Explore our Finance and Economics taught Master's degree.

P-LN1J

MSc

1 year full-time

24 September 2023

Warwick Business School

University of Warwick

Finance and Economics MSc explores the most advanced tools in finance and allows you to use your economics background as a springboard to increase your career options. Learn from two of the University of Warwick’s departments: Warwick Business School and the Department of Economics.

Our MSc Finance and Economics course is ideal for you if you already have a strong grounding in economics, are highly numerate, and want to learn to apply your knowledge to finance.

You will explore the most advanced tools in finance and use your economics background as a springboard to increase your career options. You will be considering jobs in the City or in the capital markets of your own country, in areas such as asset management, corporate finance, trading, financial regulation, and economic and financial consulting and central banking.

As the anticipation of jobs being challenged by Artificial Intelligence becomes a reality, we aim to share the skills and depth of understanding needed to design, develop, and supervise these new forms of financial intelligence.

Study overseas at one of our key European business school partners as part of our Ethics, Financial Regulation and Corporate Governance module. This immersive learning experience will enable you to participate in your study of ethics and financial market regulation, with teaching in a different cultural setting.

Skills from this degree

• Gain a deep insight into both Finance and Economics, with faculty from two top academic departments
• Develop your industry acumen by accessing our CareersPlus service with specialist careers coaches
• Become a specialist via your elective modules

Lectures introduce key theories, concepts and economic models. In classes, you will solve financial problems and numerical exercises, analyse case studies and make presentations. Modules are taught by staff from both WBS and the Department of Economics at Warwick through a combination of lectures, classes and computer lab sessions.

The typical class size for this course is around 60 students.

Students on this MSc will typically receive between 26 and 30 contact hours per module.

Assessment is a mix of exams and coursework with your 6,000 word dissertation bringing all your learning together at the end.

Your dissertation

A 6,000 word dissertation gives you the opportunity to test and apply techniques and theories you have been learning and to complete an original piece of research. You will be supervised and supported by one of our academic staff or Teaching Associates from Warwick Business School or the Department of Economics and will usually submit your dissertation in early September.

Reading lists

Most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library. If you would like to view reading lists for the current cohort of students you can visit our Warwick Library web pageLink opens in a new window.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, compulsory and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you and you will be able to choose your optional modules when you join us.

There may be events taking place in the evenings. Classes may run up to 7pm and other events, such as careers presentations may take place later or on Saturdays. Occasionally, classes and exams may be held on Saturdays. We will notify you in advance if this is the case.

This is a full-time course, so there are no holidays as such. However, the two weeks covering Christmas and New Year are guaranteed to be free from lectures. There may also be weeks free over the Easter period (check with your programme team). Resit exams may take place outside of standard teaching periods.

First Class Honours degree or a high 2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject.

• Band B
• IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.

We accept a range of language tests. Please refer to our website for more detail.

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

• Asset Pricing
• Corporate Financial Management
• Econometrics
• Empirical Finance
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• Ethics, Financial Regulation and Corporate Governance
• Research Methodology
• Dissertation

• Alternative Investments
• Behavioural Finance
• Derivative Securities
• Financial Reporting and Statement Analysis
• Judgement and Decision-making
• Financial Risk Management
• Fixed Income and Credit Risk
• International Financial Management
• Big Data Analytics
• Practice of Investment Management
• Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Control
• Topics in Global Finance
• Topics in Public Finance
• Behavioural Economics
• Development Economics
• Topics in Applied Macroeconomics
• Topics in Applied Microeconomics
• Labour Economics

Read the module descriptions for this course on the Warwick Business School website.Link opens in a new window

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