Course summary
The Financial Times ranks Finance MSc 3rd in the UK and 12th in the world (Financial Times Masters in Finance Pre-experience ranking 2022). Gain a deep theoretical and conceptual understanding of finance and quantitative skills, as Warwick Business School prepares you for a range of careers in the financial sector. Course overview The MSc Finance will help you to develop a deep theoretical and conceptual knowledge of finance and quantitative skills, preparing you for a range of careers in the financial industry. Go beyond the application of skills and develop your ability to challenge, evaluate, and rethink established paradigms. As the anticipation of jobs being challenged by Artificial Intelligence becomes a reality, we aim to share the skills and depth of understanding needed to design, develop, and supervise these new forms of financial intelligence. Study overseas at one of our key European business school partners as part of our Ethics, Financial Regulation and Corporate Governance module. This immersive learning experience will enable you to participate in your study of ethics and financial market regulation, with teaching in a different cultural setting. WBS benefits from excellent links to key financial institutions and employers, and this course has benefited from industry recommendations. Skills from this degree
- Gain hands-on experience of using lab software to perform calculations and conduct simulations
- Develop your industry acumen by accessing our CareersPlus service with specialist careers coaches
- Become a specialist via your elective modules.
Modules
Core modules
- Quantitative Methods for Finance
- Asset Pricing
- Corporate Finance
- Investment Management
- Empirical Finance
- Ethics, Financial Regulation and Corporate Governance
- Research Methodology
- Dissertation.
- Behavioural Finance
- Derivative Securities
- Financial Reporting and Statement Analysis
- Judgement and Decision-making
- Financial Risk Management
- Fixed Income and Credit Risk
- International Financial Management
- Big Data Analytics
- Alternative Investments
- Practice of Investment Management
- Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Control.
Assessment method
Assessment is a mix of exams and coursework with your dissertation, bringing all of your learning together at the end.
Entry requirements
Minimum requirements A high 2:1 or first (or equivalent) achieved in a relevant subject at Undergraduate level, and the study of relevant modules in key areas that demonstrate a strong finance, mathematics and statistics or econometrics ability. English language requirements You can find out more about our English language requirements. This course requires the following: Band B IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above. We accept a range of language tests. Please refer to our website for more details. International qualifications We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
Please visit the University of Warwick website for the tuition fees for postgraduate courses:
https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/fees
Sponsorship information
We offer a variety of postgraduate funding options for study at the University of Warwick, from postgraduate loans, university scholarships, fee awards, to academic department bursaries. It's important that you apply for your postgraduate course first before you apply for a University of Warwick scholarship.
Provider information
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL