Banking and Finance Masters (MSc)

Course Summary

• Type: MSc
• Location: London, UK
• Duration: 1 year
• Deadline: September

Course Description

Do you want a rewarding, exciting and challenging career? Then this is the course to set you on the path to a wide variety of careers that are available in banking, financial services, finance and financial consultancy. It is aimed at students from a variety of academic backgrounds, including those who have not studied economics, finance or accountancy at bachelors' level.

What will you study?

Like all UK masters degrees, this course requires you to accumulate 180 credits. There are eight taught modules worth 15 credits each, plus a research project and dissertation worth 60 credits. The taught modules are delivered in two 15 week semesters, with the third semester given over to the research project and writing the dissertation. There are six core modules and two electives.

After an induction programme introducing you to the Business School and the expectations and ethos of the course, you will go on to address the main operations of banks, money markets, capital markets and the role and functions of major central banks. You will cover major OECD and emerging countries' financial services, including offshore banking and Islamic banking and insurance. You will also develop a critical knowledge and understanding of the core theories and concepts in the field of corporate finance and investment.

In the second term you will examine key risks to which banks are exposed, and their measurement and management techniques. You will also consider the theoretical background to the regulation of financial services and study the main operations of investment banks. The research project will enable you to focus in depth on a specific area of banking or another area of financial services.