Business with Finance
| Award | Attendance | Study | Duration | Start | Domestic fees | International fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSc | Online | Part-time, Distance, Online | 24 | January, April, July | £12858 in total | £13427 in total |
Our fees are the same for all students, and anyone will receive a 5% discount if they pay the full course fee payment up-front.
10% Course Scholarship available for the January 2026 intake.
International students residing in specific regions outside of the UK may be eligible for a partial scholarship for our undergraduate and postgraduate online courses.
Students residing in Africa can also enjoy a 20% scholarship for the January 2026 intake of all eligible undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
You don’t need to complete a separate application form for a scholarship; it’ll be applied once you’ve received your official offer letter. Please note, scholarships can’t be combined but can be used alongside our full payment discount.
About Business with Finance, MSc - at University of Essex Online
Understanding finance is often seen as one of the most challenging parts of managing a business effectively. Our business and finance postgraduate pathway allows you to gain an understanding of key financial management and economics topics, while improving your managerial and strategic skills.
The course focuses on modules such as financial decision making, business strategy and financial management. Alongside gaining specific financial knowledge, you'll also have plenty of opportunity to develop the other skills that are useful when operating in the modern business environment: innovation, communication, critical evaluation, and many others.
Alongside the core modules in management and finance, you are able to tailor the course to your interests and career aspirations through optional modules that look into:
- theories of leadership and how they apply in practice
- the key concepts that underlie marketing and how to develop a strategy
- human resource management and its distinction from personnel approaches
Your course will finish with the completion of a research report on an area of business, finance or management of your choice. Once you have chosen the issue you want to look into, you will gather primary evidence and make commercial recommendations based on your analysis of the data.
If you're interested in business and looking to focus on a specific area, take a look at our Masters degrees that combine business with management, human resources, marketing or project management.
We're proud to be rated Gold in the Times Higher Education (THE) Online Rankings 2024. Our achievement, which is based on four pillars - resources, engagement, outcomes and environment - recognises our commitment to excellent online education.
Entry requirements
Contact University of Essex Online to find course entry requirements.