Insurance & Risk Management – (M.Sc.)

Contents

We review all our courses regularly to keep them up-to-date on issues of both theory and practice. Consequently, there may be some change to the detailed content of the modules and occasionally to module titles.

To satisfy the requirements of the degree programme students must complete:

• nine core courses
• three electives
• a Business Research Project

The full-time course runs for eleven months from mid-September or eight months from mid January for the 'fast track' programme. The taught component is arranged over three terms.

Two Induction Weeks The MSc in Insurance & Risk Management starts with two compulsory induction weeks, focused on:

• An introduction to the Cass Careers offering with a focus on key skills and attributes that employers are looking for. The annual MSc Careers Fair at this time also provides the opportunity to meet over 60 companies who are recruiting across many sectors including finance, energy, insurance, real estate, shipping, strategic management and internal auditing.
• a refresher course of basic financial mathematics, statistics, computing and electronic databases.

Two-year part-time course

The part-time course runs over two academic years and typically involves a late afternoon session and an evening session each week. Although attendance patterns partly depend on which elective courses are taken. The two-year option is open only to students with commercial experience in risk management or insurance. The general structure is similar to the one-year full-time course but tuition is spread over two years with students normally taking only two courses each term rather than four.

Accreditation

An integral part of City University London, Sir John Cass Business School is among the global elite of business schools that hold the gold standard of 'triple-crown' accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). We are consistently ranked amongst the best business schools and programmes in the world which, coupled with an established 40-year reputation for excellence in research and business education, enables us to attract some of the best academics, students and businesses worldwide into our exclusive Cass network.

Funding details

There are a limited number of course scholarships available to the most academically outstanding applicants as well as some awards sponsored by Cass alumni or corporate connections (including the September 11th Insurance Trust Scholarship and the Callum/Towergate scholarship specifically for Insurance programmes). Course Scholarships can cover up to 25% of the tuition fees and external scholarships range up to £20,000.

To apply students need to submit a statement to the Admissions Office giving an overview of their academic and professional achievements and stating why they wish to apply for a scholarship.