Seven compulsory modules cover key areas in modern finance while optional modules allow you to focus on your preferences. Please note that availability and delivery modes of modules may vary.
Assessment is a mix of exams and coursework with your dissertation bringing all your learning together at the end.
Gain an in-depth understanding of basic probability and distribution theory, statistical estimation and inference, and econometric models with applications to finance.
Full detailsExplore the fundamental relationships between investors’ decision-making in the presence of uncertainty (“risk”) and the cross-sectional and inter-temporal properties of prices and returns of financial assets
Full detailsThe goal of this module is to equip you with the skills to apply state of the art ideas of modern Corporate Finance theory as well as the quantitative tools to solving the types of problems faced by CFOs and other business executives.
Full detailsThis module is closely linked with the parallel core module “Asset Pricing”. While the latter develops the theoretical framework to understand and analyse the trade-off between risk and return, this module focuses on the operationalization of this framework.
Full detailsGain an understanding of the theory and practice of financial econometrics and the tools for the empirical analysis of financial time series and their application.
Full detailsThis module has been designed to give you a deep and comprehensive understanding of ethics in everyday life, in business life, and in the working life of a financial professional.
Full detailsThe module aims to equip you with cutting-edge research methods alongside other programming skills and access to relevant data sources. You will be provided with training in programming and data handling from the very beginning of the course, to ensure that you have the required skills when needed for workshops and assignments in the core modules.
Full detailsA 6,000 word dissertation gives you the opportunity to develop, test, practise, and apply the techniques and theories you have gained through your studies
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