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This MSc in Financial Management equips you with a deep understanding of the tasks finance professionals undertake, and the skills required for a successful career in finance.

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Entry Requirements

Academic entry qualification overview

Normally, a 1st or 2:1 UK Bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent from an institution recognised by NARIC.

Or

A Master’s degree or international equivalent from an institution recognised by NARIC.

We expect that most candidates interested in this Master’s will have a degree in engineering, mathematics, business, management, economics, science or other relevant subjects; however, your degree can be in any discipline if you can demonstrate that you have good numeracy and quantitative ability.

We can also consider:

Candidates with a 2:2 UK Bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, with at least one year of relevant professional experience who can demonstrate their suitability and motivation for this Master’s course. The degree should be in a relevant subject with good grades in quantitative subjects. An interview may be required.

All our degree programmes, require a high level of competency in all aspects of English language – speaking, writing, listening and reading. You will need to provide evidence that your English language ability meets the University of Manchester minimum requirements and is sufficient to enable you to fully participate and be successful in the programme. Please see below the details of the qualifications we accept, exemptions that we can consider and the official evidence you need to provide.

You are not required to provide evidence of English language competence if:

You are a citizen of a country where English is the official primary language and therefore you are a native speaker.

English Test Exemptions

As an alternative to taking an English Language Test, we can consider one or a combination of the following.

You will need to submit your application your degree documents, which officially confirm that your degree was fully taught in English.

 

Many candidates to Alliance MBS programmes are working in international companies and organisations. If English is the main business language of the company/organisation where you are currently working and you predominately use English in your role, we can consider this when assessing your English language competency.

 

You will need to submit official evidence from your company/organisation that states the percentage of your work communication that is in English and the level of your competency. We will then consider whether we can give an exemption from taking an official English test.

 
English Language

We usually expect candidates to take an official English language test – IELTS; TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic; CPE or CAE. We need to verify your English result using the test organisations online verification systems. If you have not already made your official test score report available to us, please arrange to do so.

The minimum requirements for this programme are:

6.5 overall with 6.0 in listening, writing, reading and speaking. The test date must be no more than 2 years prior to the start of the programme.Make your test score available to The University of Manchester so that we can validate your score online. IELTS website

 

90 overall with 20 in listening, writing, reading and speaking. The test date must be no more than 2 years prior to the start of the programme.Make your test score available to the University of Manchester so that we can validate your score. The University of Manchester institution code is 0757. Click to view instructions on the TOEFL website

 

59-65 overall with 59 in listening, writing, reading and speaking. The test date must be no more than 2 years prior to the start of the programme.Make your test score available to the University of Manchester so that we can validate your score online. Click to view instructions on the PTE website

Minimum grade 176-184Email us your Candidate ID and Candidate Secret Number (printed on your Confirmation of Entry) and then we can verify your result online.
English Language Test Validity

All our degree programmes, require a high level of competency in all aspects of English language – speaking, writing, listening and reading. You will need to provide evidence that your English language ability meets the University of Manchester minimum requirements and is sufficient to enable you to fully participate and be successful in the programme.

You are not required to provide evidence of English language competence if you are a citizen of a country where English is the official primary language and therefore you are a native speaker.

Alternative Qualifications

We can also accept:

  • India Standard XII Examination: 65% in English
  • IGCSE English Language grade C
  • International Baccalaureate English (Higher or Standard Level)

You will also need to submit a copy of your qualification report with your other application documents to worldwideapplications@manchester.ac.uk

Do you have another alternative English Language qualification equivalent to the University’s standard English test requirements?

If you would like us to consider your qualification, please provide the name of your qualification and the grade you achieved in the English element(s) in the application form. You will need to submit with your application official evidence of your qualification, which specifically shows the English element and the grade achieved. We will then consider whether we can accept it.

English Test Exemptions

As an alternative to taking an English Language Test, we can consider one or a combination of the following. If you have successfully completed a degree level qualification (recognised by UK NARIC as equivalent to a UK bachelor degree or higher), which was fully taught in English and if English is the main business language in your place of work. Contact us to find out more.

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