Financial Strategy

This page describes the course that will run from January 2021. All information provided, including fees and additional costs, is specific to entry in the 2020-21 academic year. Information about the course that will run from January 2020 (the 2019-20 academic year) can be found in its Course Information Sheet (PDF). If it is still possible to apply for entry in the 2019-20 academic year, further information will be provided on the diplomas page on the school's website.

Rigorous, selective and intellectually challenging, the part-time programme delivers the finance and strategy components from Oxford’s Executive MBA. It is taught in four modules of four days each (Wednesday to Saturday), allowing you to study alongside employment and complete the qualification in one year.

The modules currently offered are:

• Strategy
• Business Finance
• Corporate Valuation
• Financial Strategies for Growth

The Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Strategy offers:

• the ability to apply expert analysis techniques in corporate and business strategy, investment appraisal, capital structure and corporate valuation;
• access to top-level teaching from world-leading experts, drawing on Oxford University’s strengths in finance and strategy;
• membership of a unique network of peers and practitioners from around the globe;
• a graduate-level qualification which builds on your existing professional development and experience; and
• lifelong association with the university through the Business School, university alumni networks and associate college membership, as well as a pathway to Oxford's Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA).

The Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Strategy adopts an assessment regime that requires participants to take four courses and satisfy the examiners in the assessment associated with each core course. Assessment will be a combination of written examinations, and individual assignments.

Please note that this course is paperless. This means that paper handouts will not be provided for most of your courses. All presentations will be uploaded to our virtual learning environment. For pedagogical reasons this may be in advance of, just before or immediately after teaching sessions. Handouts will be provided for certain courses based on specific requirements, eg unreliable internet availability or where handouts operate more like a textbook than slides.

Changes to this course and your supervision

The University will seek to deliver this course in accordance with the description set out in this course page. However, there may be situations in which it is desirable or necessary for the University to make changes in course provision, either before or after registration. In certain circumstances, for example due to visa difficulties or because the health needs of students cannot be met, it may be necessary to make adjustments to course requirements for international study.

Where possible your academic supervisor will not change for the duration of your course. However, it may be necessary to assign a new academic supervisor during the course of study or before registration for reasons which might include sabbatical leave, parental leave or change in employment.

For further information, please see our page on changes to courses.

Other courses you may wish to consider

If you're thinking about applying for this course, you may also wish to consider the courses listed below. These courses may have been suggested due to their similarity with this course, or because they are offered by the same department or faculty.

All graduate courses offered by the Saïd Business School

Executive MBA EMBA

Finance DPhil

Financial Economics MSc

Financial Strategy PGDip

Global Business PGDip

Law and Finance MSc

Major Programme Management MSc

Management DPhil

Master of Business Administration MBA

Master of Business Administration Oxford 1+1 MBA programme

Organisational Leadership PGDip

Strategy and Innovation PGDip

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