| Undergraduates with a sound financial background | | | | assessed work is centred on team-based |
| may wish to get their teeth into an MSc finance | | | | assignments - providing experience of working in |
| course with a strong vocational orientation. The | | | | a team environment. |
| MSc Investment Management is ideal for scholars | | | | Perhaps the most challenging aspect of an MSc |
| wishing to pursue careers as analysts, hedge-fund | | | | Investment Management course is the research |
| specialists, traders, risk managers, brokers and | | | | project that students must undertake. Students |
| more. | | | | have the option of studying five specialised |
| As part of the course, students acquire a sound | | | | electives in their final term to give them a wide |
| knowledge of the theoretical foundations that | | | | breadth of subject matter in an 8,000 word |
| underpin modern investment and risk | | | | project. Nevertheless, students with an idea of |
| management techniques while applying these | | | | the type of organisation they wish to work for in |
| principles into practice through case studies. | | | | future can choose to complete a project in |
| London business schools boast the advantage of | | | | conjunction with their chosen company. This not |
| being based in the financial capital of the world, | | | | only gets their foot in the door and can lead to |
| with the use of the Reuters and Bloomberg | | | | permanent employment post-programme, it earns |
| dealing rooms in conjunction with institutions from | | | | crucial course credit. |
| the City of London. The strong industry links | | | | The ever-evolving financial industry means that |
| provide a helpful link between theory and practice. | | | | there is a continuous demand for capable |
| The real-world nature of an MSc Investment | | | | postgraduate executives in the world of finance. |
| Management qualification is also apparent in the | | | | An MSc Investment Management degree at a |
| teaching employed. A host of interactive lectures | | | | London business school is a step in the right |
| and seminars make up the majority of the | | | | direction. |
| allotted teaching sessions, while a proportion of | | | | |