Banking and Finance (Taught)

Gain the skills and knowledge needed for specialist roles in banking and wider financial services sector, as well as the exposure to contemporary global issues and research in banking and finance.

The MSc Banking and Finance programme is accredited by the Chartered Banker Institute and can lead to Chartered Banker Status.

The Masters in Banking and Finance is a one-year taught programme run by the School of Management.

Highlights

• The course provides an in-depth study of the theory and practice of modern banking and finance.

• The Centre for Responsible Banking and Finance (CRBF) exposes students to the research and work of eminent academics and business executives.

• This programme opens a wide range of new and exciting career opportunities as many financial firms and government agencies require an in-depth knowledge of the functioning of financial markets and institutions.

• The MSc Banking and Finance is accredited by the Chartered Banker Institute. Students who successfully complete this programme will achieve Chartered Banker Status. To obtain this status, students are required to choose MN5608 'Risk Management' and MN5604 'Financial Systems' as their optional modules.

The modules listed here are indicative, and there is no guarantee they will run for 2023 entry.

Compulsory

• Advanced Corporate Finance: focuses on empirical and theoretical issues that arise in modern corporate finance.
• Applied Financial Econometrics: develops students' ability to undertake quantitative research by equipping them with econometric tools and techniques to analyse and interpret financial data.
• Banking and Finance: provides students with an in-depth knowledge and a rigorous background in the mainstream areas of modern banking and finance.
• Financial Technology (FinTech): equips students with an understanding of the technology underlying FinTech by introducing advancements in blockchain, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Provides an overview of key trends and considers the impact of FinTech on financial services such as payments, investing, lending, borrowing and spending.

Optional
Students choose two optional modules, taking one in each semester.

Here is a sample of optional modules that may be offered.

• Alternative Investment
• Behavioural Finance
• Financial Systems
• International Financial Management
• Risk Management

Dissertation
Students attend lectures throughout Semesters 1 and 2 to prepare them for conducting the research portion of the dissertation. The dissertation is normally on a specific area of banking and finance; however, at the School of Management, you will have the freedom to develop a topic of your own, which is of interest to you and will contribute towards career development or further study goals.

You will be assigned a supervisor based on your research proposal submitted in the second semester. Students will then research and write a 15,000-word dissertation over the summer to be submitted on a date specified in August.

Further information is available via the "Course contact details" section at the bottom of this webpage.

The modules in this programme have varying methods of delivery and assessment. Typically, each module consists of three to five contact hours per week including lectures, seminars and tutorials. Assessment is either entirely by coursework or through a combination of coursework (50%) and a two-hour end-of-semester examination (50%).