MSc Economics, Finance and Management
- MSc
Overview
Suitable for graduates from a wide range of degree backgrounds with some quantitative experience, this interdisciplinary programme provides comprehensive training across business-relevant disciplines. It is designed for students who want to understand how economic analysis, financial decision-making and management strategy can be applied to the challenges facing modern organisations.
You will develop the analytical insight and practical skills needed to address strategic questions in competitive national and global markets. The programme combines rigorous academic training with a strong focus on real-world applications, preparing you to analyse business problems from several complementary perspectives. In fact 96% of our Economics postgraduate students reported overall satisfaction with their course and university education experience (PTES 2026).
In your second term, you can tailor the programme to your academic interests and career plans. You can specialise through one of two specialised pathways - Business and Strategy or International Economics and Finance - or take a flexible approach and choose your own units from both. This enables you to tailor your study to your academic interests and career ambitions, whether you are aiming for roles in consultancy, management, banking, finance, international business or policy-facing organisations.
Bristol is in the top 5 UK universities for research (REF 2021) and our MSc Economics, Finance and Management incorporates the latest economics research - research that has a direct impact on policy and practice.
You will join an international, forward-thinking and collaborative academic community committed to helping students reach their full potential. We are home to the Economics Network, which improves the teaching and learning of economics in universities throughout the UK and Europe, and the Economics Observatory, which helps the public understand the most pressing economic issues we face today.
Teaching for this programme takes place both at our vibrant Clifton Campus and our cutting-edge Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, where enhanced links with businesses will help give you real-world knowledge, networks and skills to succeed once you graduate. Economics units are taught at Clifton, while Finance and Management units are taught at Temple Quarter.
Programme structure
Our programmes are current and exciting, and you'll be taught by leading academics who are tackling real problems and influencing economic policy worldwide.
You will study core units in economics, finance and management in the first term. In the second term, you can choose your own mix of optional units or specialise in either Business and Strategy or International Economics and Finance.
- The Business and Strategy pathway is designed for students interested in consultancy, management, strategy and organisational decision-making. It focuses on how firms operate, compete and respond to changing market conditions.
- The International Economics and Finance pathway is designed for students interested in banking, financial institutions, international markets and the global economic environment in which businesses operate.
You will also develop the data analysis skills needed to complete a project-based dissertation. Dissertation topics build on your optional units and allow you to apply your learning to a substantive business, finance or economics question.
Visit our programme catalogue for full details of the structure and unit content for our MSc in Economics, Finance and Management.
Entry requirements
- Accounting and Finance
- Actuarial Sciences
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Economics
- Engineering
- Finance
- International Economics and Trade
- Maths
- Physics
- Commerce (with specialism in Accounting/Finance/Accounting & Finance/Economics).
OR
if your degree subject is not listed above, you will typically need an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent with three different units of mathematics with 60% or above (or an international equivalent) in each unit, from the units listed in the Maths qualification requirements list below
OR
A-level Mathematics with grade A if no mathematics or quantitative units in your degree.
If you are currently completing a degree, we understand that your final grade may be higher than the interim grades or module/unit grades you have achieved during your studies to date.
We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree. Specific module requirements would still apply.
We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement.
- five years relevant work experience related to data analysis, economics modelling, data informed policymaking e.g. a relevant civil service role
- a relevant postgraduate qualification. Specific module requirements would still apply, which can be met in either undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications.
See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.
Read the programme admissions statement for important information on entry requirements, the application process and supporting documents required.
If English is not your first language, you will need to reach the requirements outlined in our profile level B.
Further information about English language requirements and profile levels.
- Accounting ('principles of', 'fundamentals' or 'intermediate')
- Advanced Maths
- Algebra
- Analysis
- Analytical Chemistry
- Auditing
- Banking
- Bayesian Modelling
- Business Analytics
- Business Economics
- Business Maths
- Business Statistics
- Calculus
- Complex Functions/Systems
- Computational Methods (including in the social sciences and research)
- Computer Science (including programming, algorithms and physical computing)
- Corporate Finance
- Cost Accounting/Analysis/Management
- Data Analytics
- Data Mining
- Data Science
- Decision Analysis and Simulation
- Decision Maths
- Decision Science
- Derivatives
- Differential Equations (including Ordinary Differential Equations)
- Discrete Maths
- Econometrics (including 'introductory', 'foundations of' and 'advanced')
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Electricity Magnetism
- Electronic Engineering
- Engineering (including materials and structural)
- Equilibrium
- Experiment (including experimental design, experimental studies, experimental research and control trials)
- Finance ('principles of', 'fundamentals' or 'intermediate')
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Markets
- Financial Maths
- Financial Modelling
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Forecasting
- Game Theory
- Geometry
- Geotechnical
- Information Theory
- Investment Analysis
- Kinematics
- Kinetics
- Linear Algebra
- Linear Programming
- Logistics Management
- Machine Learning
- Macroeconomics/Microeconomics (also called Economics III/IV)
- Management Science
- Mathematical Programming
- Maths
- Maths for Business
- Mechanics (any type)
- Mechatronics
- Method
- Modelling
- Multi Variate Analysis
- Network Science
- Number Theory
- Operational Research
- Optimisation
- Physics (any type)
- Portfolio Management
- Probability (including stochastic models/methods)
- Programming
- Proof (including introduction to proof)
- Pure Maths
- Qualitative Research Methods/Techniques
- Quantum Computing
- Quantum Mechanics
- Research Methods
- Robotics
- Simulation
- Social Network Analysis
- Statement Analysis
- Statistical Analysis/Methods
- Statistics
- Supply Chain Management
- System Dynamics
- Taxation
- Thermodynamics
- Time Series Analysis
Introductory maths does not count towards maths unit requirements.
Fees and funding
- Home: full-time
- £19,200 per year
- Overseas: full-time
- £34,500 per year
Fees are subject to an annual review. For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to an 8% increase in fees each year.
More about tuition fees, living costs and financial support.
Alumni discount
University of Bristol students and graduates can benefit from a 25% reduction in tuition fees for postgraduate study. Check your eligibility for an alumni discount.
Funding and scholarships
Further information on funding for prospective UK and international postgraduate students.
Career prospects
This programme prepares you for a wide range of careers in business, finance, consultancy, management and policy. The Business and Strategy pathway is particularly relevant for students aiming for consultancy and management roles, while the International Economics and Finance pathway supports careers in banking and financial institutions.
Recent graduate destinations include Deloitte, PwC, the China Merchants Bank, EY, Huawei, Rothschild & Co., KPMG, Hargreaves Lansdown, and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
Bristol is 57th in the world and a UK top 10 university (QS World Rankings 2027), and Bristol graduates are in high demand. The University was ranked seventh in the UK for employability in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.
We offer a broad range of support and links to partner organisations, helping you prepare for an exciting future career - whether in the UK or overseas. You will have access to our Careers Service and Professional Liaison Network, which provide professional mentoring, networking events and business advice
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