StudyQA — Master: Finance — Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (Page 16)

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Studying Finance Masters Degree at Royal Holloway means that you will learn from internationally renowned experts at one of the UK’s top ten teaching and research centres. This programme will provide you with intensive training in the analysis of issues in finance and corporate policy while improving your analytical and technical expertise. On graduation you will be in a strong position to start a career in the financial services, business and banking sectors; we have an impressive employment record, 90% of economics students have jobs in six months.

This is a challenging degree and to ensure all students are ready we hold a two week pre-sessional course. Through your studies you will gain a strong grounding in core areas of finance and have the flexibility to specialise, in areas such as: fixed income securities and derivatives, investment and portfolio management and decision theory and behaviour. On graduation you will be skilled in financial analysis techniques; understand mathematical statistics and theories that are applied in financial econometrics and have the tools to analyse how the financial markets function.

Our balanced approach to research and teaching guarantees high quality teaching from subject leaders, cutting edge materials and intellectually challenging debates. You will be taught by people who have worked and are still working in the finance industry in the broad areas of asset allocation and risk, as well as algorithmic trading.

Excellent career prospects; economics has an impressive employment record and graduates’ starting salaries are amongst the highest in the country.

Small groups with individual support; being part of a small group means you’ll feel part of a team and have close contact with the academic staff, you’ll also receive the individual support from the course director.

Quality research and teaching;one of only economics departments in the country placed in the top ten for both research and student satisfaction (Research Assessment Exercise, 2014 and National Student Survey 2015).

One of the few Departments in the UK to have an in-house economics experiments laboratory, used by staff and students.

Two week pre-sessional mathematics refresher course

Core

Corporate Finance
Financial Econometrics
Foundations of Finance
Mathematical Methods
Quantitative Methods for Finance
Dissertation (including Research Methods)

Optional

Decision Theory and Behaviour
Investment and Portfolio Management
Fixed Income Securities and Derivatives
Private Equity
The Theory of Financial Crises

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree (Bakalavr). Students who have successfully completed a four year Bachelor's degree (Baklavar) in an appropriate subject with good grades/GPA and at a reputable university will be considered for entry to a Royal Holloway Master's degree programme. Exact requirements will depend upon the programme, but most departments will ask for a minimum final grade of either 3.5/5.0 (70%) or 4.0/5.0 (80%).
Specialist Diploma. Students who have successfully completed a Specialist Diploma in an appropriate subject with good grades/GPA and at a reputable university will be considered for entry to a Royal Holloway Master's degree programme. Exact requirements will depend upon the programme, but most departments will ask for a minimum final grade of either 3.5/5.0 (70%) or 4.0/5.0 (80%).
IELTS 6.5 overall with 6.0 in writing and no subscore below 5.5
You are required to register your one reference, even if you have uploaded a copy of their reference. You may be contacted to submit a 2nd reference if we need further information to assess your suitability for the programme you have applied for.
Copies of the transcripts from your undergraduate degree (this can be a transcript of your progress so far if you have not yet completed it)
Copies of any other qualifications you have taken that are relevant to your chosen course
A supporting statement, explaining your motivation to study your chosen course
One academic reference - you can either upload a copy (this is the quickest option) or your referee can enter them directly into the online system once you've completed the application