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MSc in Finance and Risk

Programme Code: TMFIRI

Department: Finance

For students starting this programme of study in 2024/25

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Student must take courses to the value of four full units (of which one paper includes a dissertation) as shown below.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1

FM403 Management and Regulation of Risk (1.0) A

Paper 2

FM439 Asset Markets for MSc Finance and Risk (0.5) #

 

And course(s) to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:

 

FM431A Corporate Finance A (0.5) # or

 

FM442 Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis (0.5) #

Papers 3 & 4

Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

AC444 Valuation and Security Analysis (0.5) #

 

FM412 Quantitative Security Analysis (0.5) #

 

FM413 Fixed Income Markets (0.5) #

 

FM421 Finance for Mergers, Buyouts and Corporate Restructurings (0.5) #

 

FM441 Derivatives (0.5) #

 

FM445 Portfolio Management (0.5)

 

FM471 Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing (0.5) #

 

FM476 Entrepreneurial Finance (0.5) #

 

FM477 International Finance A (0.5) #

 

MG455 Decisions, Biases and Nudges (0.5) #

 

SO4C9 Risk Governance (0.5)

 

Any other paper with the approval of the Programme Director.

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Footnotes

A : Includes dissertation.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.