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Finance and Economics – (M.Sc.)
London School of Economics and Political Science
Department of Accounting
| Application Deadline: | None - rolling admissions | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 23,186 - | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 10 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 90 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of London School of Economics and Political Science
This programme has both a taught and a research variant. Both programmes cover investments and asset pricing, option and derivatives pricing, and portfolio management. They provide a thorough exposure to econometric methods, including time series analysis, with applications to financial models and data.
The MSc Finance and Economics programme will be of interest if you plan a career in a financial institution or in a role in industry which calls for advanced analytical skills. It is also a good preparation for doctoral research in the area. The MSc Finance and Economics (Research) programme will be of interest if you intend to pursue doctoral research, and more particularly, if you are applying for funding under the ESRC 1+3 scheme.
These programmes are based in the Department of Finance and are taught jointly with the Department of Economics.
The programmes offer the following benefits:
* Study in two of the most highly rated departments in the subject areas in the world, both for research and teaching.
* Enables you to draw on the School's strengths in economics, finance and econometrics to gain, through teaching and your own independent study, a rigorous understanding of financial markets, grounded in financial economics and statistical methods.
* Prepares you for a variety of careers in the global financial services sector. The emphasis on financial economics in these programmes is particularly attractive to investment banks, the financial services sector more generally, and to consulting firms. The programmes also provide a rigorous training for postgraduate research.
If you apply for MSc Finance and Economics as your first choice, please do not apply for MSc Finance and Economics (Research) as your second choice, as admissions criteria for the latter are more stringent.
Contents
Compulsory courses
* Microeconomics
* Financial Economics
* Financial Econometrics
Options
(* half unit)
Choose to the value of one full unit from the following list of half unit options:
* Applied Corporate Finance*
* Corporate Finance Theory*
* Financial Risk Analysis*
* Fixed Income Markets*
* Forecasting Financial Time Series*
* Global Financial System*
* International Finance*
* Portfolio Management*
* Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis*
To fulfil the programme requirements, students must also complete a dissertation of 6,000 words on an agreed topic in one of the optional half unit courses, and take an examination in the other.
About the research programme
The MSc Finance and Economics (Research) programme offers students the opportunity to take a more advanced microeconomics course, which will be more suited to those who plan to undertake doctoral research in the field. Students interested in the Research track should apply for MSc Finance and Economics as usual, however once they are registered at LSE and have completed the introductory September course they will have the opportunity to be considered for a transfer onto the Research programme. This transfer will depend upon the student being accepted into one of the two advanced microeconomics courses and their performance in the September course examinations.
Compulsory courses
* Microeconomics for MSc Students or Advanced Microeconomics (depending upon background)
* Financial Economics
* Financial Econometrics
Plus choose two of the half unit optional courses listed above. Students must also complete a dissertation of 6,000 to 10,000 words on an agreed topic in one of the optional half unit courses, and take an examination in the other.
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Register Now!Requirements
Applicants for the MSc Finance and Economics and MSc Finance and Economics (Research) programmes should have a strong undergraduate background in economics, or an applied mathematical sciences background with at least a year of economics courses.
Minimum entry requirements are a good upper second class honours degree (preferably in economics) from a UK university or equivalent in an overseas degree. This degree should have had strong analytical content, including courses in microeconomic theory and econometrics. All applicants must also submit a GMAT or GRE test score. GMAT scores of 650 or higher will be considered. GRE scores must show a strong performance in the quantitative segment (above the 85th percentile).
Standard English language requirements
* TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 603 in the paper test or 100 in the internet based test. For full information on TOEFL and testing centres worldwide, please see
* IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a minimum score of 6.5. For full details about the British Council's English tests, please see
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 603 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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