The MSc Finance enables you to deepen your understanding of financial markets, banks, and their relation to economic performance. It provides a sound platform for advancing your career in finance and policy. Because finance is so wide ranging, the degree enables you to choose between three majors:
The three alternative pathways of the MSc Finance programme enable you to select a study path best suited to your objectives and skills.
The MSc Finance (major: Economic Policy) is designed principally for postgraduates working on economic policy in government, central banks, other public organisations, international institutions and consultancy.
This programme will enable you to deepen your understanding of the principles, applications, and context underlying economic policy with a focus on policy's financial aspects.
| You study | Study period | Cost (2010) | |
| MSc | 8 courses | 2-5 years | £9,120 |
| Individual Professional Courses | IPCs offer people in the financial and management sector an effective form of flexible professional education. It is also an ideal option if you're keen to sample the programme. The fee per course is £1,080 (£1,140 in 2010). | ||
The programme has been developed by academics at the Centre for Financial and Management Studies (CeFiMS), a postgraduate research and teaching department within SOAS, University of London. Staff at CeFiMS have international reputations and are involved in researching their subjects at the very limits of current knowledge.
As a graduate of this programme you will be well prepared for senior positions in governments, central banks, other public organisations, international institutions and consultancy.
You will be sent all the study materials that you need to complete the programme, which may typically include:
This will depend partly on choices you make, but most students take three years to complete an MSc. The study calendar consists of five sessions per year. Each session is devoted to a specific course and lasts eight weeks (with the exception of the fifth session which runs for 10 weeks). During each session you will need to allocate between 15-20 hours per week to complete the programme.
| Application deadline | 16 November 2009 for a January 2010 start | 30 March 2010 for a June 2010 start |
| Enrolment deadline | 18 December 2009 for a January 2010 start | 4 May 2010 for a June 2010 start |
| Programme starts | January 2010 | June 2010 |
| Examinations | October |