City of London, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Scholarships
Explore scholarship opportunities to help fund your studies
Introduction
Join a new generation of business leaders by exploring the creation, development and sustainable growth of global businesses.
Course overview
Our Finance MBA is an exciting, vibrant, intensive non-industry specific course that can prepare you for a successful career in multi-discipline, business leadership and management roles globally.
- Achieve an integrated understanding of the operation and strategy of management, with particular emphasis on relevant aspects of finance.
- Develop an understanding of the financial environment and the finance function.
- Gain the necessary analytical tools to be effective in management roles in the finance sector as well as management and leadership roles.
Why you should study this course
- CMI accreditation – Study a course with professional accreditation1 from one of the UK’s leading professional management bodies - the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Take the opportunity to obtain the CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice (subject to the successful completion of specific modules).
- London location – Our campus is based in the heart of the City of London, one of the world’s premier business locations and financial hubs. You’ll be surrounded by businesses of every description, where you would have access to internship opportunities and continuing personal development with potential employers.
- Industry insight – You’ll be taught by highly qualified industry-experienced academics (staff are subject to change) and have the opportunity to attend tailored talks by experts. You’ll also gain exposure to industry-standard software, databases and packages such as Bloomberg terminals, S&P Capital IQ and SPSS Statistics.
- Real-world experience – You’ll develop and practice your own leadership and management skills through a multi-disciplinary, action learning approach focused upon group work, business simulations and real-world activities, all of which are underpinned by individual research, analysis and synthesis. This course is infused with work experience opportunities including Coventry University London’s own student commercial enterprise.
- Prepare for your future – You’ll have opportunities to mix with employers and to build your CV2. Should you wish to start your own business, we offer business start-up advice and support through our Enterprise Hub. MBA students also have the opportunity to take part in our Professional Development Programme, developed in collaboration with corporate learning and development specialists to help you develop key industry competencies.
Admissions
Curriculum
During the course, you get to develop and practice your own leadership and management skills through a multi-disciplinary, action learning approach which is therefore focused upon group work, business simulations and real-world activities, all of which are underpinned by individual research, analysis and synthesis.This course stimulates a proactive approach and gives a wider perspective to organisational issues, with particular emphasis on Finance aspects, that may arise from the impact of changes in the economic environment and the context within which managers and organisations operate.
Modules
- Business and Financial Transformation in the Digital Age
- Economics for Business and Finance -
- Global Strategic Management
- Leadership: Towards Mastery of Leading Change and Inclusivity
- Leadership: Towards Mastery of Leading Self and Global Cultures
- Managerial Finance
- Marketing in a Global Age
- Risk Management in Business and Finance
- Research Methods
- Final Semester Project
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
On successful completion of the course you will be able to:
- Evaluate global business environments and situations using relevant theoretical models to investigate economical, socio-political and technological conditions of global developments that impact on business.
- Critically evaluate and use essential analytical tools of finance to respond to employer related problems by making a set of clearly evaluated recommendations.
- Analyse financing of the business enterprise or other forms of organisations and banks: sources, uses and management of finance; use of accounting for managerial and financial reporting applications.
- Synthesise knowledge of other management functions of marketing and leadership into critical aspects of strategy and the strategic process.
- Critically evaluate incident of strategic organisational change by exploring the role of leadership.
- Critically assess the role of digitalisation and new technologies in fostering marketing communications and performance.
- Evaluate a comprehensive understanding of the current business and financial transformation landscape and critical awareness of the changes that influence the functioning of the financial industry and banking regulatory requirements particularly with the emergence of fintech companies.
- Appraise financial implications of various financial risks including market risks, credit risk and operational risk in business and financial institutions.
- Methodically review the uses and limitations of a range of research methods/techniques relevant for a chosen business discipline, both qualitative and quantitative, to investigate and apply relevant analytical skills to complex global business financial issues and communicate their strengths and weaknesses.
Where our graduates work
Previous graduates have gone on to work at McGraw Hill, Tesco, NatWest Bank, Munoth Hedge Fund, TaxGuru, China Construction Bank, Canara Bank, Citibank India, RBC and Boutique.
As part of the journey of professional and role development, students are encouraged to continue their academic journey through access to a range of higher degrees, including PhD and other taught doctorates.