Finance and Investment (Taught)

With access to the industry-standard Bloomberg trading system our MSc in Finance and Investment gives you a head start in establishing a successful career in finance.

If you are seeking to move into a career in finance, our MSc in Finance and Investment will give you the practical and academically-rigorous grounding you need. Covering everything from financial market frameworks and concepts, through to strategic decision making and risk management, you will gain a realistic insight into current practice in the finance and investment world, and be expertly equipped with a toolbox of financial techniques you can apply in your work from day one.

Industry links and facilities
As part of Bristol Business School, you'll get to hear from inspiring speakers from the financial world, and have access to our state-of-the-art trading room, built around the Bloomberg Professional system, the main financial data platform used in many investment firms and banks.

Compulsory modules: fundamentals of financial management; financial instruments; financial statement analysis; fund management; risk management; corporate financial strategy; quantitative research methods. Optional modules: corporate financial reporting; financial engineering; principles of financial intermediation; financial investments in practice; masters; dissertation.

Assessments will be a mix of assignments, supervised mini-projects, role playing exercises, group work, simulations, presentations and examinations.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment