Financial Economics (MSc)
Master
In London
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Type
Master
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Year
This MSc Financial Economics will give you the tools and techniques you need to investigate important economic issues. It provides a thorough grounding in mathematical and econometric techniques, as well as microeconomics, and examines why financial markets are prone to crises, studying the details of past and present crises, and subsequent policy responses.
Birkbeck's postgraduate finance courses are built around our long-running experience in research-led evening teaching. Many of our students work in the finance industry, which generates a lively atmosphere in class and ensures that you'll be studying alongside committed, enthusiastic students with a wealth of experience. You will be taught by active researchers, working at the cutting edge in their respective fields, who are also experienced professional practitioners, giving specialist advice and in-house training to government departments and banks and firms in the City of London.
Birkbeck has an excellent reputation for the quality of our research and training in economics and finance, while employers recognise the high-quality training that our graduates have undertaken. We take students who are determined to succeed and are prepared to undergo the rigours of a first-class training, whether they are studying full-time or part-time.
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About this course
You will learn how to express original academic ideas and to test them with the use of econometrics. The study of econometrics covers linear and dynamic linear regression models, a wide variety of hypothesis tests, and techniques for estimating systems of equations. Techniques are illustrated with economic examples, such as models with rational expectations, as well as consumption, production and money demand functions.
Graduates can pursue a career in banking and finance, the public sector, industry, and research and analysis. Possible professions include financial risk analyst, economist, researcher, or purchasing manager. This degree can also be useful in becoming a management consultant or actuary.
At least a second-class honours degree (2:2), or its equivalent, in either a directly relevant or a highly quantitative subject, or the Birkbeck Graduate Diploma in Economics or Graduate Diploma in Finance. We expect all of our MSc students to be competent with intermediate microeconomics and macroeconomics, multivariable calculus, linear algebra and statistics.
Non-EU students are encouraged to submit GRE or GMAT results. In some cases, the admissions tutor may request these results in order to make a decision on your application.
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Subjects
- Derivatives
- Forecasting
- Asset Management
- Corporate Finance
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Industrial Economics
- Quality
- Economics
- International
- Banking
- Finance
- Financial
- Government
- Quality Training
- Financial Training
- Banking Regulation
- Economic Theory
- International Economics
- Monetary Economics
Course programme
You take three compulsory modules, including either Econometrics or Econometrics of Financial Markets, and you also undertake a dissertation.
Compulsory modules reinforce economic and financial theory with practical application. They include preliminary courses in mathematical and statistical techniques, which take place in September and have to be passed in order to progress to the programme.
You also choose option modules worth 30 credits. Option modules allow you to specialise and are based on current themes. Availability varies across years.
COMPULSORY MODULES- Econometrics
- Econometrics of Financial Markets
- Microeconomics
- Quantitative Techniques
- Asset Management
- Banking and Regulation
- Behavioural Economics and Finance (Level 7)
- Corporate Finance
- Finance I
- Financial Markets
- Financial Markets and Crises
- Financial Markets, Banking and Regulation
- Forecasting Economic and Financial Time Series
- International Economics I
- International Finance
- Monetary Economics
- The Economics and Econometrics of Evidence-Based Policy
- Theory of Finance and Derivatives
- Dissertation MSc Financial Economics
Additional information
Part-time home students: £6660 pa
Full-time home students: £13320 pa
Part-time international students: £9690 pa
Full-time international students: £19380 pa
Financial Economics (MSc)