This programme has been accepted into the CFA® Institute University Recognition Programme and the CAIA® Academic Partner Programme. In addition upon graduation from the programme you have exemptions from certain ACCA examinations. The CFA® Institute University Recognition Programme status is granted to institutions whose degree program(s) incorporate at least 70% of the CFA® Program Candidate body of Knowledge (CBOK), which provide students with a solid grounding in the CBOK and positions them well to sit the CFA® exams. The CAIA® academic partnership is granted to institutions who cover at least 60% of the entire CAIA® curriculum as represented by the Core Knowledge Outline (CKO). In addition this partnership allows UCC to grant a number of scholarships each year for students who wish to sit the CAIA® exams. The objective of the MSc in Corporate Finance is to produce graduates who can contribute immediately in the corporate finance industry. As a participant on the course, you will focus on developing your analytical and professional skills, culminating in a real-life corporate finance consultancy project. The course has been designed in conjunction with an industry course board to ensure it meets the corporate finance skills needs of employers. Upon completion of the MSc in Corporate Finance, you can expect to have excellent career prospects with business advisory, consultancy, corporate, investment banking and venture capital firms.

The course prepares you for careers in investment banking, large corporates and business advisory firms. Graduates of the course will also enter careers in regulation, venture capital and consultancy. All of the top international and national companies recruit students from UCC. The course management team spend a lot of time developing links with the top international companies with a particular focus both on Dublin and London. To date, the following companies have recruited students from the course: Accenture Apex Partners Arcadia Group (London) Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon Bank of Ireland Capital IQ (London) Deloitte, Ernst and Young First Derivatives GeoGlobal Energy LLC (Washington DC) Horwath Bastow Charleston Kerry Group KPMG Standard and Poor's (London) and The Central Bank. Recognising that not all of our graduates are interested in pursuing careers abroad or in Dublin we also actively foster relationships with the local business community in Munster.