Project Management, Finance and Risk

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The MSc Project Management, Finance and Risk offers training in modern techniques for managing and engineering the uncertainties and risk inherent in projects and designing appropriate financial instruments and tools to optimise the performance throughout the life cycle.

Career Prospects
The course will prepare you for a wide range of careers involving project management and financial planning. It is particularly suited to those planning to work in infrastructure management and development.

Capital goods manufacturers are changing into the providers of services selling the function of the capital item rather than the item itself. This change demands new ways based on financial engineering and risk analysis to price, manage and service the resulting contracts. Capital projects are also evaluated on the basis of life cycle cost and revenue streams in an uncertain environment.

This course provides a basis in risk and decision making under uncertainty, classical engineering economics and financial engineering for those pursuing a career or planning a career in capital goods or project management. In addition the course offers practical skills in software and communications tools.
The course is modular and each module lasts four days. The structure is designed to allow both full and part-time students to follow the course.

Course Structure
Modules include:

* Managing risk and uncertainty
* Optimisation and decision making
* Lifecycle engineering
* Financial engineering and project planning
* Communication and presentation
* Programming and software packages.

Applicants should normally hold a good Honours degree in a subject with suitable mathematical content, such as engineering or physics. However, we are always willing to talk to potential students with other qualifications.Students who have previously studied a degree taught in a language other than English will be required to have one of the following qualifications: * IELTS: 6.5 * TOEFL (internet based): 90 English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL iBT® test: 90 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.