MSc Finance and Investment

Finance and Investment will prepare you for a career as a qualified expert or a senior management professional. The curriculum covers a wide range of topics to provide an advanced understanding of the finance industry. You will learn about corporate finance, focusing on capital structure, financing decisions, and strategies for maximizing shareholder value. The asset and portfolio management component of the course will explore techniques for managing investment portfolios, asset allocation, and performance evaluation. In the financial derivatives course, you will gain insights into options, futures, and swaps. Financial management will provide an understanding of financial planning, analysis, and decision-making within organizations. Risk management will teach you methods for identifying, assessing, and mitigating financial risks. You will also develop skills in constructing financial models to support decision-making and strategy formulation in financial modelling, and you will cover how to analyse financial data, using statistical and quantitative methods to inform investment strategies and decision making with data analysis. In addition to these topics, the degree focuses on developing employability skills by helping you to establish links with industry professionals, organising external visits, and enhancing digital skills through the use of financial software and databases. You'll also cultivate personal and interpersonal skills, gain confidence in solving complex problems, and learn to implement genuinely effective solutions in real-world scenarios. If you choose the placement year pathway, you will gain the opportunity to learn on the job skills, gain and test knowledge, and put valuable experience on your CV.