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MSc Risk Management

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    MSc 1 year full-time

Course Description

Risk management is key to an organisation’s sustainability. It allows a business to plan for situations ranging from global pandemics to volatile marketplaces, and to put solutions in place that enable them to continue to thrive.

Our programme will give you a complete set of essential management skills and will also develop your potential to excel in global risk management positions. You will be able to directly contribute to the success of organisations in sectors as diverse as healthcare, aviation, law, energy, engineering and insurance.

On our MSc you’ll explore topics such as analysing and modelling risk, risk governance in different sectors and quantitative risk management. It is recognised by the Chartered Insurance Institute, the world’s leading professional body for insurance and financial services. In addition, graduates automatically become affiliate members of the Institute of Risk Management.

Entry Requirements

2:1 (or international equivalent) in business studies, economics or management.

Personal statement and a list of modules being studied in the final year (for applicants who have not yet completed their undergraduate degree).

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Student Destinations

Prior to commencing your course you can take part in pre-entry careers discussions and once on programme our MSc Accelerated Career Leader Programme is complemented by one to one career coaching.

Our support continues throughout your time at Nottingham and after you graduate. Business School postgraduates also have access to events and resources provided by the Careers and Employability Service.

Career destinations for our postgraduates include:

  • accountants
  • finance and investment analysts
  • higher education teaching professionals
  • investment bankers
  • IT business analysts
  • management consultants
  • marketing professionals
  • public relations professionals
  • university researchers

Some MSc graduates have gone on to doctoral studies, others have become entrepreneurs. Our Ingenuity Lab has supported a number of our MSc graduates in starting their own company.

88.8% of postgraduates from Nottingham University Business School secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. The average annual salary for these graduates was £41,001.

Module Details

Semester one

  • Research Methods for Risk Management
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk and Society

Semester two

  • Corporate Risk
  • Quantitative Risk Management
  • Theory of Risk and Applications

Summer

  • Dissertation

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