Master of Science in International Accounting and Finance

at City, University of London United Kingdom

Study in the world’s largest finance faculty on Bayes's Banking and International Finance master’s as you develop and deepen your knowledge and understanding of global and innovative banking and international financial markets.

You are ambitious to succeed in global banking, attracted by the innovation led by Fintech and committed to become skilled in international markets. Your strong quantitative skills give you an ideal starting point as you begin to investigate the deeper levels of strategy and operations in fast-evolving banking markets. Your interest in banking is matched by your desire to establish yourself in this highly competitive marketplace where pressure and risk management accompany job satisfaction and financial rewards.

The Banking and International Finance course will give you the knowledge and skills to navigate the rapidly changing financial landscape.

Take a step closer to your successful career in global banking and finance with this highly practical MSc in Banking and International Finance.

This postgraduate programme is tailormade to develop professional standards and competence for those wishing to pursue careers in the banking industry. Bayes offers an innovative blend of theoretical and vocational learning equipping you with the outlook, the skills and the temperament to make things happen.

You’ll be based within a stone’s throw of the City of London and Fintech hubs, giving your studies a uniquely practical and strategic orientation with regular teaching from senior bankers and finance professionals.

This accredited integrated master’s covers mechanical, computational and sustainable life-cycle engineering in this high-tech field.

Over four years, students develop professional engineering skills, with a focus on innovative and sustainable solutions to future mechanical engineering systems.

Individual and group engineering design projects demonstrate students’ expertise to future employers. Whilst a fourth year, at master’s level, it helps to transition from study to professional practice.

• Benefit from strong links to industry and exceptional industry involvement in the degree programme. Profit from City’s vision of sustainable engineering, a fundamental aspect in future Mechanical and Design Engineering.
• Study in world leading test facilities, including our thermo-fluid laboratories, engine test beds and  low-turbulence wind-tunnel, and high-speed tunnel belonging to the UK National Wind Tunnel Facility initiative.
• Work with modern state-of-the art experimental equipment and high-performance computational fluid solvers, both being developed at City and supported by world-experts in those fields.
• Enjoy easy access to our central London location and benefit from the links to our international aviation program, with City being the hub for key national and international industries.

The Engineering Systems course takes an interdisciplinary approach to complex systems and the analysis of interactions to enable the successful realization and use of engineered systems in industry and globally.

Over four years, you will develop the professional engineering skills required, with a focus on innovative and sustainable solutions to current and future problems in engineering systems.

Individual and group engineering design projects demonstrate your expertise to future employers and helps you transition from study to professional practice.

• Students will be trained to understand and analyze the broader context in which the engineering system is used, integrating processes and information in a holistic way, dealing with the challenges of complex systems interactions
• Benefit from exceptional industry involvement in the degree programme, taking advantage of the London location of City, including undertaking projects set by industry and guest lectures from practising engineers
• Study in world leading research facilities where different engineering systems are designed, developed and implemented for industry today
• Take an optional placement year or placement over two summer periods to boost your employability, building on the strengths in research and their industrial collaborations across the Department of Engineering, where engineering systems thinking is put into practice to make impact to meet the needs of industry today

A pioneer in defining the cultural landscape for over four decades, this programme lets you design and navigate your own learning of culture, policy and management. You can investigate your own specialist area and shape your own professional path.

What you will learn:

• How to identify and apply analytical frameworks to your own research and professional practice
• Ways of evaluating theories and practices of cultural policy and management
• Methods of analysing key factors affecting cultural policymaking and management
• Approaches to evaluate research and methodologies within the cultural sector
• Forms of theorising and communicating principles of cultural policy and management to stakeholders
• How to undertake a credible research project in independent cultural policy or management.

This master’s degree is ideal if you have an undergraduate degree and a passion for the arts. You may also have experience working in the cultural sector and wish to study a specialist field.

This course is flexible and suits a range of interests. Previous subjects have included policies for the creative city, the democratisation of opera and the motivations of young fashion entrepreneurs.

Our International Political Economy BSc is designed to meet increasing demand for an interdisciplinary course that prepares students for both the public and private job markets.

This bespoke programme – the first degree in IPE in the UK – provides training in a range of conceptual and analytical skills. These will help you analyse the challenges facing decision-makers in business and politics in the global age.

You will be able to analyse complex dynamics of the global markets, financial systems and national political structures. You’ll have the skills and knowledge to draw connections between economic, political and social processes driving major changes on the global scene.

• Study politics, the economy and society as a whole, developing a fully integrated understanding of the world’s changing economic and political topography
• Receive interdisciplinary training from the largest concentration of world-renowned experts in IPE and related fields
• Benefit from our close links to business, the financial sector, policy-makers and think tanks

Develop data literacy, analytical skills and in-depth understanding of micro- and macro-economic theory that are sought-after a wide range of careers.

