Develop skills sought by employers in rapidly changing and complex financial environments, and advance your career in industry, government or research. Gain a comprehensive understanding of how markets work and how firms can create value.
Our one year postgraduate Master’s programmes are taught in English, and content is equivalent to programmes delivered to other University of Southampton students. The globally respected nature of UK awarded degrees means that the one year UK Master’s is equivalent to a two year Master’s degree awarded from a non-UK source.
This master’s in finance delves into advanced stock market analysis, corporate finance, and portfolio management.
You’ll also look at behavioural finance, studying the biases that can affect decision-making in uncertain financial situations.
Other topics you’ll cover include:
You’ll also use your skills and have actual industry experience through:
Expert researchers will support you as you build your expertise for a career in industry, government, or research.
These course modules provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree programme, based on recent academic teaching. As a research-led university, we review our programmes continuously to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources.
The precise course modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new study topics, timetabling, and student demand. Find out why, when and how we might make changes.
You must study the following modules. Course module leads and locations will differ from any shown.
You can also choose optional modules. The optional modules offered will depend on the research expertise of our world-leading staff.
We are a top 20 UK university for employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022).
When you finish this MSc Finance degree, you’ll have extensive knowledge and skills for today’s competitive and rapidly changing financial landscape.
You could develop a specialist role or carry out research in:
As well as support from our team in Delhi, you’ll have access to our market-leading employability development offering. This includes:
Through our e-mentoring scheme, you’ll also have access to:
We have incorporated our employability skills model, Successful Futures, into our curriculum. Our links with multi-national and industrial organisations mean that you can expect to engage with employers and explore potential career paths.
You will receive a personalised employability programme that will provide excellent prospects for securing a premium placement and financial security on graduating.
We also host regular alumni events hosted in person across major cities in India, allowing you to grow your own networks.
Our support is ongoing, and once you graduate, you’ll be part of a global community of over 220,000 alumni that spans over 180 countries.
To help plan your year we have published University of Southampton Delhi term and holiday dates in advance, but these may be subject to change.
We expect to provide 20 seats on this programme for academic year 25/26.
Upper second-class degree or international equivalent in a subject that includes quantitative study approved by the University.
We accept several ways of meeting our English language requirement. These include:
If you’ve successfully completed a degree, taught and assessed in English, up to 2 years before the date of first enrolment at the University of Southampton, we may be able to accept this as evidence of your English language ability.
Refer to our English language proficiency guide for more information about English language requirements.
You can pay your tuition fee in up to 4 instalments.
The fees for a year’s study, starting in August 2025, are:
Your first payment will be a deposit of 10% of the programme fee. To confirm your offer, you must pay your deposit within 56 days of receiving a conditional offer, and no later than 14 days before the start of term.
For students starting in August 2025, the deposit is:
You’ll then pay the balance of your yearly tuition fee as you study, in up to 3 instalments.
If you’re an India student, you’ll have to make 3 separate payments of:
If you’re an Overseas student, you’ll have to make 3 separate payments of:
We may adjust the fees in the future to account for inflation and changes in other costs. Exact payment dates for future years will vary according to the academic calendar.
There are three early application rounds. Submit your application by these dates for early consideration:
As a number of Boards and Examining Bodies release results after these Early Rounds, we intend to accept late applications after Early Rounds have closed. We do reserve the right to no longer accept late applications if a specific programme reaches capacity. We will review applications and contact those have applied with a decision by:
When you apply, you’ll have to pay an application assessment fee of 5,500 INR
This downloadable document contains an overview of the programme, its aims, the programme structure, information on course modules and shows how we assess student progress as they learn with us.
Our programmes are taught in English, and content is equivalent to that delivered to other University of Southampton students. To match the programme lengths of internationally respected UK awarded degrees, undergraduates study for three years, and postgraduates study for one year.
Apply NowWe welcome applications for a scholarship or bursary from any self-funding student who will be paying domestic Tuition Fees. Additional criteria, such as programme eligibility, are shown clearly on individual award pages. You must first make an application to study a specific programme before you make an application for a scholarship or bursary.
There is normally a 5,500 INR application assessment fee which students would need to pay in order for us to process their application.
University of Southampton Delhi students will start with us on in August 2025. They should plan to settle in on campus during the last two weeks of August 2025, preparing themselves for their studies. We expect teaching to start in September 2025.
We encourage students to make their application to study at University of Southampton Delhi as soon as they can. This means we can issue an early Conditional Offer and that students will have the best the chance to meet their offer conditions. If demand is high, we may choose to close applications earlier than mentioned, but students with Offers to study would receive preferential treatment.
We are taking applications right now for the first intake of students in August 2025. We encourage students to apply as soon as possible so that they can receive a Conditional Offer based on predicted scores for their chosen programme. We can accept an application from a student using their predicted grades if we receive their final grades once they are available.
Applications are open now for the first students to walk through the doors in August 2025. Follow this link to start your application today!
