Banking and Finance MSc

Banking and Finance MSc: Comprehensive training in finance with special focus on commercial and investment banking, especially regulation and risk management for banking; Wide range of elective modules.

Teaching

• Taught by research-active academics as well as visiting city professionals
• Teaching of each module typically consists of a two-hour lecture and one-hour seminar (for solving homework) each week
• Lectures and seminars may be scheduled during the day or in the evening for both full-time and part-time pathways

Facilities

• State-of-the-art building
• Virtual trading room with Reuters and Bloomberg trading terminals, Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation (TWS) and FXCM FX Trading Station

Career paths

Graduates have gone on to a wide range of careers in the financial sector, especially in risk management and regulation in commercial banks, investment banks and supervisory financial institutions (eg central banks).

Students have moved into careers such as:

• Business development managers
• Marketing professionals
• Management consultants
• Business analysts
• Finance and investment analysts
• Chartered and certified accounts.

At organisations such as:

• Bank of China
• BDO
• Swiss Re.

Our dedicated careers team offers students one-on-one appointments, support with job applications, practice interviews, information about internship opportunities, and employability events.