Programme Structure

In line with London School of Business & Finance's ethos of offering students a career-focused innovative education, students on the 2 year MBA, MIB, and 2 Year MSc in Finance programmes from GGSB are now able to devote up to 50 per cent of their course to company-based learning, either in the form of a work placement or a full time paid internship.

The company-based learning element of the degree will be assessed as a part of the students' academic requirements, allowing students to actively apply the knowledge and skills gained as a part of their studies in the work place. This unique offer enables students to combine real world insights with academic work.
Students on these programmes will be able to devote six to 12 months of their course on an immersive company-based experience. Enhancing their understanding of real life business processes, it will also form an integral part of students' final management project.
Students will be able to work with LSBF's Careers and Corporate Division, accessing LSBF's network of over 400 corporate clients and partners in search for the work placement of their choice – not just in the UK, but globally.

One such partner is Grand City Hotels, one of Europe's largest Hotel operators, based out of Germany. As a part of LSBF's partnership with Grand City Hotels, the company would guarantee qualified LSBF students and graduates with at least 1,200 jobs with Grand City Hotels and Resorts, along with 375 Accelerated Management Training programmes – offering students a unique opportunity to establish themselves within the lucrative hospitality industry in Europe.

Places on these highly sought-after programmes are strictly limited to 45 students in class.

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• The first stage of the programme will cover the basic knowledge and tools needed by financial professionals such as economics, quantitative methods, financial reporting and analysis, and fundamentals principles of corporate finance.

• Building on the basic principles taught in stage 1, stage 2 covers advance corporate finance items (investment under uncertainty, valuation, international financial management) as well as related fields essential for financial managers such as management control systems, ethics and professional standards, and corporate governance.

• Stage 3 aims to provide students with an understanding of the impact on financial analysis of complex topics such as deferred income taxes, balance sheet debt, leases and off-balance sheet debt, employee benefits, and business mergers or consolidation. The course content focuses on the following topics:
  • Derivatives
  • Fixed Income Investments
  • Financial restructuring, LBOs and Venture Capital.
  • Asset Management
  • Advanced Financial Statement Analysis

• Stage 4 allows you to tailor your 2 Year MSc in Finance by taking skill development courses designed to help you apply knowledge and skills to real-world situations. Market Finance is awarded in London, Europe's financial capital while Corporate Finance, Islamic Finance and Microfinance are available in Grenoble.

1. Corporate Finance
   • Cash Management & Bank Relations
   • Strategic Performance Control
2. IT Tools for Market Finance:
   • VBA for financial market modelling
   • Trading on the Bloomberg platform
3. Islamic Finance
   • Sharia's principles and contracts
   • Principles underlying Islamic Banking
   • Portfolio Management specificities
4. Micro Finance
   • History of Microfinance
   • Markets, Products, Regulations and main players of the microfinance industry.
   • Operational Management of a Microfinance Institution.
   • Financial Management of a Microfinance Institution

The Capstone is a financial strategy and interactive case study encompassing all the skills developed throughout the program. The objectives of the module are to improve, and test, the students' ability in the following areas:

• To critically analyse the main strategic and technical aspects of an actual financial operation, such as a merger, takeover, LBO, IPO, etc
• To make a written presentation of their analysis
• To work in a multicultural group under a time constraint
• To improve their cooperation, communication, negotiation, and leadership skills

The second year of the programme is devoted to completing the Professional Dissertation under the supervision of a GGSB tutor. The Management Research Methodology module offers a detailed framework of guidance for preparing the Dissertation and covers concepts such as research processes, types of research, research methodology, and sources of collection and the analysis of data.

The dissertation is an opportunity to apply academic studies to a real-world business scenario, and students are encouraged to choose a dissertation subject that reflects their future career aspirations. The dissertation can be completed alongside an internship or permanent employment in the UK or abroad giving students the chance to combine practical work experience with the latter stages of their Master's degree.