MSc Degrees

All our MSc programmes offer comprehensive training in finance or economics, but they vary by entry requirements, quantitative level, and career focus. See the table below.

Students who do not meet the entry requirements for any of our MSc’s can consider the Pre-Masters Graduate Diploma in Economics and Finance (6 or 12 month versions), MSc Investment and Finance with Integrated Pre-Masters, or MSc Banking and Finance with Integrated Pre-Masters. Successful completion of the Diploma will allow you to enter one of our MSc programmes.

Programme	Minimum Entry Requirements	Special Focus	Careers
Banking and Finance - September entry	2.2 honours degree in any subject with some quantitative elements	Commercial and investment banking, especially regulation and risk management for banking	Risk management and regulation in commercial banks, investment banks, and supervisory financial institutions (e.g. central banks)
Banking and Finance - January entry	2.2 honours degree in any subject with some quantitative elements	Commercial and investment banking, especially regulation and risk management for banking	Risk management and regulation in commercial banks, investment banks, and supervisory financial institutions (e.g. central banks)
Banking and Finance (Conversion) - January entry	2.2 honours degree in any subject without quantitative modules in a bachelor degree. This is an admissions option for students without quantitative modules in their bachelor’s degree. The degree certificate will state the official award title is MSc Banking and Finance	Commercial and investment banking, especially regulation and risk management for banking	A route into banking and finance if you do not hold a degree in a quantitative subject. Risk management and regulation in commercial banks, investment banks, and supervisory financial institutions (e.g. central banks)
Behavioural Finance*	2.1 honours degree in any subject with some quantitative elements	Irrationalities and puzzles in decision-making (especially regarding savings and investment) and on financial markets	Analyst/ trader/ portfolio manager in investment banks, hedge funds, and pension funds Public policy (especially in so-called "nudge units") Marketing
Corporate Finance	2.2 honours degree in any subject	Valuation of firms and investment projects. Optimal capital structure	Companies' finance departments and investment banks
Economics**	2.1 honours degree in a quantitative subject with excellent performance in the quantitative elements	Rigorous training in theoretical and applied economics and econometrics	Professional economist in private sector (consulting, banks, etc.) or public sector (ministries, central banks, international organisations, etc.); MRes/PhD
Finance*	2.1 honours degree in a quantitative subject with good performance in quantitative elements	Advanced study in all key areas of finance	Commercial and investment banks, hedge funds, pension funds, governmental financial institutions, companies’ finance departments
Finance and Machine Learning	2.1 honours degree, or equivalent. This does not have to be in Economics or Finance, though it is strongly preferable to have a solid quantitative background in statistics and mathematics	Grounding in machine learning methods and how they are used in finance	Data analyst, quantitative researcher, fintech specialist, risk analyst
Investment Banking*	2.1 honours degree in any subject	Financial and strategic analysis of investment banking functions	Investment banking and corporate advisory
Investment and Finance*	2.1 honours degree in any subject with some quantitative elements	Asset pricing, portfolio construction, and financial derivatives	Analyst/ trader/ portfolio manager in investment banks, hedge funds, and pension funds
Wealth Management	2.1 honours degree in any subject with some quantitative elements	Asset pricing, portfolio construction, and wealth management for high-worth individuals	Wealth management for high-worth individuals