Course details

Summary

Build on your existing academic excellence with a postgraduate qualification that prepares you for specialist positions in the public and private sectors and can be a pathway to doctoral study.

Programme overview

An MCom allows you to develop an advanced level of knowledge and competencies with an intellectually rewarding postgraduate programme in your specialist field.

Finance

Finance is the study of how individuals and firms allocate resources through time. You will learn about the capital markets and the financing decisions that businesses and organisations need to make. Should you choose to continue on and study finance at postgraduate level, you will learn about the commercial activity of providing funding and capital through the use of financial instruments in financial and capital markets.

Areas of study

When you undertake an undergraduate degree you can choose courses that will focus your studies in any of the following areas: financial management, financial analysis, investments, corporate environment, public sector, financial accounting, and financial reporting.

Postgraduate courses are designed to build your understanding of concepts such as good corporate governance, investments, valuation theory, asset pricing, market micro-structure, capital structure and dividend policy, risk-hedging and liquidity management.

Career opportunities

When you complete an undergraduate degree, you might decide to follow one of these career pathways: academic, investment banker, merchant banker, corporate banker, merger and acquisition specialist, corporate finance specialist, treasury specialist, stockbroker, and financial analyst. Studying finance at postgraduate level can lead you to more senior or specialised career roles such as academic, chief financial officer, corporate advisor or value, multinational funds manager, or portfolio manager.

Programme structure

The MCom is a 120 or 180-point specialist masters degree that builds on a first degree in the same discipline.

The MCom (180 point) is a 12 or 15-month taught specialist masters comprising coursework and a short dissertation. If you have a first degree you can pursue an advanced specialized qualification in the same discipline.

If you have completed a BCom (Hons) or equivalent, you may be eligible to undertake a 120-point MCom degree by research comprising a supervised thesis.

Further study options

Doctor of Philosophy

Master of Commerce other subjects: Accounting; Commercial Law; Economics; Global Management and Innovation; Information Systems; Marketing; Operations and Supply Chain Management.

Entry criteria

Taught 180 points: You must have completed an undergraduate degree in the same field as your intended specialisation at a recognised university (or similar institution). You will need a GPE of 5.0. Specialisations in accounting and finance require a higher GPE.

Research 120 points: You must have completed one year of postgraduate study, following an undergraduate degree, at a recognised university (or similar institution). Your study must have been in the same field as your intended specialisation and you will need a GPE of 5.0. Specializations in accounting and finance require a higher GPE.

English language requirements: IELTS 6.5; TOEFL (iBT) 90; TOEFL (paper-based) 575; CAE or CPE 176; PTE 58; MELAB 85.