MSc Financial Economics

This intellectually demanding course will provide you with the essential skills you need to follow professional careers in these areas or to pursue further research.

Financial Economics (MSc) is part of our uniquely multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary suite of finance Masters programmes. They bring together expertise from the School for Business and Society, the Department of Mathematics, and the Department of Economics and Related Studies.

Discover our refocused syllabus introducing contemporary tools, methods and approaches to tackle applied, professional and academic challenges in accounting and finance.

Aimed at students with a prior knowledge of economics, this course will give you a thorough grounding in theoretical and applied finance and economics. Our course will prepare you for a career in either the public or private sectors, in a role with a focus on financial economics research, or for a PhD in Finance or Economics.

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Globalisation means an ever-increasing demand for specialists in economics and finance.