MScFinancial Risk Management
Do you have an interest in risk management and financial regulation? Do you want a career in areas such as corporate risk, compliance, consultancy, or academia? Do you want exemptions from the Professional Risk Manager (PRM) exams?
Studying Financial Risk Management looks at how organisations and investors should understand, evaluate and address relevant risks to maximise the chances of their objectives being achieved.
The programme equips students with the cutting-edge risk management tools and strategies used by leading financial firms and regulatory bodies. Academics who teach on this programme are at the cutting edge of their fields, many also have relevant industry experience.
- Entry requirements
- 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in Mathematics, Accountancy, Finance, Economics or other relevant quantitative subject. Science and Engineering disciplines will be considered where there is a significant mathematical component.
- English language requirements
- An IELTS* score of 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each test component. *Taken within the last 2 years.
- Tuition fees
- £25,800 / ¥232,200
Course Content
Semester 1
- Asset Pricing
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Regulation and Risk Management
- Financial Data Analytics
Semester 2
- Credit Risk Management
- Derivatives
- Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Analytics
- Advanced Financial Data Analytics
Semester 3
- Dissertation
or - Applied Research Project
Related courses
- Economics
- 1 year
- Accounting and Finance
- 1 year
Applications open
Why Queen's
Trading Room
Certain classes are held in the Trading Room. Students have access to Bloomberg software, a market leader in financial news, data and analytics, which is used by many financial institutions. The Trading Room allows for an interactive and exciting learning environment which brings textbook theory to life.
Software
Students will use and have access to software such as Stata, Excel, Matlab, and databases such as Thomson One Banker, DataStream and Bloomberg.
Accreditation
MSc Financial Risk Management at Queen’s is 1 of only 5 UK MSc degrees which are part of PRMIA Risk Accreditation Programme. There are only 17 such programmes in the world.
Queen’s is 1 of only 14 UK universities who are academic partners of GARP through the MSc Financial Risk Management programme.
Guest Speakers
Students have the opportunity to hear from industry professionals who regularly deliver guest lectures. Students have the opportunity to network afterwards.
Student Managed Fund (SMF)
Students are encouraged to join the Student Managed Fund to supercharge their future employability by having some real money investment experience. Queen’s Business School is one of only a handful of universities in the UK and Ireland to offer this experience which is a game changer when it comes to graduate employability. Students manage a real money investment portfolio of £50,000.
Careers
As many financial firms are substantially expanding their risk management functions, this programme is likely to open a wide range of new and exciting career opportunities including utilising cutting-edge quantitative modelling techniques and working in collaboration with traders to develop bespoke financial products, as well as portfolio and product risk management and monitoring.
“The modules taught on the programme provide varied and comprehensive insights into both investment and risk management. The degree also offers professional accreditation and prepares us extremely well for a career in finance.” Tripti Sharma. MSc Risk and Investment Management
