MSc International Finance and Investment

Building on your undergraduate studies in a quantitative subject such as economics, accounting, or engineering, this course provides a research-orientated approach to finance and investment. You will delve into specialist areas such as econometrics & forecasting, financial markets & institutions, and investments & risk management, and develop advanced analytical and evaluative skills. You will make extensive use of our Bloomberg trading suite, where our Bloomberg terminals will give you invaluable access to live data from financial markets across the globe. Youll use this, combined with our advanced econometric packages, to build advanced econometric models for the purposes of forecasting, developing trading strategies, and examining policy implications for financial markets. The course is regularly refreshed to keep pace with advances in the financial sector and is benchmarked against the syllabus of the CFA Institute. The knowledge and experience you gain in this course will allow you to forge a successful research career. You can either progress within academia by continuing onto a Ph.D. or seek a position within the international financial sector as a quantitative research analyst, where they are in high demand.

A minimum of a 2:2 honors degree in a relevant discipline, such as accounting, finance, mathematics, or engineering, or a discipline with a quantitative element.