Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time
This course will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of sustainable finance concepts and techniques, along with the knowledge and skills to introduce environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria into financial analysis, investment decisions, and capital allocation strategies.
Emphasis will be placed on exploring innovative financial instruments, such as green public procurement, public private partnerships, green bonds, social impact bonds, and ESG-focused funds, and evaluating their role in promoting sustainable development and value creation.
You'll also explore the renewable energy markets, including analysis of key financial instruments such as green bonds and the FTSE Environmental markets index, and to understand how fossil fuel energy markets affect the renewable energy markets. Additionally, you'll develop critical analytical skills to evaluate the impact of factors such as CO2 emission pricing and derivatives on renewable energy investments.
You'll examine the context and underlying causes of energy poverty, including socio-economic factors and access to energy resources and will analyse data on energy poverty to understand its prevalence, distribution, and impact on communities and economies.
The course includes discussion of research results and interaction with participants from international research projects funded by UKRI and the European Commission.
2:2 or equivalent in an undergraduate degree in any subject. We would expect applicants to have experience of one or more modules containing some statistics/maths/economics/finance/physics/engineering content.
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This course provides the solid foundations required for building a future career in finance. It will provide you with the essential postgraduate skills you need to follow a career in sustainable finance in both private and public institutions. This course will help build your qualifications for a career in sustainable finance, financial advice, financial management and also acts as an ideal basis for progression to a PhD. It can act as a stepping stone to a financial position in, for example, financial analysis, investment management, corporate finance and as energy analysts, portfolio managers, risk managers, renewable energy consultants.
Career opportunities
Core modules
Finance and Investment Management
Quantitative Methods for Finance
Corporate Finance and Governance
Renewable Energy Markets
Sustainable Corporate Finance
Option modules
You will study one option module. Examples can be found below. Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Dynamic Capital Investment
FinTech and Advanced Investment Management
Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation
Macro Finance
Stock Investment and Trading
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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