This document summarizes two Master's programs in banking and finance offered by Brunel University: the MSc in Banking and Finance and the MSc in Business Finance. Both programs are offered on a full-time 1-year or part-time 2-year basis. The MSc in Banking and Finance focuses on banking, financial regulation, and quantitative methods, while the MSc in Business Finance focuses on corporate finance skills like valuation, risk assessment, and financial statement analysis. Both programs include industry workshops and excellent career outcomes and employability support.

1. MSc Banking and Finance
MSc Business Finance
Online Event
Professor Ray Barrell
25 June 2013

2. • Teaching based on the latest research
• State-of-the-art facilities
• Campus-based university with excellent
accommodation on campus
• Scholarships to help fund your studies
• Strong links with employers and exciting
networking opportunities
Why choose Brunel?

3. What’s different about us?
Economics and Finance Department at Brunel
• Outstanding academic expertise and research-led
teaching
• University ranks in top 300 in world - Economics
and Finance is one of the best Departments at
Brunel
• Excellent links with business and finance industry
• Each MSc course has an introductory maths and
statistics course and an option per term
• Access to a range of professional databases and
opportunity to obtain additional certification with
Bloomberg
• Regular industry talks, guest lectures and
research seminars

4. MSc Banking and Finance
• Offered 1-year full-time or 2-years part-time
• Provides advanced training in banking and
finance, in order to develop a career in
financial institutions, regulatory organisations
and investment banks
• Students specialise on banking and financial
regulation as well as financial economics
• A series of Banking and Finance workshops
are delivered by industry practitioners which
give students hands-on practical experience
• Quantitative methods that are useful for
subsequent employment and for dissertations
form a core part of the course

5. MSc Banking and Finance
Core modules
Term 1 and 2:
• Banking
• International Finance
• Quantitative Methods for Finance
and Economics
• Banking and Finance Workshop
• Financial Regulation and Macro
Prudential Policy
• Global Financial Markets
Term 3
• Dissertation
Optional modules
Term 1 and 2 (choose 2):
• Foundations of Finance
• Security Analysis and Funds
Management
• Business Finance
• Financial Analysis

6. Module highlights
Banking and Bank Regulation
• Explores the links between
financial intermediaries, risk and
the broader economy
• Seeks to conceptualise the
economic function of banks and
show how banks are subject to
important risks
• The second module looks at the
impact of regulation on banks
and on the economy as a whole
Global Financial Markets
• The two courses on International
Finance and on Global Financial
Markets will help set the context
in which you study banking
• Students will study a range of
ideas applied to different types of
financial data from different
countries, and gain an
understanding as to how banking
affects the operation of the
economy

7. MSc Business Finance
• Offered 1-year full-time or 2-years part-time
• Develops skills in the theory of finance,
company valuation, the assessment of
corporate risk, international accounting
standards, corporate governance and financial
statement analysis
• A series of Business Finance workshops are
delivered by industry practitioners which give
students hands-on practical experience
• Designed for students with a broad
background and an emphasis on intelligent
analysis rather than excessive mathematical
techniques

8. MSc Business Finance
Core modules
Term 1 and 2:
• Business Economics
• Foundations of Finance
• Quantitative Methods for Business
Finance
• Business Finance
• Business Finance Workshop
• Company Valuation
Term 3
• Dissertation
Optional modules
Term 1 and 2:
• International Finance
• Financial Reporting in Capital Markets
• Investment Valuation Models
• International Accounting Standards
and Policy

9. Module highlights
Business Economics
• The course explores decision
making by firms and the tools
that they use
• The examples and the structure
of the course are fully integrated
with a specially designed
Quantitative Methods course that
is appropriate for the level of
technical skills required for the
course
Business Finance Workshop
• This exciting workshop enables
students to develop techniques
used to model financial decisions
and markets
• Students will observe a range of
methods that arise in other
modules being applied to
different types of financial data
from different countries, and gain
an understanding as to how they
are used in a corporate
environment

10. Careers and employability
• Graduates from our MSc programmes now have
senior positions in financial institutions including
Standard Life, HSBC in Istanbul, Bank of Cyprus, TD
Bank Financial Group in Canada
• We have several graduates who hold positions as
government economists including the Bank of
England and HM Treasury
• You will have the opportunity to undertake
workshops and skills training provided by the
University’s Graduate School
• We have an award-winning Placements and Careers
Centre that provides a range of career development
workshops e.g. interview techniques, CV writing etc.

11. Recommended reading
• Contemporary Financial Intermediation 2nd
Edition, Academic Press. By Stuart Greenbaum
and Anjan Thakor (2011). This covers a broad
range banking issues, but with a focus on the US
• Principles of Corporate Finance, 10th Edition,
McGraw Hill. By Richard Brearley, Stuart
Myers and Franklin Allen. A standard text,
regularly updated and covers much of our material

12. Q&A session
• Thank you for listening
• Any Questions?