MSc Business Finance

We are delighted to offer this new advanced programme which focuses on areas of finance that have a major practical and theoretical significance in all aspects of business finance such as investment analysis, valuation and corporate finance. 

We expect graduates from this advanced postgraduate programme to move into financial sector careers including investment banking, securities sales and trading, foreign exchange, hedge funds, private banking, credit products, financial and credit risk management and consultancy.  

Key features of this course:

• One of the very few advanced corporate finance programmes offered by a university highly ranked for research.
• Quantitative level is adjustable to student’s need and background
• Core modules in Advanced Corporate Finance and Risk Management
• Tuition from visiting 'practitioner' professors who apply theory to real world scenarios

This exciting new MSc degree programme will develop your expertise in finance to the highest level.

Meet the Course Director

Course structure

Teaching

Our faculty members are distinguished research economists who publish in the profession's most influential journals and advise major institutions such as the World Bank and the Bank of England.

A number of the additional modules are often taught by City practitioners, who provide an insider’s view on topics of interest to the financial community.

Teaching staff include: George Kapetanios (currently Head of the School and Research Economist for the Bank of England), Giles Spungin, (working for Goldman Sachs as a Quantity Auditor), Jesse McDougall (Portfolio Manager of a proprietary, quantitatively-driven asset management strategy for Liquid Capital Markets), and Gerry Perez, who has been in financial markets for more than 23 years.

Those registering for the MSc in Business Finance take four core modules in the first semester and two core modules plus two options in the second semester.

These modules are often taught by City practitioners, who provide an insider’s view on topics of interest to the financial community.

Programme brochure

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Module options

• Financial Derivatives
• Empirical Finance
• Behavioural Finance
• Applied Risk Management
• Advanced Quantitative Techniques for Finance
• International Finance
• Asset Management
• Further Quantitative Techniques for Finance
• Applied Futures and Options

The flexibility of the quantitative level of this course means that it is suitable for students from a variety of backgrounds.  Two of the options can both be quantitative thereby raising the quantitative level.

The pre-semester modules in maths and statistics take place in September. They are especially designed for students who want to review concepts such as statistical distributions and matrix algebra.

Read about the module options in detail

Additional modules

In order to reflect the practical and applied side of this programme the School organises a number of extra optional modules that aim to provide further practical training to students, whose subject matter changes from year to year. Although these optional modules are not assessed as part of the course, they do out students to maximise their learning potential.

Assessment

A written examination is taken in May for each course unit. Some units may also include assessed coursework. You will also produce a 10,000-word dissertation over the summer, which includes both theoretical banking content and applied results.

Entry requirements

You should have at least a good second class honours degree, or equivalent. This doesn't have to be in Economics, though it is preferable and some background in quantitative subjects is necessary. Students are expected to attend intensive pre-sessional statistics and mathematics modules in September.

For international students, please refer to our International Students section. [new window]

How to apply

Further information

For further information please contact

Sarah Riley
Finance MScs Programme Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 8848
Email: s.riley@qmul.ac.uk

For informal academic enquiries, please contact:
 Daniela Tavasci
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 8421
Email: d.tavasci@qmul.ac.uk

View the brochure online