Banking and Finance

This Banking and Finance program from Sheffield Hallam University is designed to meet the growing demand for highly skilled and intellectual professionals in banking and finance. You’ll gain specialist knowledge while developing your ability to research, appraise and critically evaluate current issues in the financial sector. You’ll look at topics such as pensions, socially responsible mutual funds and the impact of hedge funds on economic growth.

Key facts

• Develop transferable skills for national and international business.

• Explore financial markets, institutions, regulation and systems development.

• Analyse financial risk strategies for investment and portfolio management.

• Undertake real-world learning to gain immediate value for current or potential employers.

How you learn

• This course starts by helping you develop a strong understanding of banking and finance and the associated practical skills relating to banking and finance practices globally. You’ll be taught by staff who have industry experience and/or are active researchers.

• Through a combination of teaching methods you’ll develop in-depth knowledge and a range of skills. You’ll implement theories and techniques, problem-solving activities, research and teamwork – taking an active approach to your learning and self-development.

You learn through:

• lectures

• tutorials

• IT sessions

• regular formative feedback

• teamwork and group-based learning

• practice-based applied learning

• authentic learning experiences

• engagement with guest lectures

• discussions

• self-managed study

Careers and opportunities

This course prepares you for a career in:

• banking

• finance

• investment/wealth management

• business consulting

• If you hold the Sheffield Hallam MSc in Banking and Finance, you are eligible for direct entry to the MCT program with the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

• Sheffield Business School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and has been awarded the Business School Impact System label by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).

Courses include:

• Financial Stability, Regulation And Sustainability

• Global Bank Management

• Investment Management And Derivatives

• Statistics And Big Data In Finance

• Consultancy