University of Kent

Finance, Investment and Risk (Dual Award) - MSc

University of KentCanterbury, United Kingdom

Course overview

Finance managers invest, manage or protect a business’s money. Employers are increasingly selective in their search for those with rich cognitive skills to get the job done. This dual award course gives students the opportunity to attain not one but two Master’s degrees and travel as they do so – studying one with Kent Business School and the other in the financial hub of Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Baptist University.

During your study at Kent Business School, you build expertise in theory surrounding risk and crisis management, investments and portfolio management and detailed learning of things such as derivatives and fixed income markets. By using our dedicated Finance simulator space – the Bloomberg Lab – you have access to real and live data to engage with and apply your newfound knowledge to. Further details in relation to the second Master's award – MSc Mathematical Finance, can be found on Hong Kong Baptist University website.

Key highlights

  • Earn two Master's degrees, including MSc Mathematical Finance in Hong Kong
  • Study at Hong Kong Baptist University in a major financial hub
  • Modules cover risk and crisis management, investments and portfolio management
  • Detailed study of derivatives and fixed income markets
  • Hands-on practice with live data in the Bloomberg Lab

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:2 — or above

Scholarships

  • Chevening Scholarships

  • Christine and Ian Bolt Scholarship

    Scholarship value up to £10,000.

  • Kent Business School Beaconhouse PG Progression Scholarship

    Tuition fee discount scholarship of £6,000.

    Up to £6,000

  • Kent Business School Dean's Excellence Scholarship Award

    Awards of up to £3,000

  • Kent Business School MBA Scholarship

    50% off Tuition Fee.

    Up to 50% of fees

  • Kent Graduate Scholarship

    20% fee reduction for post-graduate taught programmes at the University of Kent.

    Up to 20% of fees

  • Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught

    Scholarship value - £5000

    Up to £5,000

  • Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught (KBS)

    Scholarship value £3000

    Up to £3,000

  • Kent LLM Solicitors’ Practice Scholarship (Canterbury)

    £2,000 tuition fee discount (Home Students); £2,000 tuition fee discount (Overseas Students).

    Up to £2,000

  • Sasha Roberts Scholarship

    £3,000 stipend per annum split into two payments of £1,500 in October and January.

    Up to £3,000

  • The “Ambition” Scholarship for University of Kent Graduates

    £1,500 for Full Time UK students; £750 per year for Part Time UK students; £3,000 for Full Time Overseas students.

  • The CAMEMS Scholarship

    £3,000 stipend per annum split into two payments of £1,500 in October and January.

    Up to £3,000

  • The Widening Participation Ambition Scholarship for University of Kent Graduates

    £5,000 for UK students (£2,500 per year for part time students).

Careers this course leads to

  • Finance manager
  • Investment analyst
  • Portfolio manager
  • Risk analyst
  • Fixed income analyst
  • Derivatives trader

Admission

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