Infrastructure Investment and Finance MSc/PG Dip

University College London

Postgraduate

In London

£ 16,530 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

There is growing demand for infrastructure investment globally as traditional sources of public funding and finance can no longer be presumed to provide the required levels of capital. This innovative MSc considers the perspectives of procuring infrastructure as well as providing the private finance to deliver the required investments to close the infrastructure gap.

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Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

This degree is designed to enable infrastructure specialists to develop the skills essential to the delivery of complex infrastructure projects. It will equip graduates with the potential to become future innovators, leaders, senior managers, policymakers, researchers and teachers in the fields of infrastructure finance, infrastructure ownership and project management industries. Organisations that are likely to take on graduates of this MSc include infrastructure developers, infrastructure financiers and investors such as banks and equity funds, infrastructure operators, public sector commissioning and regulatory bodies, as well as advisory firms active in the growing infrastructure market.

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university in a relevant subject (including engineering, mathematical-based science, built environment, economics and finance), or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. In exceptional cases, a lesser academic qualification combined with substantial professional experience and demonstrable academic ability will allow acceptance onto the programme.

The IIF MSc is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and has entered into an academic partnership with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

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Subjects

  • Investment
  • Finance
  • Finance MSc
  • Infrastructure Investment msc
  • Finance Economics
  • Finance and Investment
  • Capital Markets
  • Economic Principles
  • Economic
  • Economics MSc

Course programme

With a strong commercial focus, the MSc in Infrastructure Investment and Finance (IIF) provides candidates with a well-balanced mix of economic and financial theory as well as industry practice, including modules exploring:

  • the economics and finance of infrastructure development and delivery
  • the history and future of infrastructure investment at global, national and sector levels, and the key determinants of total and sector investment levels
  • the impact of government policy, funding and private capital markets on investment in infrastructure
  • the role of regulation in incentivising private investment
  • the cost of capital for infrastructure investment and the allocation of risk in contracted delivery
  • the commercial perspective of infrastructure project sponsors, lenders, investors and contractors throughout the procurement, design, construction and operation of infrastructure assets.

MSc students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of eight core modules (120 credits) and a research dissertation (60 credits).

A Postgraduate Diploma, eight core modules (120 credits) is offered.

Core modules
  • Financing Infrastructure: Fundamentals and Innovations in Funding and Financing
  • Infrastructure using a Special Purpose Vehicle
  • Infrastructure: Economic Principles and Policy
  • Infrastructure as an Asset Class
  • Agency and Transaction Costs in Infrastructure Projects
  • Risk Modelling and Asset Management in Infrastructure Projects
  • Demand Forecasts, Business Cases and Appraisal Methods for Infrastructure Projects
  • The Management of Infrastructure Projects and Programmes
Optional modules

There are no optional modules for this programme.

Dissertation/research project

All students undertake a substantial research-based dissertation on a research question of their own choosing.

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, group tutorials/workshops, project briefings, and individual supervision for the research-based dissertation element. Assessment is through unseen written examinations, 3,000-word written term papers and the 10,000-word dissertation.

Additional information

Fee - £27,580 (FT)

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