MSc in Finance
Aglantzia, Cyprus
MSc
DURATION
3 semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 5,125
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 15 May 2026, 12:00 pm (Cyprus local time)
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Key Summary
About: The Master of Science (MSc) in Finance at The University of Cyprus tackles rapid change in global markets, financial services, information technology and shifts from manufacturing to services amid economic crises. The Department of Accounting and Finance seeks to equip graduates with analytical skills and finance tools, build research and international recognition, Keywords: finance, investments, risk.
Career Outcomes: Graduates may pursue academic careers and doctoral programmes or work in consulting, investments and the oil and gas industry. Potential roles include financial analyst, investment analyst, management consultant, risk manager, corporate finance officer and researcher. They use valuation and modeling skills.
The current business environment is rapidly changing. World markets are becoming increasingly global, organizations are merging, restrictions on trading transactions are being lifted and competition is becoming more intense. Information technology creates an innovative environment which facilitates the delivery of a new range of services, the direct exchange of information, execution of transactions and agreements. In recent decades, developed countries have shifted their business focus from manufacturing to services while less developed economies are also changing as they attempt to fill in the resulting gap in the field of manufacturing. The recent economic crisis which has affected the services sector and more severely so the financial services industry is rapidly changing the legal, business and economic environments of all affected countries.
Given the challenging environment that organizations are called to face, the Department of Accounting and Finance (AFN) aims:
- to provide its graduate students with the skills and knowledge necessary to advance their careers and eventually lead their organizations to financial success.
- To the establishment of a leading research team, strengthening the research orientation of the Department worldwide
- to apply the fundamental concepts and tools of finance.
- To attract qualified students from Cyprus and abroad
Curriculum Structure
Courses per Semester
Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 3
Key Learning Outcomes
The M.Sc. in Finance intends to:
- Provide students with unique business school training in finance that is both theoretically anchored and practically oriented.
- Provide students with rigorous skills and applied training in quantitative and empirical methods in finance in the following areas: corporate finance and capital investment analysis; capital and derivative markets and risk management; and investment management and security analysis.
- Translate the theoretical knowledge into practice, through experiential learning, professional workshops and interactions with practitioners.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples
One of the objectives of the MSc Program in Finance is to produce MSc. graduates, with the necessary analytical skills, who can choose an academic career, or, work in the private sector, working in the consulting, investments and oil and gas industries.
Access to Further Studies
Graduates can be admitted to Doctoral Programs