Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 12 months full-time
The aim of the MSc Economics & Finance is to produce highly skilled professionals who can analyse, understand and explain the complex economic and financial issues that arise in a globalised world.
Jointly delivered by the Departments of Economics and Accounting & Finance, you will study the interaction between economics and finance, which is now critical to understanding the world we live in.
Training in these subjects will equip you for finding employment in the public or private sector as economists, analysts or consultants.
Minimum second-class honours degree or overseas equivalent (view the entry requirements for your country) in:
economics
finance
business studies
management science
Applications are also welcome from candidates with strong career experience in a relevant field.
As a graduate of this course, you'll be well suited to find employment in any job where a good knowledge of economics and finance is required. Students recently graduating from the course have secured jobs including Analyst, Liquidity Risk Reporting Analyst, Credit Officer, Tax Associate, Partner, and Consultant.
Recent examples include former students working in the following areas:
financial institutions including JP Morgan in Mumbai, BankMuscat in Oman, and PWC and Barclays Investment Bank in Glasgow
banks, including Banco Industrial in Guatemala, Nordic Corporate Bank in Norway, and Bangkok Bank in Thailand, management consultancies, including Virtusa in Sweden.
Core modules:
Accounting & Financial Analysis
Analysis of Economic Data
Fundamentals of Macroeconomics
Fundamentals of Microeconomics
International Macroeconomics
Principles of Finance
Professional Development for Economists
Summer Project
Optional modules:
Behavioural Finance
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Games of Strategy
International Development
Management Accounting
Portfolio Theory & Management
Security Analysis
Topics in Public Economics
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