Investment Banking MSc

Investment Banking MSc:

• Comprehensive training in finance with special focus on investment banking (legal environment, strategic factors, valuation of firms, security issuance, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, etc)
• Suitable for students with limited or no quantitative background, though willingness to take on numerical challenges is required
• Wide range of elective modules
• Optional, ungraded modules eg C++, Python, Matlab, financial trading on Bloomberg and other trading-room systems, technical analysis
• CFA pathway available which provides intensive preparation for CFA Level 1 exam

School of Economics and Finance

• Around 1,000 master’s students from all over the world
• Teaching by research-active academics as well as visiting city professionals
• Wide range of elective modules
• Wide range of optional short modules (on programming languages, trading platforms such as Bloomberg, etc.)
• QUMMIF investment fund invests real money (currently £40,000) based on analysis from students

Facilities

• State-of-the-art building
• Virtual trading room with Reuters and Bloomberg trading terminals, Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation (TWS), and FXCM FX Trading Station

Structure

Standard pathway

Optional pre-semester modules in maths and statistics
Six compulsory taught modules
Three elective modules
Dissertation (7,000 words)

CFA pathway is identical except that:

students attend additional compulsory module preparing them for CFA Level I exam(often required by major employers in the financial sector)
dissertation is 4,000 words.

Assessment

For the standard pathway you'll be assessed by 75% taught modules and 25% by your dissertation.

For the CFA pathway you'll be assessed by 83% taught modules and 17% by your dissertation.

Career paths

Our graduates go on to a wide range of careers in the financial sector, especially in investment banking.

Our dedicated careers team offers students one-on-one appointments, support with job applications, practice interviews, information about internship opportunities and employability events.

Funding

There are a number of ways you can fund your postgraduate degree.

• Scholarships and bursaries
• Postgraduate loans (UK students)
• Country-specific scholarships for international students

Our Advice and Counselling service offers specialist support on financial issues, which you can access as soon as you apply for a place at Queen Mary. Before you apply, you can access our funding guides and advice on managing your money:

• Advice for UK and EU students
• Advice for international students

Students need to have a 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in any subject. Candidates that do not currently meet the set entry requirements may also have the option to study the Graduate Diploma in Finance and Economics. Meeting the required grades on completion of this programme will provide a pathway to study MSc Investment Banking and MSc Investment Banking (CFA Pathway).