Queen's University Belfast

MSc Finance

This course is for you if you have an interest in financial markets, institutions, and financial decision-making. You want a career in the financial services sector or in academia. You want to be taught and supervised by leading academics.

You will explore how company managers and investors make financial decisions, how they manage their risk and how financial markets function. Your background may not necessarily be in finance, so this is a great opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge and practical understanding of financial markets and financial decision-making.

Finance Highlights

World Class Facilities

The FinTrU Trading Room, which replicates New York and London trading environments, provides students with access to 26 Bloomberg terminals, trading simulations, and other financial software.

The FinTrU Trading Room is embedded into taught programmes, allowing students to relate real-world news and market activity to economic and financial theory. The facility is also vital for supporting extra-curricular activities.

Queen’s Business School (QBS) has recently undergone an innovative expansion that establishes a benchmark of global excellence for one of the top business schools in the UK and Ireland. A stunning new 6,000 square metre building, adjacent to the listed red-brick Riddel Hall, has been designed with the latest digital infrastructure for media lecture capture, TED Talk provision, and collaborative breakout sessions.

Fostering an enhanced social and educational experience, the new state-of-the-art QBS venue boasts a 250-seat tiered educational space; 120-seat Harvard-style lecture theatre; 150-seat computer laboratory; breakout study spaces; FinTrU Trading Room; a café, and a Business Engagement and Employability Hub.

Career Development

Students may wish to join the Queen’s Student Managed Fund (QSMF), which provides students with the opportunity to manage and operate a real-money investment portfolio. Established in 2012, the fund transitioned to a real money fund in April 2016. Students currently manage funds of around £60,000 to £70,000 through one of our Gold Sponsors, Davy Group, Ireland's leading provider of wealth management, asset management, capital markets, and financial advisory services. QSMF is also generously supported by Citco, the world's largest hedge fund administrator.

Professional Accreditations

The programme has been accepted into the CFA Institute University Recognition Program, showing that the programme aligns with the Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) - the core knowledge, skills, and abilities that are generally accepted and applied by investment professionals throughout the world.

Student Experience

Students will use and have access to software such as Stata, Excel, Matlab, RStudio, Python, Oxyor, and databases such as Compustat, Fame, DataStream, S&P Global Market Intelligence, and Bloomberg.

Read about student experiences at Queen's Business School, from local, national, and international perspectives via the Student Experiences Blog.

Internationally Renowned Experts

Students have the opportunity to hear from industry professionals who regularly deliver guest lectures. Students have the opportunity to network afterwards.