MSc Financial Risk Management

Full-time 9 months

Distance 24 months

Flexible 18 months

This course sets the standards for graduate programmes in financial risk management all over the world. The MSc in Financial Risk Management has established a world-wide reputation as one of the most complete and established Masters degrees in this specialised area. It was devised and is convened by Carol Alexander, a leading authority on financial risk management education. In addition, this programme is currently one of only three worldwide that has been awarded exemption from the professional examinations of the professional Risk Manager's International Association, and we offer an accelerated route to their PRM professional certification. Thus, our graduates may leave the ICMA Centre with an internationally renowned Masters degree and the professional qualification for financial risk managers. Depending on the optional modules chosen, you may decide to specialise in risk analysis, markets and regulation, or risk management. Key risk management concepts, such as Value-at-Risk and the pricing and hedging of financial instruments, are taught by focusing on their application to relevant, practical problems in risk management and analysis.