This course prepares you for a career in the global aerospace industry. You’ll develop in-depth engineering knowledge each year, putting it into practice through cross-disciplinary design projects at every stage of your studies.

• Learn about the design, analysis and testing of aeronautical and aerospace vehicles and associated technology
• Study in industry-standard specialist facilities including our flight deck, motion simulators, wind tunnels, fuel injection systems, formula car simulator and flight test course
• Prepare for professional practice in your final year, with an in-depth individual design project based on industrial needs
• Boost your employability with an optional 12-month professional placement - past hosts include Airbus, DHL, British Airways, EDF Energy
• Future-proof your skills with our focus on design innovation and sustainability
• Progress to a high-tech career in the airline and aircraft industries
• Shine at interview with practical examples to showcase your expertise, thanks to real-world projects throughout your studies
• Benefit from our industry connections and outstanding reputation as the first UK university offering aeronautic engineering.

Explore the events, forces, and ideas that have shaped modern and international history with this fascinating three-year degree.

You will develop a strong understanding of major political, cultural, social and economic forces that have shaped the world, and will learn about a wide array of societies and cultures.

• Study topics ranging from Conflict in world history to the United States in the twentieth century, and Digital storytelling to Women in popular music
• Gain experience in the tools and techniques of historical research and engage in independent research projects of your own choosing
• Learn from research-active academic experts in British, European, Asian, American, Russian, transnational and global history
• Broaden your expertise with elective modules from City’s respected courses in international politics, sociology, English, journalism, psychology, and creative and cultural industries
• Prepare you for a wide range of postgraduate study and career options in areas such as publishing, the cultural sector, museums and heritage, consultancy, and public policy
• Develop vital skills such as independent research, teamwork, critical thinking and analytical reasoning, leadership, time-management, and written and oral communication.

Our flexible three-year degree provides unrivalled opportunities to shape your studies to match your personal interests, whilst learning about society at the vibrant heart of a global city.

You’ll develop critical thinking studying topics including: social class, social mobility, ‘race' and ethnicity, gender, culture, identity, inequality, migration, media, and criminology.

You’ll also develop transferable skills in the analysis, interpretation and production of social data.

• Develop highly sought-after data literacy and quantitative skills, thanks to our strong links with City’s Q-Step Centre
• Become a critical thinker with an in-depth understanding of the complex interplay of local and global forces
• Opt onto a Q-Step quantitative methods pathway: benefit from a heightened focus on data skills, a workplace Data Placement in Year 2, and an optional international work placement
• Boost your employability with an optional placement year
• Take advantage of excellent internship opportunities thanks to our central London location, including access to organisations in media, crime and justice, human rights, and mental health.

This accredited integrated master’s covers mechanical, computational and sustainable life-cycle engineering in this high-tech field. Over four years, students learn to develop professional engineering skills, with a focus on innovative and sustainable solutions to current and future Aeronautics and Aerospace trends.

Individual and group engineering design projects demonstrate students expertise to future employers. Whilst a fourth year, at master’s level, it helps to transition from study to professional practice.

• Benefit from strong links to industry and exceptional industry involvement in the degree programme. Profit from City’s vision of sustainable engineering, a fundamental aspect in future Aerospace engineering.
• Study in world leading test facilities, including our low-turbulence wind-tunnel and high-speed tunnel belonging to the UK National Wind Tunnel Facility initiative.
• Work with modern state-of-the art experimental equipment and high-performance computational fluid solvers, both being developed at City and supported by world-experts in those fields.
• Enjoy easy access to our central London location and benefit from the links to our international aviation program, with City being the hub for the aviation industry with satellites in Dubai and Germany.
• Boost your employability within an optional placement year or placement over two summer periods, which offers first-hand experience in professional industry. Recent placements have included BAE SYSTEMS, Rolls Royce, Raytheon.

Our International Political Economy BSc is designed to meet increasing demand for an interdisciplinary course that prepares students for both the public and private job markets.

This bespoke programme – the first degree in IPE in the UK – provides training in a range of conceptual and analytical skills. These will help you analyse the challenges facing decision-makers in business and politics in the global age.

You will be able to analyse complex dynamics of the global markets, financial systems and national political structures. You’ll have the skills and knowledge to draw connections between economic, political and social processes driving major changes on the global scene.

• Study politics, the economy and society as a whole, developing a fully integrated understanding of the world’s changing economic and political topography
• Receive interdisciplinary training from the largest concentration of world-renowned experts in IPE and related fields
• Benefit from our close links to business, the financial sector, policy-makers and think tanks

Develop data literacy, analytical skills and in-depth understanding of micro- and macro-economic theory that are sought-after a wide range of careers.