This Finance and Investment Masters programme is a specialised postgraduate degree course focusing on security/portfolio investment decision making. As such, it is structured around the syllabus of the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute. The emphasis of this postgraduate course is on issues related to investment in capital markets, such as investment strategies, the evaluation of investment performance, and the use of financial statement information in evaluating company performance. The MSc in Finance and Investment at Brunel provides a systematic understanding of the techniques of modelling financial decisions, the valuation of investments and pricing securities using data from a range of different markets.This postgraduate degree will allow students whose career choices are likely to lie with financial institutions or in financial management to develop the relevant analytical tools and techniques necessary for such a career. The Finance and Investment MSc should also be of interest to applicants who are already practitioners in the financial field. The aim of this course is to produce graduates with an advanced knowledge and understanding of corporate finance, financial markets, financial institutions and securities.

The Department of Economics and Finance is proud to be celebrating 20 years of taught postgraduate education in Finance. Former students from our MSc programmes are now themselves teaching in the Australian Business School, EdHec Business School, Nice, Glasgow University and Oslo Business School. Other MSc students hold senior positions in financial institutions including the Bank of Cyprus, HSBC in Istanbul, Standard Life in the UK and TD Bank Financial Group in Canada. Many of our Finance and Investment graduates also hold positions as government economists including the Bank of England and HM Treasury. Graduate School Workshops In addition to the Department’s events and training sessions, you will have the opportunity to undertake workshops and skills training provided by the University’s Graduate School, for example: CV Writing for Masters Students CV Writing Drop-in Clinic for Masters Students How to Succeed in Assessment Centres (Masters Students) Interview Techniques for Masters Students Transferrable Skills for Masters Students For further information visit the Graduate School.