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Banking and Finance MSc – PSC Global Study

Description

The banking and finance industry has become a major end-user and even a major driver of technological innovation, such as machine learning, big data analysis and algorithm trading. This course uniquely combines theory and applications of finance, economics, quantitative methods, and big data analysis to allow you to increase your career opportunities in this fast paced field.

Why study MSc Banking and Finance?

The MSc Banking and Finance is an academically solid programme that provides the foundations of a career in financial services, and in the banking industry. This course has an emphasis on relevant and prominent issues for the sector such as financial regulation, risk management, international systems, banking institutions and securities markets.

The programme covers all aspects of the industry from macroeconomic and corporate to regulatory, computational and quantitative. Advanced skills preparation in financial modelling, econometrics, and quantitative risk management will prepare you for the practical requirements of your profession.

You’ll be taught by academics who are currently involved in pioneering research in areas such as portfolio management, corporate finance and ethics in finance. Many have also been practitioners with organisations such as Standard & Poor’s and The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. We value skills training as highly as we value theory, so you can also expect to learn the practical ways in which you can use this knowledge within your profession, including training in a range of financial software systems.

Course highlights

  • Benefit from unlimited access to the Financial Markets Lab, where you can set up or simulate your trades in FX, equity and derivatives markets
  • There is a strong emphasis on practical application of theory to ensure you are ready for the working world
  • Complete year-long modules to improve your learning and enhance assimilation of complex subjects in a rewarding and beneficial manner
  • You’ll use specialist industry standard databases such as Bloomberg and Datastream, as well as software packages including Stata
  • Free online subscription to The Financial Times.

What you will study on the MSc Banking and Finance?

Our modules are specifically structured to give you plenty of time to utilise large amounts of data and explore complex subjects to their fullest. The course will equip you with the theory and practice needed to communicate and evaluate empirical work, as well as giving you valuable training in specialist databases and software packages.

You will then move on to explore relevant theories such as financial derivative products, international financial regulation, financial risk management and key aspects of corporate finance, as well as how to apply them to practical situations in the financial sector.

The dissertation research project is a chance for you to extend your knowledge of a selected topic and to apply it to the formulation and design of a substantive investigation.

What will you gain?

Upon completion of this course, you will have further developed your professional experience and have solid theoretical and practical knowledge and understanding of:

  • Banking theory and regulation and compliance of financial institutions
  • Financial assets, such as fixed-income securities and derivatives
  • Financial engineering and other quantitative techniques to evaluate financial instruments
  • Financial database such as Bloomberg, Datastream, Eikon Thomson Reuters

Topics for this course

1 Lessons 4 hours

Modules?

Applied Corporate Finance (15 credits) - Compulsory

International Financial Markets (15 credits) - Compulsory

International Risk Management (15 credits) - Compulsory

Portfolio Theory & Equity Analysis (15 credits) - Compulsory

Banking and Financial Institutions (30 credits) - Compulsory

Applied Econometrics (15 credits) - Compulsory

Fixed-Income Securities (15 credits) - Compulsory

Research Methods and Dissertation (60 credits) - Compulsory

Lesson Name

Requirements

  • Qualifications
  • We usually require a lower second (2:2) undergraduate degree or equivalent in accounting, business economics, finance, or economics
  • Students with an undergraduate degree with an applied quantitative element in the field of statistics, mathematics, engineering, physics, computing or science will also be considered.
  • We accredit prior experiential learning and welcome mature applicants with suitable life skills and work experience.
  • Eligibility
  • UK/EU and international students are eligible to apply for this course.
  • Academic credit for previous study or experience
  • If you have relevant qualifications or work experience, academic credit may be awarded towards your Middlesex University programme of study. For further information please visit our Accreditation of Prior Learning page.
  • Interviews, entrance tests, portfolios and auditions
  • Entry onto this course does not require an interview, portfolio or audition.

LOCATION

London, Birmingham & Luton

  • September 2024
  • January 2025
  • Feb 2025
  • June 2025

TIMETABLE

Weekday / Weekend /Evening Classes

DURATION

4 years

FEE

£9,250 per year (Home fee)

LEVELS

RQF Level 3-6

ASSESSMENT

Exams, Essays, Reports and Presentations

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