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    MSc 1 year full-time

Masters Degree Description

Our MSc Finance and Investment programme focuses on how financial markets and capital markets function and the role of different players, such as investors, firms and institutions, in the markets. Our programme is research-led, up-to-date, and quite rigorous in nature.

Our programme will enhance your global career opportunities. Our hands-on approach is data-driven. We have access to a number of databases on various topics. For instance, through real-time access to our Bloomberg Terminals, you will learn to utilise data to analyse financial instruments that will underpin your investment decisions. You will also gain a broad understanding of the sector through modules that cover topics including corporate finance, capital market analysis, and security valuation.

Entry Requirements

2:1 (international equivalent) in finance, economics, business studies, accounting or financial engineering/mathematics. Outstanding degrees in any quantitative discipline (for example, natural sciences, computer science) also considered on a case by case basis. Applicants must have a strong quantitative/mathematics background and have achieved a 2:1 (60%) in a minimum of two modules covering at least two of the following subjects: mathematics, statistics, quantitative methods, quantitative finance specialisms, and econometrics.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Career destinations for our postgraduates include:

  • accountants
  • finance and investment analysts and advisers
  • marketing associate professionals
  • human resources managers
  • management consultants
  • business analysts
  • business development managers
  • financial managers
  • data analysts

Module Details

Core modules

Semester one

  • Capital Market Analysis
  • Corporate Finance
  • Quantitative Research Methods for Finance and Investment

Semester two

  • Derivative Investment
  • Fixed Interest Investment

Summer

One of:

  • Finance and Investment Dissertation60 credits
  • Business Project (Summer)*60 credits

Optional modules

Two from:

  • Behavioural Finance
  • Computational Finance
  • Contemporary Issues in Finance
  • International Finance
  • Sustainable Finance
  • Venture Capital and Private Equity
  • Financial Econometrics

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