Course summary

Join the international energy industry. Our MSc Energy, Trade and Finance provides a solid understanding of energy economics, marketing and trading. You gain a combination of highly applicable quantitative, software and accounting skills. Accredited by the UK Energy Institute (EI) students have free membership throughout the academic year, which gives discounted access to networking events and opens a wide range of opportunities for employment within the energy sector. Delivered through the Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance this degree offers high quality teaching through industry leading experts and is widely recognised and valued by practitioner and academics in the field.You needn’t have any prior knowledge of energy, commodities, shipping or finance, although you should be comfortable with quantitative methods (mathematics and statistics). Objectives You’ll emerge from this master's course fully equipped to operate effectively in this highly competitive international industry. You’ll gain a solid foundation in energy economics, markets and trading, and be able to formulate strategy for fossil fuels, electricity and renewables. Your studies will encompass energy transportation, especially seaborne and are rounded off with extensive study of finance and financial markets and essential transferrable skills in accounting and IT. You can complement your core modules with optional modules and, if you wish, an independent research project.