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.
Scholarships for this course
- 75th Anniversary Global Postgraduate Excellence ScholarshipGBP 7,000 reduction in tuition fees
- 75th Anniversary Pakistan Postgraduate University of Southampton Business School Excellence ScholarshipGBP 7,000 reduction in tuition fees
- Chevening ScholarshipsTuition fees, monthly living stipend, economy return flight, arrival and departure allowances and visa application cost
- Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Global Talent AwardGBP 10,000 reduction in tuition fee