MSc Investments

Launch your career as an investment management specialist.

Investment management is in a period of rapid change, driven by shifting investor preferences, margin compression, regulatory developments and advancing technologies. The MSc Investments has been designed to help you lead on and work with those changes as part of a successful career in investments.

The course will give you a strong theoretical grounding that draws inspiration from contemporary research and industry practices from across the globe. You will develop the critical, analytical and technical skills required to work as an investment specialist in global financial markets, along with soft skills such as teamwork, adaptability, leadership, time management, communication, work ethics, and cross-cultural awareness.

Why study MSc Investments at Birmingham?

Birmingham is the second-largest city in the UK, and an important business and financial services hub, hosting global firms such as IBM, HSBC, Lloyds, KPMG and PwC.
You can take part in the award-winning Future Leaders Certificate. This extra-curricular programme helps you prepare for the future by giving you the chance to work on an exciting virtual live project set by a multi-national company. The certificate enables you to better understand the impact technology is having on the business world and the implications for your own career.

Employability

Graduates will leave Birmingham perfectly placed to take up key investments roles in banks and large corporations, investment institutions, pension funds and charitable organisations as well as working with wealthy individual clients. We also provide ongoing careers support for international students who wish to work in the UK after graduation.

Top jobs in investments include:

• Derivatives Trader
• Fund Analyst
• Finance Analyst
• Audit Associate
• Credit Analyst
• Investments Insights Analyst
• Graduate Project Office Analyst
• Investments Analyst
• Trading Analyst
• Associate Equity Swaps Trader
• Market Research Analyst

In order to be considered, applicants will have or should be expecting to achieve an Honours degree (2:1 or higher) or postgraduate diploma from a UK university (or overseas equivalent) in a highly quantitative subject (such as Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Finance, Accounting or Science).