Finance (MSc)

Who is it for?

You are ambitious to succeed in the finance field, in a career that might encompass anything from hedge funds to investment banking. Your strong quantitative skills give you an ideal starting point as you begin to investigate the mechanisms that drive finance across different industries.

Your interest in finance is matched by your desire to establish yourself in this highly competitive marketplace where pressure and risk accompany job satisfaction and financial rewards.

Objectives

This is your opportunity to deepen your knowledge of finance. You kick off with a term of foundation modules that cement your understanding of finance, corporate finance, accounting and econometrics.

You build on that core knowledge with a term where you tailor the course to your own subject preferences. You can choose to specialise in either finance or corporate finance, or to remain broad to acquire an all-round, post-graduate qualification in finance.

Flexibility is built into the programme through a comprehensive elective offering including a number of optional overseas electives in locations such as New York, Singapore & Dubai.

You’ll be based within a stone’s throw of the City of London, giving your studies a uniquely practical orientation with regular teaching from senior bankers and finance professionals and unparalleled opportunities for networking

What will you learn

• Acquire a comprehensive grasp of the principles and applications of finance
• Develop your range of technical and conceptual skills
• Gain broad experience of quantitative techniques
• Develop your understanding of a wide range of financial issues across all industry sectors
• Network with your peers and senior finance industry professionals in the City of London
• Gain a highly valuable international, multicultural perspective
• Acquire a flexible qualification suitable for a wide range of roles in global finance.

Assessment

We review all our courses regularly to keep them up-to-date on issues of both theory and practice.

To satisfy the requirements of the degree course students must complete:

• eight core courses (15 credits each) and two additional core modules plus three electives (10 credits each)

or

• three electives (10 credits each) and an Applied Research Project (20 credits)

or

• one elective (10 credits) and a Business Research Project (40 credits)

Assessment of modules on the MSc in Finance, in most cases, is by means of coursework and unseen examination. Coursework may consist of standard essays, individual and group presentations, group reports, classwork, unseen tests and problem sets. Please note that any group work may include an element of peer assessment.

Induction Weeks

The MSc in Finance course starts with two compulsory induction weeks, including:

• An introduction to the Cass Careers offering with a focus on key skills and attributes that employers are looking for.  The annual MSc Careers Fair at this time also provides the opportunity to meet over 60 companies who are recruiting across many sectors including finance, energy, insurance, real estate, shipping, strategic management and internal auditing.
• a refresher course of basic financial mathematics, statistics, computing and electronic databases.

Career pathways

Graduates from the MSc in Finance move into a diverse range of financial sector careers: investment banking, securities sales and trading, foreign exchange, hedge funds, private banking, credit products, financial and credit risk management and consultancy.

Visit the Finance (MSc) page on the Cass Business School website for more details!