Our finance degree is unique in Scotland in terms of the range and depth of issues covered. Subjects include the principles of investment and value, business finance and decision-making and the analysis of securities such as bonds and shares. A degree in Finance will give you the skills for a career in financial services such as banking, investment management, pension fund management and insurance. We also offer some of the best teaching in Human Resource Management (HRM) in both Scotland and the UK The Department of Human Resource Management is an accredited centre for teaching HRM. This means our postgraduate courses give students graduate membership of the leading professional body for HR managers – the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The course covers areas such as recruitment and selection, training and developing and managing conflict at work. These are an important part of the management process in all organisations.
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Our Finance graduates go on to be financial analysts or investment managers with a range of financial institutions like merchant banks, pension funds, insurance companies and stockbrokers. Well known organisations who look for our Finance graduates include Blackrock, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Australia Group and Morgan Stanley. The course is also useful if you're considering a more general business career, while a number of our graduates also pursue careers with accountancy firms and further study for professional accounting qualifications. Some of our human resource management (HRM) graduates find work directly related to HRM while others go into more broad business or administrative roles. They work in insurance, retail, manufacturing, recruitment consultancy and general management with job titles such as HR assistant and recruitment consultant.