Finance (MSc)

Our master degree in Finance will hone your insights into the future of finance. It will help you develop and use real industry skills that employers demand in rapidly changing and complex financial environments. You'll learn from academic experts who are active researchers with extensive professional experience.

The programme emphasises quantitative and analytical techniques. It also focuses on the latest practices and research, which you’ll learn with essential theory.

Further your finance career with a degree from a double-world top 100 university.

Eligibility criteria

Upper second-class degree or international equivalent in a subject that includes quantitative study approved by the University.

English language requirement

We accept several ways of meeting our English language requirement. These include: 

• IELTS Test, with scores of 6.5 overall (6.0 in reading, writing, speaking, and listening)
• other tests listed on our website
• an approved academic qualification having the required grade

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.

Fee structure

You can pay your tuition fee in up to 4 instalments.

The fees for a year's study, starting in August 2025, are:

• 1,980,000 INR for India students
• 2,200,000 INR for Overseas students

Your first payment will be a deposit of 10% of the programme fee. To confirm your offer, you must pay your deposit within 56 days of receiving a conditional offer, and no later than 14 days before the start of term.

For students starting in August 2025, the deposit is:

• 198,000 INR for India students
• 220,000 INR for Overseas students

You'll then pay the balance of your yearly tuition fee as you study, in up to 3 instalments.

If you're an India student, you'll have to make 3 separate payments of:

• 475,200 INR by Monday 8 September 2025
• 653,400 INR by Monday 26 January 2026
• 653,400 INR by Monday 20 April 2026

If you're an Overseas student, you'll have to make 3 separate payments of:

• 528,000 INR by Monday 8 September 2025
• 726,000 INR by Monday 26 January 2026
• 726,000 INR by Monday 20 April 2026

We may adjust the fees in the future to account for inflation and changes in other costs. Exact payment dates for future years will vary according to the academic calendar.

How to apply

1. Use the 'Apply for this course' button on this page to take you to our online application form.
2. Complete the application form and upload any supporting documents.
3. Submit your application.

Application deadlines

There are three application rounds. Submit your application by these dates:

• Round 1: Friday 29 November 2024
• Round 2: Friday 20 January 2025
• Round 3: Friday 28 April 2025

We'll review your application and contact you with a decision by:

• Friday 10 January 2025, for Round 1
• Friday 31 March 2025, for Round 2
• Friday 13 June 2025, for Round 3

We may close applications early if the programme reaches capacity.

Application assessment fee

When you apply, you’ll have to pay an application assessment fee of 5,500 INR.

You will not have to pay this fee if you apply by Wednesday 1 January 2025.

Got a question?

If you're not sure you have the right experience or qualifications for this course, you can get in touch by:

• email: customerservice@delhi.southampton.ac.uk
• our contact form

What you'll do on this programme

This master's in finance delves into advanced stock market analysis, corporate finance, and portfolio management. 

You'll also look at behavioural finance, studying the biases that can affect decision-making in uncertain financial situations.

Other topics you’ll cover include:

• complex financial products
• assessing and managing financial risk
• management decisions and value creation
• econometric modelling
• forecasting
• leading econometric and statistical software

You’ll also use your skills and have actual industry experience through:

• trade simulation workshops
• access to industry software
• using live company data
• weekly research update seminars

Expert researchers will support you as you build your expertise for a career in industry, government, or research.

Course modules

These course modules provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree programme, based on recent academic teaching. As a research-led university, we review our programmes continuously to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources.

The precise course modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new study topics, timetabling, and student demand. Find out why, when and how we might make changes.

You must study the following modules. Course module leads and locations will differ from any shown.

• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Advanced Time Series Modelling
• Banking, Finance and Risk Dissertation
• Introduction to Finance
• Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing
• Quantitative Finance

You can also choose optional modules. The optional modules offered will depend on the research expertise of our world-leading staff.

Careers

We are a top 20 UK university for employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022).

When you finish this MSc Finance degree, you'll have extensive knowledge and skills for today’s competitive and rapidly changing financial landscape. 

Career opportunities 

You could develop a specialist role or carry out research in: 

• the business sector 
• banks and other financial institutions 
• the public sector 
• universities or research-related institutions