United KingdomPostgraduateAccounting & Finance

MSc Finance

University of Southampton, Southampton

Overview

A one-year full-time master's in finance combining corporate finance, asset pricing and quantitative methods, with optional modules in areas such as behavioural finance and financial technology, and a dissertation.

Highlights

  • Compulsory: Advanced Corporate Finance
  • Compulsory: Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing
  • Compulsory: Quantitative Finance
  • Optional: Behavioural Finance

Entry requirements

Academic
A 2:2 degree in a subject that includes quantitative study, such as finance, sciences, maths, engineering, computer science, economics, or quantitative business or management. The page states that Language Studies and Art, Design and Vocational Studies degrees are not accepted.
English language
IELTS overall 6.5 with 6.0 in reading, writing, speaking and listening. The course page lists IELTS only.
Applicants from Pakistan
The Southampton Pakistan page says high grades in a 4 or 5 year bachelor's degree from a high-ranking Pakistani institution will be considered for postgraduate entry. It gives no percentage or CGPA threshold. Source

Working after you graduate

Bachelor's and master's graduates on a Student visa may apply in the UK for the Graduate visa: two years if applying by 31 December 2026, or 18 months if applying on or after 1 January 2027.

Checked on 10 October 2026. Official source.

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