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University of Essex: Financial Economics
Institution | University of Essex View institution profile |
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Department | Economics |
Web | essex.ac.uk |
pgadmit@essex.ac.uk | |
Telephone | 01206 872719 |
Study type | Taught |
MA
Summary
Are you particularly interested in the financial aspects of economics? Do you want answers to questions such as, what drives stock prices? How should assets be allocated among a portfolio of possible investments? How do international financial markets work? Is it true that they suffer from systemic risk? If so, welcome home.
So, if you want to specialise in financial economics, your first degree isn’t in economics, or your previous economics training doesn’t suit our MSc courses, our MA Financial Economics may be for you.
Level | RQF Level 7 |
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Entry requirements | Entry requirements for this course can be found on the course finder on the University of Essex website – www.essex.ac.uk |
Location | Colchester Campus University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ |
Fees
England | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
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Northern Ireland | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Scotland | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Wales | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Channel Islands | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
EU | 22400 GBP for Year 1 |
International | 22400 GBP for Year 1 |
Summary
Are you particularly interested in the financial aspects of economics? Do you want answers to questions such as, what drives stock prices? How should assets be allocated among a portfolio of possible investments? How do international financial markets work? Is it true that they suffer from systemic risk? If so, welcome home.
So, if you want to specialise in financial economics, your first degree isn’t in economics, or your previous economics training doesn’t suit our MSc courses, our MA Financial Economics may be for you.
Level | RQF Level 7 |
---|---|
Entry requirements | Entry requirements for this course can be found on the course finder on the University of Essex website – www.essex.ac.uk |
Location | Colchester Campus University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ |
Fees
England | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
---|---|
Northern Ireland | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Scotland | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Wales | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Channel Islands | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
EU | 22400 GBP for Year 1 |
International | 22400 GBP for Year 1 |
Summary
Are you particularly interested in the financial aspects of economics? Do you want answers to questions such as, what drives stock prices? How should assets be allocated among a portfolio of possible investments? How do international financial markets work? Is it true that they suffer from systemic risk? If so, welcome home.
So, if you want to specialise in financial economics, your first degree isn’t in economics, or your previous economics training doesn’t suit our MSc courses, our MA Financial Economics may be for you.
Level | RQF Level 7 |
---|---|
Entry requirements | Entry requirements for this course can be found on the course finder on the University of Essex website – www.essex.ac.uk |
Location | Colchester Campus University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ |
Fees
England | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
---|---|
Northern Ireland | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
Scotland | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
Wales | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
Channel Islands | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
EU | 21350 GBP for Year 1 |
International | 21350 GBP for Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | 21350 GBP for Year 1 |
Summary
Are you particularly interested in the financial aspects of economics? Do you want answers to questions such as, what drives stock prices? How should assets be allocated among a portfolio of possible investments? How do international financial markets work? Is it true that they suffer from systemic risk? If so, welcome home.
So, if you want to specialise in financial economics, your first degree isn’t in economics, or your previous economics training doesn’t suit our MSc courses, our MA Financial Economics may be for you.
Level | RQF Level 7 |
---|---|
Entry requirements | Entry requirements for this course can be found on the course finder on the University of Essex website – www.essex.ac.uk |
Location | Colchester Campus University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ |
Fees
England | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
---|---|
Northern Ireland | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
Scotland | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
Wales | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
Channel Islands | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
EU | 21350 GBP for Year 1 |
International | 21350 GBP for Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | 21350 GBP for Year 1 |
MSc
Summary
Are you interested in finance and its economic foundations? The emphasis of our MSc Financial Economics is on the ways that economic reasoning can inform and illuminate the financial decision-making of investors and the financial choices made by firms.
You gain a broad and comprehensive understanding of financial economics. In particular, you explore topics including:
- Notions of risk and return in equity markets, both in the context of asset pricing and in the management of equity portfolios
- Optimisation theory
- How economic arguments work
- The role of equilibrium
Level | RQF Level 7 |
---|---|
Entry requirements | Entry requirements for this course can be found on the course finder on the University of Essex website – www.essex.ac.uk |
Location | Colchester Campus University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ |
Fees
England | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
---|---|
Northern Ireland | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Scotland | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Wales | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Channel Islands | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | 14300 GBP for Year 1 |
EU | 22400 GBP for Year 1 |
International | 22400 GBP for Year 1 |
Summary
Are you interested in finance and its economic foundations? The emphasis of our MSc Financial Economics is on the ways that economic reasoning can inform and illuminate the financial decision-making of investors and the financial choices made by firms.
You gain a broad and comprehensive understanding of financial economics. In particular, you explore topics including:
- Notions of risk and return in equity markets, both in the context of asset pricing and in the management of equity portfolios
- Optimisation theory
- How economic arguments work
- The role of equilibrium
Level | RQF Level 7 |
---|---|
Entry requirements | Entry requirements for this course can be found on the course finder on the University of Essex website – www.essex.ac.uk |
Location | Colchester Campus University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ |
Fees
England | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
---|---|
Northern Ireland | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
Scotland | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
Wales | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
Channel Islands | 13650 GBP for Year 1 |
EU | 21350 GBP for Year 1 |
International | 21350 GBP for Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | 21350 GBP for Year 1 |
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