of using lab software to perform calculations and conduct simulations 

• Elective modules to help you specialise, or explore areas outside of your comfort zone

• Dedicated careers coaching by Finance specialists.

As the anticipation of jobs being challenged by Artificial Intelligence becomes a reality, we aim to share the skills and depth of understanding needed to design, develop, and supervise these new forms of financial intelligence.  

In line with the CFA curriculum, our Ethics, Financial Regulation and Corporate Governance module offers you the opportunity to study with a European business school partner. 

WBS benefits from excellent links to key financial institutions and employers, and this course has benefited from industry recommendations.  

Graduates of this course have recently gone on to secure roles including Auditor, Investment Manager and Trading Analyst at employers such as Bloomberg, Deloitte and HSBC. Learn more about the journeys our alumni have taken since graduating in our MSc Graduate Destinations brochure.

*The Financial Times ranks our MSc Finance 19th in the world and 4th in the UK in their Master's in Finance Pre-experience ranking 2024.