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). 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	Good 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)
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	Good 2.2 honours degree in any subject with some quantitative elements	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	Theoretical and applied economics	Research economist in public sector, international institutions, and economic consulting 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
Mental Health Economics	2.1 honours degree in Economics, Psychology or a health-related undergraduate degree	Combined training in the central principles of the economic analysis of mental health data, together with the key evidence bases for current mental health treatments and their clinical applications across contexts and cultures	Health Economics, Health Consulting, Mental Health Economics specialist
Wealth Management	Good 2.2 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

*CFA pathway available

** generous scholarships available, please select the programme to find out more

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