Course Overview
The MSc in Corporate Finance is a one-year, full-time programme that prepares graduates for a wide range of careers in the financial sector.
This programme is designed to equip you with analytical and decision-making skills relevant to the finance industry. It combines specialist knowledge, practical insight and an advanced understanding of corporate finance theory and practice. Potential careers include roles in investment banking, commercial banking, fund management, insurance, corporate finance services, and in finance divisions of firms in other industries and sectors.
Learning Outcomes
Apply effective decision making to global business problems.
Identify, analyse and solve applied problems in individual – and team-based settings.
Evaluate and apply tools in the core business disciplines of Finance, Accounting and Economics to solve technical problems and contribute to solving strategic problems.
Analyse and evaluate corporate finance and investment problems using appropriate techniques, practices, and theories.
Critically analyse and interpret how global financial markets and investment firms operate.
Career Opportunities
This programme is designed to equip you with analytical and decision making skills relevant for the finance industry. It combines specialist knowledge, practical insight and an advanced understanding of corporate finance theory and practice. Potential careers include roles in investment banking, commercial banking, fund management, insurance, corporate finance services, and in finance divisions of firms in other industries and sectors.
Develop analytical, ethical, and communication skills to contribute to both personal and organisational development.
For international students
A H2.1 degree (NFQ Level 8 or equivalent) in:
Business/Commerce to include a number of quantitative subjects such as Economics or Finance: or
A quantitative-based degree such as Engineering, Mathematics, Physics and Economics.
Applicants should have demonstrated strong academic ability (a H1 or H2.1, or equivalent) in a number of quantitative modules in their degree such as mathematics, statistics or econometrics.
English Language Requirements
IELTS: 6.5 overall, no less than 5.5 in any one component; Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE): 176 overall; Cambridge C2 Advanced (CPE): 180 overall; TOEFL: 88 overall (7 Listening, 16 Speaking, 18 Writing, 8 Reading); Pearson PTE: 61 overall, no less than 48 in any one component.
1 year - Full time
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Fee
€20,000.00 (US$ 21,945) per yearFees: EU - €11,140 p.a. (including levy) 2024/25; Fees: Tuition - €11,000 p.a. 2024/25; Fees: Student levy - €140 p.a. 2024/25; Fees: Non EU - €20,000 p.a. (€20,140 including levy) 2024/25 Please check with institution
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Start Date
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Address
University of Galway, University Road, Galway, Republic of Ireland