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MSc Infrastructure Investment and Finance

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    MSc Full-time: 1 year Part-time: 2 years Flexible: up to 5 years

Course Description

This innovative MSc considers the perspectives of infrastructure investment and finance. It is aimed at developing global leaders and professionals for the infrastructure sector. It draws on the expertise of external organisations such as infrastructure developers, advisors, asset managers and multi-lateral development banks in delivering cutting edge knowledge and industry practice.

About this degree

With a strong commercial focus, the MSc in Infrastructure Investment and Finance (IIF) provides candidates with a well-balanced mix of economic and financial theory as well as industry practice, including modules exploring:

  • the economics and finance of infrastructure development and delivery
  • the future of infrastructure investment at global, national and sector levels, and its key determinants
  • investment needs at different lifecycle stages in infrastructure development
  • the impact of government policy and capital markets on infrastructure investment
  • the organisation of public private partnership (PPP) and project finance
  • science and policy related to climate change and sustainability issues in infrastructure finance
  • the cost of capital for infrastructure investment and the allocation of risks in contracted delivery
  • the commercial perspective of infrastructure project sponsors, lenders, investors and contractors throughout the procurement, design, construction and operation of infrastructure assets
  • the role of green finance in facilitating infrastructure investment
  • the process of risk modelling and infrastructure asset management

Who this course is for

This programme is designed for early to mid-career professionals seeking to specialise in infrastructure investment, economics and finance, procurement, management and regulatory functions. In addition to enabling finance graduates the opportunity to specialise, the MSc IIF will also be attractive to engineering graduates wishing to adapt their career options, and to graduates in other related numerate subject areas (e.g. economics, finance, planning, etc.).

Entry Requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university in a relevant subject (including engineering, mathematical-based science, built environment, economics and finance), or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. In exceptional cases, a lesser academic qualification combined with substantial professional experience and demonstrable academic ability will allow acceptance onto the programme.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.

Student Destinations

This degree is designed to enable infrastructure specialists to develop the skills essential to the delivery of complex infrastructure projects. It will equip graduates with the potential to become future innovators, leaders, senior managers, policymakers, researchers and educators in the fields of infrastructure investment and finance and project management industries. Organisations that are likely to take on graduates of this MSc include infrastructure developers, infrastructure financiers and investors such as institutions, banks and equity funds, infrastructure operators, public sector commissioning and regulatory bodies, as well as advisory firms active in the growing infrastructure market.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  •  Infrastructure Finance
  •  Infrastructure: Economic Principles and Policy
  •  Infrastructure as an Asset Class
  •  Global Challenges in Human-Infrastructure Environmental Interactions
  •  Conceptualization in Human-Infrastructure-Environmental Interaction Modelling
  •  School of Construction and Project Management Dissertation

Optional modules

  •  Carbon Accounting and Pricing for Infrastructure Projects
  •  Climate Sciences, Technology and Policy
  •  Green Finance for Infrastructure Development
  •  Managing Smart Infrastructure Technologies
  •  Life Cycle Management of Infrastructure Built Assets

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