MSc Applied Economics with Banking and Financial Markets

You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above.

We welcome applications from those with a 2:2 honours degree (or its international equivalent) in subjects with a high level of economics content.

To apply for this course, you must have an undergraduate degree in a social science or business-related discipline such as business administration, finance, accounting, international trade, banking, financial management, public finance or politics.

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This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and practical abilities required to work in various careers within economics. These include banking, consulting, governmental organisations and research institutions. It also provides suitable preparation for doctoral study and future roles in academia.

Common graduate roles in applied economics include:

• applied economist
• civil servant
• consultant
• financial analyst
• investment banker
• risk analyst

Recent graduates have gone on to work in a number of different roles across the world in organisations such as:

• World Bank
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• HSBC
• JP Morgan Chase & Co
• Deloitte
• HMRC and other government institutions both in the UK and overseas

Semester 1

Compulsory units

• Applied microeconomics
• Applied macroeconomics
• Econometrics for economics and finance

Semester 2

Compulsory units

• Applied financial economics
• Financial markets
• Economics of banking and financial institutions

Optional units

You’ll choose 10 credits of optional units.

• Behavioural economics
• Behavioural finance
• Economics of politics
• Environmental and natural resource economics
• Introduction to programming and machine learning applications in economics and finance
• Investment banking
• Macroeconomic policy and institutions
• Public policy analysis

Summer

• Masters dissertation
• Policy brief