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Quantitative Finance and Risk Management – (M.Sc.)
Newcastle University
Newcastle University Business School
| Application Deadline: | Applications are considered throughout the year | ||
| Location: | Newcastle Upon Tyne / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Newcastle University
The MSc will provide opportunities for you to develop relevant skills and a practical understanding of the behaviour of international financial markets, the ability to analyse the strategies of financial market investors, an understanding of the role of finance in a modern economy, and an advanced understanding of empirical modelling techniques, specifically the MATLAB programming language. You will also be encouraged to develop critical skills and awareness of contemporary debates around the operational efficiency of financial markets.
You take 100 credits of core compulsory modules, 20 credits of optional modules and complete a dissertation (60 credits). Compulsory modules typically include: financial theory and corporate policy; econometrics; MATLAB for finance; credit risk modelling; financial derivatives; research methods in international economics and finance. Optional modules cover: central banking; behavioural finance; international money and banking; and risk and insurance.
Contents
Compulsory modules:
NBS8015 Financial Theory and Corporate Policy
NBS8019 Research Methods in International Economics and Finance
NBS8020 Dissertation
NBS8185 MATLAB for Finance
NBS8186 Econometrics I
NBS8187 Econometrics II
NBS8201 Risk Modelling
NBS8202 Financial Derivatives
NBS8257 Empirical Techniques in Research
Optional modules:
NBS8200 Behavioural Finance
NBS8204 Central Banking
NBS8248 Risk and Insurance
NBS8259 Cross Sectional and Panel Econometrics
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You should possess, or be working towards, an upper second-class (2.1) Honours degree or above, or an international equivalent. You will also need to demonstrate an appropriate level of mathematical education (A level standard or international equivalent).
Applicants whose first language is not English require a minimum of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent, with no less than 6.0 in any element.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
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