Our MSc in Banking Innovation and Risk Analytics (formerly MSc Banking and Risk) will provide you with a strong foundation in analytical and programming skills applied to risk management and in general to the banking and financial sectors. It will also deliver advanced knowledge of a range of banking innovations and technologies.
This programme runs for one academic year, starting in mid-September and ending in August. At the start of the programme, you study compulsory courses, which are undertaken in semester one. These are the foundation upon which the whole MSc is built and ensure a common basis of knowledge across the different areas.
You will need a UK first-class or 2:1 honours degree in one of the subjects below, or an equivalent overseas qualification.
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Compulsory courses
Corporate Reporting Analysis
Introduction to Risk Management in Banks
Programming for Risk Analytics
Statistics for Analytics
Semester 2
Compulsory courses
Credit Risk Management
Econometrics Applications in Banking
Option courses*
Choose 2 or 3
Blockchain and Cryptofinance
Data Mining 1
Data Mining 2
Financial Engineering
Financial Machine Learning
Investment Management
Summer
Dissertation
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