You want a rigorous grounding in management, strategy and leadership, but also international finance and investment. Our MBA Finance gives you this.

Taking real-world challenges as our starting point, there's a strong focus on practical, hands-on learning, including the option to take a placement in industry.

As a postgraduate student at ARU, you’ll experience an exciting mix of business strategy alongside in-depth finance modules. You’ll be able to enhance your existing skills and ignite your career – whichever direction you wish to take it in.

Course features

As an MBA Finance student you'll benefit from:

• access to our Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab to put your knowledge into practice in a fully simulated and safe environment
• the option to gain valuable experience with an industry placement.

Outstanding student support

Join our postgraduate student community and:

• benefit from award-winning learning facilities, including extensive library and IT resources
• learn from expert staff who will guide your research interests and career development
• receive full support from our Employability Service, while you're studying with us and after you graduate
• access support, should you need it, with study skills, health and wellbeing, and more.

Our MBA course will give you solid understanding of the principles of business management and finance, and serve as good preparation for a career in the fast-moving world of business.

It’s your opportunity to learn advanced level skills across a range of financial areas, including working with complex data and using sophisticated mathematical and simulation modelling techniques

You'll be able to manipulate data to aid decision and policy making. You may ultimately work at managerial and directorial levels in a wide range of financial environments.

Graduation doesn’t have to be the end of your time with us. You could choose to continue your academic career with a PhD programme at ARU. Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship and save £400 on your fees.

Our MBA course has five core modules, which cover key subjects in business management and finance.

We start by looking at corporate finance and strategy, considering how financial information is relevant to decision-making and planning. And we’ll explore international financial markets too, with a focus on investment analysis and portfolio management.

We’ll also cover business strategy, approaches to leadership, and principles of marketing management that can be applied across different types of business, including B2B and B2C.

As well as the five core modules, you will complete two work placement modules. One is the placement itself, the other an extended project based around a placement.

Modules are subject to change and availability.

We place a strong emphasis on practical and professional skills. You’ll be assessed on work-based assignments, research projects, syndicate work and group presentations.