Investment and Financial Risk Management 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 investment, banking, fund management, financial risk management, trading 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 investment, banking, fund management, financial risk management and finance.
The programme focuses on the practice of investment and financial risk management, 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 covers 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.
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 normally passing four modules 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, trading, fund management, risk management, 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.