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Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time
Combine core economics knowledge and theory with relevant financial topics to develop your skills for a finance-focused career.
Our MSc Economics and Finance course is designed to give you the skills to start your career in a financial institution, consultancy, ministry of finance or economics, or a central bank.
On this specialist master's, you’ll study advanced economic theory alongside relevant finance topics, some of which are taught by our School of Management. You will:
Dissertation or consultancy project
The course culminates with either a traditional dissertation or a consultancy project.
Dissertation
You can choose to do a dissertation on an economic area that interests you or that is most useful in your career. This will allow you to apply your newly acquired knowledge to a specific problem or debate.
Consultancy project
The consultancy project is practical an alternative to the dissertation. You’ll work on a project with an external organisation, helping them to address a real-world business challenge. You’ll conduct appropriate research and data analysis (if necessary), before presenting your findings as a written report and presentation.
Consultancy project numbers are limited each year. You’ll apply for a suitable project with one of our external partners and will receive support from us during this process. If a suitable project can’t be secured, you will complete a dissertation instead.
You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above.
To apply for this course, you should have an undergraduate degree in either economics, business, or an appropriate quantitative subject such as engineering, computer science, mathematics or physics.
You are also expected to have successfully completed at least five quantitative units such as microeconomics, econometrics, macroeconomics, statistics, probability, algebra, calculus, data analysis, game theory, operational research, or financial engineering.
We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.
If your first language is not English but within the last 2 years you completed your degree in the UK you may be exempt from our English language requirements.
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This course is designed to give you the knowledge and level of skills required to secure work within financial institutions, consultancies, ministries of finance or economics, or central banks. You’ll be better prepared to become a financial analyst, trader or banker; or an economist in government, research units, or commercial enterprises. It also provides suitable preparation for doctoral study and future careers in academia.
Recent graduates have gone on to work in a number of different roles within economics across the world. These include:
Others have chosen to continue their careers in academia.
Semester 1
Compulsory units
Semester 2
You’ll choose 15 credits of optional units.
Compulsory units
Optional course units
Summer
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