Banking and Finance (Professional Practice) MSc

    Banking and Finance (Professional Practice) MSc

    Duration18 month(s)
    Tuition Fee
    GBP 24,849 / Year
    Next IntakeMay 18, 2026

    Banking and Finance (Professional Practice) MSc

    About

    About the course

    Reasons to study

    1. You’ll learn using industry-standard software in our Trading Room to ensure you’re well prepared to start your graduate career.
    2. Study at the Times Higher Education Business School of the Year 2023. We are an AACSB International accredited Business School. Globally, less than 6% of institutions offering business degrees achieve this accreditation.
    3. You'll study our Global Professional module gaining transferable skills to take into the ever-growing intercultural business environment.

    This course is specifically aimed at international students, supporting those wishing to gain practical work based experiential learning. Together with studying your chosen course we are offering an additional 6-month placement opportunity, making the course 18 months in length. This allows students to put into practice the skills and techniques developed throughout the Master’s degree within a UK environment after completing the 12-month taught programme.

    This course is ideal if you’re looking to pursue a career in international financial markets and the banking sector. The course will enable you to develop your understanding, and critically evaluate the theories affecting the financial services sector, financial management and capital markets, as well as the important issues facing banking and economics systems.

    The programme is supported with our state-of-the-art Trading Room which is equipped with professional software, providing up-to-date market data and financial analysis tools giving students a feel for how to deal responsibly with financial and economic market data. The Trading Room provides simulation of what it is like to work in the financial industry and provide experience of a real-life financial markets environment, thus enhancing your experience and employability.

    This course is ideal if you’re looking to pursue a career in international financial markets and the banking sector, with an additional opportunity to undertake a 6 month placement.

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Entry requirements

    Entry requirements for Professional Practice courses are normally:

    • An Honours degree (2:1 or above) or equivalent professional qualification, in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business and Management or a Quantitative Science.
    • Applicants with other appropriate professional qualifications and/or experience will be considered on an individual basis.

    If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 7.0 overall with no element lower than 6.5, (a minimum of TOEFL 550 (Computer Based Toefl 213) score) or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

    English Requirements

    • IELTSMin 6

    English Program Requirements

    English language requirements

    The University’s normal entry criteria apply to all international students. For details of country-specific entry requirements please visit your home country page on our website.

    The University has formal requirements for all applicants. These are normally English Language qualifications which we recognise as meeting our entry criteria. Requirements may vary between programmes, and you are advised to check these carefully when going through course listings.

    The following table sets out the main qualifications we recognise and the levels that are normally required for admission. It is intended as general guidance only - the offer of a place, if it includes an English Language condition, will specify the level of English that you are required to meet.

    The University of Huddersfield is pleased to accept a Pass in all four elements at the Proficiency Level of the Ascentis Anglia ESOL Language qualification as meeting the University’s English Language requirements for students from the EU.

    If you don’t yet meet these requirements, don’t worry as we have an extensive Pre-Sessional English Programme(PSP) on campus.

    Test

    Standard required score

    Validity

    Cambridge English Advanced

    Grade C

    No expiry

    IELTS (Academic)

    6.0 with no lower than 5.5 in any element.

    2 years

    Pearson Test of Academic English (PTE)

    Listening – 51

    Reading – 51

    Writing – 51

    Speaking - 51

    2 years

    GCSE or GCE ‘O’ level

    Grade C

    No expiry

    International Baccalaureate

    Must have completed the Diploma with English at Higher Level

    No expiry

    Applicants from any of the following Majority English Speaking Countries (MESCs) will normally be considered to have met our English requirements:

    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • Australia
    • The Bahamas
    • Barbados
    • Belize
    • Canada
    • Dominica
    • Grenada
    • Guyana
    • Jamaica
    • New Zealand
    • St. Kitts and Nevis
    • St. Lucia
    • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
    • Trinidad and Tobago
    • United States of America

    Please note that we will not normally waive the English Language requirement for speakers of other languages who have completed a programme of study taught in English in their home countries.

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    24,849 / year

    Banking and Finance (Professional Practice) MSc

    University of Huddersfield

    University of Huddersfield

    United Kingdom

    United Kingdom, Huddersfield