Finance & Accounting courses
MSc FINANCE & ECONOMICS
Fees & funding: For further information on the most up-to-date course fees, and our scholarship offering, please visit our MSc Finance & Economics web page.
Start date: Sept 2026
Duration: 1 year, full-time
Entry requirements: At least a 2:1 (or international equivalent) achieved in a relevant subject at Undergraduate level. Strong mathematics and statistics, or econometrics ability advantageous. We welcome applications from those with a Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science and Engineering background. Those coming from these backgrounds may be made an offer to complete some supplemental courses. If English is not your first language, please note that you must meet a minimum overall standard in a recognised test of English. Further details of these tests and minimum overall scores are available on the MSc Finance & Economics web page.
Why MSc Finance & Economics? Discover how to apply your economics knowledge to finance with our MSc Finance & Economics. Explore the most advanced tools in finance and use your economics background as a springboard to increase your career options. You will be considering jobs in cities or capital markets of your own country, in areas such as asset management, corporate finance, trading, financial regulation, and economic and financial consulting and central banking. As the anticipation of jobs being challenged by Artificial Intelligence becomes a reality, we aim to share the skills and depth of understanding needed to design, develop, and supervise these new forms of financial intelligence. This course benefits greatly from excellent links to financial institutions and employers, as well as the combined approach of two of Warwick's most highly-esteemed departments in Warwick Business School and the Department of Economics. Assessment and modules Over three terms you will complete eight core modules, and two optional modules of your choice. Assessment of these modules consists of a mixture of project work and examinations. Your studies will be completed by your Dissertation or self-sourced Internship.
Core modules for 2026 entry ■ Asset Pricing ■ Corporate Finance ■ Data Analysis for Finance ■ Econometrics ■ Empirical Finance ■ Ethics, Financial Regulation and Corporate Governance
Optional modules Please note that this is a sample range: ■ Alternative Investments ■ Banks and Financial Institutions ■ Behavioural Finance ■ Derivative Securities ■ Financial Reporting and Statement Analysis ■ Financial Risk Management ■ Fixed Income Instruments and Debt Markets ■ Game Theory ■ Industrial Economics ■ International Financial Management ■ International Trade ■ Labour Economics ■ Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Control ■ Monetary Economics ■ Practice of Investment Management ■ Public Economics ■ Topics in Global Finance. Please note these modules are subject to change.
Capstone modules ■ Dissertation ■ Internship.
Employers of our graduates include:
27 Cohort size (2024 intake) 14 Nationalities (2024 intake) 22
Internship This course offers the opportunity to self-source a summer internship, to increase your employability by applying your theoretical learnings to a real-world industry setting. The Internship module is an alternative to a traditional Research Paper to complete your course.
■ Macroeconomics ■ Microeconomics.
Average age (2024 intake) 75% Working in Finance or Consulting* (2022 intake)
The University of Warwick is ranked 7th in the UK for Economics & Econometrics QS World University Rankings 2025
*Of those participating in our MSc Employment Report survey. The 2022–2023 cohort averaged an 81% response rate overall.
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