Are you thinking about working for a financial institution? Why not dedicate an extra year of your life to a course of study, which will enable you to start in a position that would have taken you years to reach with just an undergraduate degree?
The MSc in Banking and Risk at the University of Edinburgh Business School will provide you with important skills to make you a strong candidate in the job market. We work closely with financial institutions to develop several activities that will contribute to improving your learning experience (e.g. projects based on actual challenges faced by financial firms, guest lectures and visits). Many of the staff in financial institutions (especially banks) are mathematicians. The combination between the knowledge of Mathematics/Statistics and the specific topics covered in the MSc Banking & Risk will make Math graduates even more attractive in the job market.
Our MSc in Banking and Risk is unique in certain aspects and meets specific demands of various departments in financial firms. For instance, our students learn specific models in bank risk (e.g. credit, market and operational) and SAS (the leading business analytics software used in virtually all large financial institutions in Europe and US). Typically this is not found in conventional MSc in Finance or even in other MSc programmes labelled as "Banking".
A process of accreditation from the Chartered Banker Institute is at an advanced stage and this accreditation is likely to be awarded before the beginning of the next academic year.
There are several scholarships available (see more information at http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/msc/banking-risk/scholarships-funding) and, as a University of Edinburgh graduate, you will have a 10% discount in your tuition fees.
We have a limited number of places. So please apply online (http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/msc/banking-risk/application) as soon as possible.
Dr. Belen Martin-Barragan
Lecturer in Management Science
University of Edinburgh Business School
