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  • DeadlineStudy Details: MSc: 12 months full-time

Course Description

Understand and analyse international financial markets, institutions and strategies of investors. Our Finance MSc delivers advanced knowledge and skills in financial markets and institutions.

You'll learn how they function and interact with the real economy. You'll gain knowledge in making optimal decisions in your financial career.

The financial services sector has experienced worldwide growth. This has increased the demand for students with specialist skills finance. This course will suit you if you're interested in the following careers:

  • investment banking
  • financial research
  • financial trading

Your studies will include:

  • financial markets and institutions
  • the management of the asset-specific company and country risk

We'll encourage you to engage with contemporary debates. This should be related to the operation of financial markets and institutions. You'll learn about the types and function of financial markets. Such as:

  • stock
  • bond
  • foreign exchange
  • derivative markets

You'll benefit from our status as a Bloomberg Experiential Learning Partner. Through self-study, you'll complete the Bloomberg Market Concepts certificate. This gives you an interactive introduction to the financial markets.

Entry Requirements

A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent. Your transcripts need to show an understanding of:

  • basic calculus
  • probability theory
  • statistical inference

You can use your personal statement to show your mathematical knowledge if it is not clear from your transcripts.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

We offer a number of scholarships and funding opportunities, please visit our website for further information and to apply.

Student Destinations

Graduates from this course have undertaken various roles including:

  • assistant chief financial officer
  • financial analyst
  • accountant
  • financial trader
  • auditor
  • investment analyst
  • risk analyst
  • controller
  • PhD candidate

Careers
This course prepares you for a wide range of careers with employers, such as:

  • KPMG
  • Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
  • PwC
  • Accenture
  • Santander UK
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Kingston Smith LLP
  • HongRun Shanghai Financial Leasing Co. Ltd.
  • Buss Group
  • Moore Kingston Smith LLP

Module Details

Compulsory modules    
Dissertation    60
Applied Econometrics    10
Research Methods in Economics and Finance    10
Introductory Econometrics    10
Financial Theory    20
Financial Derivatives    20
Corporate Finance    10
Financial Technology    10
Critical Skills for Finance    0

Optional modules    
International Money and Banking    10
Behavioural Finance    10
Risk Modelling    10
Retail and Investment Banking    10
International Finance    10
Portfolio Management    10
Introduction to Financial Reporting    10
Green Finance and Sustainability    10
Postgraduate International Experience    10

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