Sheffield Hallam University

Data Analytics with Banking and Finance (Work Experience) MSc

Develop your skills across data management and analytics, while exploring key areas in the banking and finance sector to enhance business operations and processes.

This course focuses on developing core competencies in data management and analytics while integrating key financial principles. You’ll use industry-standard software and packages – including the Bloomberg portal – to access live industry data for further analysis. Through this dataset, you’ll be tackling real-world challenges as part of the course. 

The combination of teaching methods applied across the course will allow you to develop a range of skills – from practical implementation to problem-solving activities and teamwork.

You’ll also develop your research skills so you can undertake a significant piece of work related to the discipline. You get to choose your dissertation project – which allows you to further specialise in an area you might like to pursue as a career – while being supported by a dedicated academic supervisor.

You learn through:

• Lectures
• Hands-on tutorial sessions and seminars
• Regular feedback
• Teamwork 
• Group/project-based learning
• Critical thinking and problem-solving
• Practice-based applied learning
• Discussions
• Self-study