MSc Finance with pathways to MSc Finance & Commodities and MSc Finance with Accounting

Acting Programme Director (from Jan 2013): Roald Versteeg

Specialist knowledge of Finance is increasingly valued in commercial firms, banks, government and academia. Students on the Birkbeck MSc obtain excellent specialist training in financial economics including: basic portfolio theory, corporate finance and advanced pricing theory applied to derivatives and government bond markets. They also learn the latest econometrics and numerical analysis skills important in the marketplace. The course is demanding and challenging; applicants should have strong intellectual ability and be willing to work hard.

The structure of the MSc Finance programme at Birkbeck reflects the long-running experience in cutting edge, research-led, evening teaching at Birkbeck. The programme is open to both full-time (one year) and part-time students (two years) and offer a rigorous training in finance. All programmes share the following features:

Having completed the course, students have a solid grasp of a broad sweep of finance and are ready to work as quantitative analysts in financial markets, to study for a doctorate or to apply their knowledge in the exercise of public policy.

Hear the Programme Director and also Professor Hélyette Geman talk about the MSc Finance, and listen to what past students feel they have got from the course.

The three awards

• MSc Finance: After the successful completion of the MSc programme, and without specialising as detailed below, students are awarded an MSc Finance
• MSc Finance and Commodities: Students who choose the Commodities and Commodity Derivatives option (30 credits) and write a suitable dissertation will obtain an MSc Finance and Commodities
• MSc Finance with Accounting: Students who choose the two Accounting options (30 credits) will obtain an MSc Finance with Accounting

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Course handbook: 2012/13

General enquiries should be directed to the Programme Administrator:

Naomi Mintrum
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7631 6429
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7631 6416
Room: 720, Malet Street
email: n.mintrum@bbk.ac.uk

All information is provisional.