Banking and Finance MSc: Course features
What this course offers you
- This course is designed for students from a variety of academic backgrounds, including those who have not studied economics, finance or accountancy at bachelors level. It is ideal for both:
- those who already have work experience in banking and other financial services and want to enhance and update further their knowledge and understanding; and
- graduates who wish to have a rewarding, exciting and challenging career in the area of banking and finance.
- The programme focuses on the practice of banking and finance, preparing you for the wide variety of careers in banking, financial services, finance, and financial consultancy. It has a balanced approach between quantitative and qualitative methods, and it provides you with the computer and research skills required by employers in this highly competitive sector.
- The course has been developed with advice from managers at a number of banks, including RBS Capital Markets, Commerzbank AG, Standard Chartered Bank and NatWest Bank.
- Teaching is from banking and finance experts, and the course content is supported by active researchers. There is also a programme of guest lectures from banking and financial services sector experts built into the modules.
- It is designed to demonstrate the links between theory and practice. Real life examples and case studies are used extensively during the taught sessions, and the assessments also expose you to real life problems and solutions.
- Considerable use is made of the University's virtual learning environment (StudySpace) – for example, discussion boards, podcasts and videos. In addition, the Faculty has a number of industry standard financial databases, such as DataStream, FAME, One Banker, Thomson Deals. Read more in the Learning support section.
- Students can access the Bloomberg Trading Room and Thomson DataStream Advance. Find out more in the Facilities section.
- The programme is flexibly designed to enable modularity and credit accumulation through the programme, with students passing four modules normally in semester one (PgCert), an additional four modules is semester two (PgDip), and a research taught module and a dissertation module in semester three (masters).
- The course will provide you with opportunities for a variety of careers in banking, investment banking and financial services. In addition, the transferable skills and knowledge you obtain will prepare you for wider career paths in finance and financial management.
- Following its last inspection by the Higher Education Funding Council, Kingston Business School was awarded an 'excellent' rating for its teaching quality, one of only a few from 120 UK business schools to receive such recognition.
- We provide you with a supportive study environment and expert academic team to help you achieve your academic goals.
- The University's London location provides both a peaceful study setting and easy access to the city centre.
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Related courses
Related to this course:
- Accounting and Finance MSc
- Financial and Business Management MSc
- International Finance MSc
- Investment and Financial Risk Management MSc
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The Faculty of Business and Law runs a number of postgraduate and post-experience open days. Visit us to find out how we can help you achieve your career ambitions.
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This course is taught by staff from Kingston Business School.