Build advanced expertise while you develop your career.
Financial regulations and monetary policy are evolving fast. With our flexible course, you can build up-to-the-minute knowledge and apply it directly to your day-to-day role. Delivered online in collaboration with the Bank of England, our part-time programme enables financial professionals to develop specialist expertise in central banking and financial regulation while continuing your career. Through evidence-led teaching and practice-informed learning, you'll gain the knowledge and confidence to make an immediate impact in your organisation.
Key benefits:
Expertise: The modular structure of the programme allows you to study and focus on an individual module topic and to return to build up to a higher award and further expertise at a later date
Better ‘on the job’ performance: Continuing to work while studying allows you the opportunity to make theory accessible and relevant, applying it to your day-to-day work and reflecting upon the practicalities of the real world
Evidence your knowledge: Completion of this programme provides evidence of your professional learning while providing new skills and insights through cutting-edge research and the latest thought-leadership in financial regulation
Best practice: You will bring back to your organisation many proven tools, ideas and best practice, as well as being able to apply your new knowledge with a greater awareness of the wider operating environment
Global network: Benefit from being part of a global cohort, allowing you to develop your professional network and understand different cultures and work practices.
The programme gives you directly applicable and cutting-edge insights as it is delivered by market practitioners regulators and academics. I think it provides you with invaluable skills for your day to day role and for the future.
Virginie Mennesson
MSc in Global Central Banking & Financial Regulation Graduate
Modules
Build state-of-the-art knowledge around your career.
Better on-the-job performance: apply the latest theory to your career and real-world challenges
Flexible study: choose from PG Award, PG Certificate, PG Diploma or MSc qualifications, with the opportunity to progress between awards over time
Focused expertise: pursue models that align with your interests and ambitions, with the opportunity to return for further learning
Evidence your knowledge: demonstrate your professional learning while building new skills and insights through cutting-edge research and the latest thought leadership
Best practice: support your organisation with proven tools, ideas and best practice
This programme consists of six modules (from a choice of eight) of equal weighting and a Research Methods and Dissertation module.
To achieve the MSc, students complete six 20-credit modules (from a choice of eight) and a Research Methods and Dissertation 60-credit module, totalling 180-credits.
You have the option to build to this award by completing a single 20-credit module to achieve a Postgraduate Award, and from this you may wish to build up to the higher qualification levels, such as a Postgraduate Certificate (on complete of three 20-credit modules), or a Postgraduate Diploma (on completion of six 20-credit modules) or completing the full MSc.
Note that information found by following the links to the module catalogue is subject to change for future years of study, as we evolve our courses in response to the latest developments in academia and industry.
Study alongside professionals from across the global financial sector.
Bank of England collaboration: learn on a programme developed in partnership with one of the world's leading central banks
Real-world application: immediately apply new knowledge and insights to your organisation
Global cohort: build an international professional network and develop your understanding of different cultures and practices
Each module, excluding your dissertation, is taught in a 17-week slot. As a guide, you can expect to spend approximately 11 hours studying each week.
Your learning will be assessed through a variety of methods. These may include online timed assessments, and individual written assignments or reports.
Entry requirements
Candidates must possess previous relevant work experience within the banking and financial regulation sector.
2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject or possess demonstrable experience of working in banking and financial regulation at a level sufficient with the requirements of the course.
IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.
Please adjust your country as required:
We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications. For more information, please visit the international entry requirements page.
We typically ask for one academic reference for taught courses.
You will be asked to include an email address for your referee(s) when submitting your application and we will contact them for you.
We carry out an initial fee status assessment based on the information you provide in your application. Students will be classified as Home or Overseas fee status. Your fee status determines tuition fees, and what financial support and scholarships may be available. If you receive an offer, your fee status will be clearly stated alongside the tuition fee information.
Do you need your fee classification to be reviewed?
If you believe that your fee status has been classified incorrectly, you can complete a fee status assessment questionnaire. Please follow the instructions in your offer information and provide the documents needed to reassess your status.
As well as tuition fees and living expenses, some courses may require you to cover the cost of field trips or costs associated with travel abroad.
For departmental specific costs, please see the list of core and optional core modules with hyperlinks to our Module Catalogue, where module-related costs are detailed. Associated costs can be found on the Study tab for each module listed in the Module Catalogue (please note most of the module content applies to 2026/27 year of study).
Information about module specific costs should be considered in conjunction with the more general costs below:
Core text books
Printer credits
Dissertation binding
Robe hire for your degree ceremony
Dissertations and Assignments are only submitted digitally. However, students may wish to print and bind their dissertation for their own purposes. Students on some courses will have a final poster presentation as part of their project and the printing of posters may be at the students’ expense.
Find out about the different funding routes available, including; postgraduate loans, scholarships, fee awards and academic department bursaries.
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Why study with us?
Join a community of thinkers, innovators and Change Makers at a business school that’s part of one of the UK’s most respected universities. For nearly 60 years we've helped turn ambition into action, blending academic excellence with real-world so that what you learn connects directly to the challenges organisations face today.
Study alongside students and professionals from diverse backgrounds, building the knowledge, confidence and perspectives to make a real impact. With more than 63,000 graduates across 176 countries, our alumni network opens doors across industries, borders and career stages.
By studying this programme with Warwick Business School, in collaboration with the Bank of England, you will have access to a range of online career services and resources free of charge including:
WBS CareersPlus website, packed with resources covering all aspects of career development
An online Career Management Module
Online interview simulation
Pay Negotiation video workshop
Skills based webinars covering topics such as “Presenting to the Board” and “Dealing with Politics in the Workplace”
VMock CV preparation platform
Professional Interest Network Events and webinars.
Your university experience is defined by far more than your course or the career path you follow. At Warwick, it’s where you discover who you could become.
Our alumni community still call Warwick home. From a few hundred in 1965 to more than 310,000 alumni, and it's ever-growing.
As Warwick graduates, our students have access to employability support for two years after graduation, including access to careers appointments, job vacancies and professional networks.
We are delighted that you are interested in studying with us. We recommend you apply early as demand for this programme is high and if you wish to be considered for a scholarship an early application is advisable.
If you want to understand whether you will meet our entry requirements then you can submit your CV to onlinemasters-info@wbs.ac.uk for a pre-check.
Please note: If you have previously studied for a Postgraduate Award on the Global Central Banking and Financial Regulation programme, and would like to undertake a further module, or build up to a higher qualification level, then you do not need to submit a new application. Simply email us at onlinemasters-info@wbs.ac.uk and let us know which module you would like to study next and we will begin the process.
This information is applicable for 2027 entry. Given the interval between the publication of courses and enrolment, some of the information may change. It is important to check our website before you apply. Please read our web page 'Important information to consider before making an application' in advance of applying to Warwick.
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