Banking and Finance MSc

University of Chester

This MSc course in Banking and Finance will enhance your professional skills and employability in the banking and finance sector. This course gives you the skills you need to work in today’s banking and finance industry with a focus on concepts such as credit risk management, strategy, corporate governance and ethics, sustainability, and quantitative techniques. Through hands-on experience, you will learn the importance of innovation within banking and finance to increase your future employability. In the final year, students have the opportunity to apply key skills within their final projects in the form of a dissertation, new business development proposal or a case study analysis. This course prepares you for today’s banking and finance world, covering core concepts such as credit risk management, corporate governance, market, and securities alongside the information technology skills needed to enhance your employability. Our academics have both the industry and academic credentials to ensure that the application of theory into practice is at the heart of your course. The location of Chester Business School provides a unique opportunity to add value to this course by providing expert masterclasses from local, top-ranking companies such as Bank of America, M&S Bank, Airbus and Bentley Motors. There is an option to choose a Project/Placement year for this course, at an additional cost.