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  • DeadlineStudy Details: 12 months full-time

Masters Degree Description

Aligning finance with sustainability is a necessary condition for tackling the environmental and societal challenges we face.

The incorporation of ESG factors in almost every dimension of investment and financing strategies is becoming pivotal for the survival and sustainability of business and investment communities.

This MSc programme takes a holistic approach on sustainability and covers all the key challenges and opportunities that considering environmental and social issues in the investment decision can have.

The purpose of the MSc Sustainable Finance is to train finance professionals with a vision of social and environmental responsibility and a clear understanding of the challenges, opportunities, and applications of sustainable finance.

Entry Requirements

Minimum second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent - see our international student pages for further information - in accounting, economics, business studies or a subject area with a strong quantitative component.

The programme requires no prior knowledge of finance.

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Student Destinations

As a graduate of this course, you will be well suited to find employment in any job where a good knowledge of sustainability and finance is required, such as the financial services industry, consultancy firms, governmental and non-governmental organisations.

Currently there is extensive demand for sustainable finance talent and expertise from industry as denoted in the international and national press.

Module Details

Core modules:

Quantitative Methods for Finance
Principles of Finance
International Financial Markets & Banking
Sustainable Finance
Sustainable Finance and Technology
Sustainable Accounting: Theory & Practice
Applications of Sustainable Finance
Empirical Research Project 1
Empirical Research Project 2

Optional modules:

Textual Analytics for Accounting & Finance
Portfolio Theory & Management
Empirical Methods in Finance
Equity Analysis
Fixed Income Analysis
Derivatives

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