Master of Science [M.Sc] [Banking and Finance] From King's College London

• MSc in Banking and Finance at the King's College London is offered a program for a duration of 1 year.
• King's College London is one of the top public universities in London, United Kingdom, it is ranked #35 in QS Global World University Rankings 2023 and ranked seventh in the UK according to The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023.
• The course is offered on a full-time basis only.
• This is an innovative course designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the finance and banking industry.
• The MSc in Banking & Finance at King's Business School offers a comprehensive finance education.
• You'll discover a wide range of topics including commercial & investment banking, financial derivatives, risk management, financial regulation and behavioural finance. By the end of your course, you'll have all the skills you need for a huge range of careers across the sector.

KEY BENEFITS:

• They want to support outstanding talent at King's Business School, so they have scholarships of up to £10,000 available for all the full-time postgraduate courses.

• Theory & practice - The teaching staff consists of expert academics conducting game-changing financial research, alongside active senior finance industry practitioners. This gives students the ultimate combination of practical skills and advanced conceptual understanding.
• Explore the challenges of tomorrow - the modules focus on areas that have major practical and theoretical application, such as investment analysis and management, portfolio creation and management, investment and commercial banking, asset and risk management, mergers and acquisitions, financial derivatives, quantitative financial analysis, taxation and banking regulation.
• Masterclasses - The ungraded modules & masterclasses allow you to enhance your understanding of databases, software, programming & technology, including programmes such as STATA, Matlab, R, Python, etc.
• State-of-the-art facilities - such as a virtual trading floor which provides exclusive access to the latest financial software used in the banking and finance industry, and access to specialised financial and economic databases and software used by economists in finance or in government. These facilities are coupled with a range of courses that familiarise you with such practical skills as trading and database use.

TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT:

• We use lectures, seminars and group tutorials to deliver most of the modules on the course. You will also be expected to undertake a significant amount of independent study.
• The total contact time for each 15-credit taught module is typically 20-30 hours.
• Each 15-credit taught also module has approximately 120-130 hours of self-guided learning time.
• Throughout the degree students are assessed by a variety of methods, which could include written examinations, coursework and individual or group projects and presentations for the taught modules.
• The dissertation will be assessed on an extended piece of writing worth 60 credits.