MSc International Banking, Finance and Risk Management
Accelerate your professional career in commercial and corporate banking and the finance, insurance and investment industries.
Learn from academic and industry experts how to apply financial theories to the real world.
Minimum academic requirement: UK honours degree 2:2 (or equivalent) in any subject area.
English language:Accredited Academic Double accredited
IELTS score of 6.0 (or equivalent) with no element below 5.5.
Intake Work
Triple accredited:
CISI
CII
CBI
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exams
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Accredited Double accredited
Intake Work
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Accredited Double accredited
Triple accredited Approved
Accredited Double accredited
Triple accredited Approved
Modules: Bank Management; Commercial Banking; Bank Operational Risk Management; Ethics, Governance and Responsible Leadership; Financial
Risk Modelling; Financial Securities Analysis; Financial Services Regulation; Global Finance; Masters Research Project.
Double accredited Triple accredited Routes to
chartered status
Industry
showcase
Guest lectures Language options Flexible modes
of study
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only
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assessments
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specific
scholarship
Industry
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Employer events Designed by
industry
Intake Work
Accredited Double accredited
Intake Work
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Accredited Double accredited
Triple accredited Approved
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placements/
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Intake Work
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Industry
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Assessment
method: exams
Designed with
industry input
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only
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assessments
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Programme
specific
scholarship
Guest lectures
Employer events
on campus
Industry standard
facilities
Designed by
industry
£
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Employer events
Flexible modes
of study
Professional
engagement
activity
Routes to
chartered status
Campus/
Distance learning
Intake: September and
January start dates
Industry
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Triple accredited Approved
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method: exams
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Industry standard
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industry
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Campus/
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Triple accredited Approved
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Assessment
method: exams
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assessments
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specific
scholarship
Industry standard
facilities
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industry
£
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Employer events
Flexible modes
of study
Professional
engagement
activity
Routes to
chartered status
Campus/
Distance learning
Routes to chartered
status:
CBI
CISI
Triple accredited Approved
Double accredited
Work
placements/
employer visits
Guest lectures Language options
Assessment
only
Mix of exams and
assessments
Programme
specific
scholarship
Industry standard
facilities
Designed by
industry
£
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Employer events
Flexible modes
of study
Professional
engagement
activity
Routes to
chartered status
Campus/
Distance learning
Triple accredited Approved
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Assessment
method: exams
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Industry standard
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industry
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Routes to
chartered status
Campus/
Distance learning
Available in Glasgow,
London or by distance
learning
MSc Risk Management
Join the increasingly important world of risk, studying data acquisition, organisational risk analysis and impact-assessing insight.
Progress to a career in a wide range of industries with employers such as Turner and Townsend, Continuity2, Barclays, AIG
Insurance and Vodaphone.
Minimum academic requirement: UK honours degree 2:2 (or equivalent) in any subject area. Fast-track option available with the
Institute of Risk Management.
English language: Academic IELTS score of 6.0 (or equivalent) with no element below 5.5.
Modules: Applied Professional Practice; Business Continuity and Crisis Management; Contemporary Issues in Insurance; Ethics, Governance and
Responsible Leadership; Financial Securities Analysis; Global Perspectives on Risk; Risk Analysis and Modelling; Risk and Organisational Resilience;
Masters Accredited Research Project.
Double accredited
Accredited Double accredited
Accredited Double accredited
Option to study as a two-year masters with professional practice, including a work placement in year two.
Intake Work
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Industry
showcase
Double accredited:
IRM
CII
Triple accredited Approved
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employer visits
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Intake Work
Accredited Double accredited
Intake Work
Industry standard
facilities
Designed by
industry
£
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Employer events
Flexible modes
of study
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engagement
activity
Routes to
chartered status
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Distance learning
Intake Work
Accredited Double accredited
Triple accredited Approved
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Intake Work
Guest lectures Language options
Assessment
method: exams
Designed with
industry input
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assessments
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scholarship
Accredited Double accredited
Visits to top employers:
Turner & Townsend
AIG Insurance
Stantec
Employers events on
campus:
AIRMIC Annual
Conference
Scottish Continuity Group
Resilient Scotland
Conference
Industry-sponsored Best
Dissertation Prize
Industry standard
facilities
Designed by
industry
£
EXAM
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Flexible modes
of study
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engagement
activity
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chartered status
Campus/
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Intake: September and
January start dates
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Triple accredited Approved
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Guest lectures Language options
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method: exams
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only
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Triple accredited Approved
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Industry standard
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Triple accredited Approved
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Industry standard
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Triple accredited Approved
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method: exams
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assessments
Programme
specific
scholarship
Industry standard
facilities
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industry
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of study
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chartered status
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Triple accredited Approved
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method: exams
Assessment
only
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assessments
Programme
specific
scholarship
Industry standard
facilities
Designed by
industry
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Employer events
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of study
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engagement
activity
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chartered status
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Distance learning
Industry
showcase
Triple accredited Approved
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employer visits
Guest lectures Language options
Assessment
method: exams
Assessment
only
Mix of exams and
assessments
Programme
specific
scholarship
Industry standard
facilities
Designed by
industry
£
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Employer events
Flexible modes
of study
Professional
engagement
activity
Routes to
chartered status
Campus/
Distance learning
Available in Glasgow or
by distance learning
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