MSc Accounting and Finance
The MSc in Accounting and Finance provides students with an understanding of both the theoretical framework and practical skills necessary to work in the global financial environment.
Thought about a Master's degree in Finance?
Whether you're currently in the workforce and seeking to level up your skills, or you're a current student eager to enhance your job prospects post-graduation, Queen's Business School offers a range of cutting-edge finance programmes designed specifically for you.
Queen's Business School is renowned for excellence, consistently ranking among the top in the UK and Ireland. In fact, we're proud to have been ranked 1st in the UK for Graduate Prospects for Accounting and Finance by the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023. With a degree from Queen's, you'll be on the path to a successful and fulfilling career in finance.
Queen's University is strategically located in Belfast, the world's number one location for FinTech investment. With close connections to global companies such as PwC, Deloitte, Citi, Liberty Mutual, and Allstate, our students benefit from invaluable networking opportunities and real-world insights. Whether you aspire to work in investment banking, financial analysis, or corporate finance, Queen's provides the platform for you to succeed.
MSc Actuarial Science
The programme will encompass modules across the areas of actuarial mathematics, statistics, economics and finance, to provide graduates with the knowledge and skills to pursue a career as an actuary.
MSc Finance
The Masters in Finance will explore how company managers and investors make financial decisions, how they manage their risk and how financial markets function. Your background may not necessarily be in finance, so this is a great opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge and practical understanding of financial markets and financial decision making.
MSc Financial Analytics
The programme will equip students with the cutting-edge quantitative and computational techniques and strategies utilised by leading financial firms and will prepare students for future careers in a financial analytics, trading or more general finance environment.
MSc Financial Risk Management
Studying financial risk management looks at how organisations and investors should understand, evaluate and address relevant risks to maximise the chances of their objectives being achieved.
The programme equips students with the cutting-edge risk management tools and strategies used by leading financial firms and regulatory bodies. Academics who teach on this programme are at the cutting edge of their fields, many also have relevant industry experience.
Course Details
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MSc Accounting and Finance
Senior Financial Controller, Huawei Technologies; Audit Manager EY;
Consultant at PwC; Finance Manager at Gojek Financial Services
MSc Finance
Analyst at Morgan Stanley; Senior Equity Specialist at HSBC Private Banking;
Senior Business Analyst, National Australia Bank
MSc Financial Analytics (previously Quantitative Finance)
Associate at PwC; Data Scientist, Citi; Trader at Erova Energy
Equity Investment Strategist, Davy Stockbrokers
MSc Financial Risk Management
Senior Consultant, Deloitte; Business Risk Manager, RBS International;
Natwest Credit Modelling Associate; Senior Pricing Associate, Carlyle Aviation Partners
MSc Actuarial Science
New programme 2022