University of Sussex School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
MSc in Corporate and Financial Risk ManagementFalmer, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
GBP 25,000 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international: 1 August 2024 / UK: 1 September 2024
** for international students; £14,250 home students
Key Summary
Introduction
Please note: this course is now closed for international applicants for 2023. It remains open for UK applicants.
In this course, you’ll:
- Gain an understanding of the main aspects of risk management in business;
- Apply mathematics to financial risk description, analysis and quantification;
- Experience Sussex’s strong foundation of interdisciplinary research.
The MSc draws on expertise from industry professionals, so you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to succeed in the fast-paced corporate world. Topics covered include quantitative analysis, regulation, implementation and management structure. You’ll have a choice between practice- and research-oriented study and can explore further topics including programming or statistics.
You’ll learn from established specialists in both the Department of Mathematics and the University of Sussex Business School.
Admissions
Curriculum
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2022/23. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
We’ll do our best to provide as much optional choice as we can, but timetabling constraints mean it may not be possible to take some module combinations. The structure of a small number of courses means that the order of modules or the streams you choose may determine whether modules are core or optional. This means that your core modules or options may differ from what’s shown below.
Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
All year
- Dissertation (Financial Mathematics)
Autumn teaching
- Financial computing with MATLAB
- Financial Mathematics (L.7)
- Institutions in the Global Financial Market
Spring teaching
- Bank Risk Management
- Financial Invest & Corp Risk Analysis
- Financial Portfolio Analysis
Options
Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research.
While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.
Autumn teaching
- Bank Financial Management
- Corporate Finance
- Linear Statistical Models
- Probability Models
Spring teaching
- Money and Banking
- Monte Carlo Simulations
- Multinational Financial Management
- Random processes (L.7)
- Statistical Inference (L.7)
Scholarships and Funding
Our goal is to ensure that every student who wants to study with us is able to regardless of financial barriers so that we continue to attract talented and unique people.
Scholarships available:
- Article 26 Scholarship
- Chancellor's International Business School Scholarships
- Chancellor's Masters Scholarship
- Climate Leaders Scholarship
- Dr John Birch Music Scholarship (Organ)
- Dr John Birch Music Scholarships
- Friends of the University of Sussex Scholarship
- Mandela Scholarship
- Saïd Foundation Scholarships
- Sports Scholarships Scheme
- Sussex Alumni Award
- Sussex Bangladesh Scholarship
- Sussex Egypt Scholarship
- Sussex Graduate Scholarship
- Sussex GREAT Scholarship China
- Sussex GREAT Scholarship Malaysia
- Sussex GREAT Scholarship Mexico
- Sussex India Scholarship
- Sussex Nigeria Scholarship
- Sussex Pakistan Scholarship
- Sussex Turkey Scholarship
- Sussex Vietnam Scholarship
- Technopolis UK Masters Scholarship
Working while you study
Our Careers and Employability Centre can help you find part-time work while you study.
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Career Opportunities
Our graduates are well prepared for versatile careers in:
- Banking
- Investment and hedge funds
- Financial software development
- Risk management