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