Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time
Global employers highly value advanced analytical skills in finance and economics.
Gain the skills you need to pursue a successful career with a financial institution, consultancy firm, government department or international agency.
Our Finance, Investments and Economics masters degree will provide you with a thorough training in areas including finance and investment, corporate finance and financial policy.
Our suite of finance Masters programmes is uniquely multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. They bring together expertise from the School for Business and Society, the Department of Mathematics, and the Department of Economics and Related Studies.
Discover our refocused syllabus introducing contemporary tools, methods and approaches to tackle applied, professional and academic challenges in accounting and finance.
At the University of York we offer a number of different courses as part of our finance suite, including general, focused and specialised programmes. Learn more about our range of finance Masters offered at York.
2:2 or equivalent degree in a degree with a significant proportion of Economics elements at the intermediate level [such as intro to microeconomics, intro to macroeconomics or western economics]. We also expect good performance in quantitative elements which could include Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or Physics.
If you do not meet our advertised entry requirements, we may consider your application if you have a minimum of three years of relevant senior managerial-level working experience or a relevant professional qualification such as the CFA Level 1 or the ACCA
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This course will help you acquire or develop the analytical skills in economics and finance you need for a successful career as an investment analyst, financial adviser, project manager or consultant. The MSc is also an ideal basis for progression to a PhD.
Career opportunities
Core modules
Quantitative Methods for Finance
Finance and Investment Management
Applied Microeconomics
Corporate Finance and Governance
Advanced Financial Markets
Option modules
You will also study one option module. Examples may include:
Stock Investment and Trading
Money, Banking and Corporate Finance
Public Economics
Topics in Development Economics
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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