
Overview
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
Your future
After completing your masters, you may wish to extend your knowledge with a research degree – many Essex graduates decide to stay here for further study.
Alternatively, our course also prepares you for employment; recent surveys have shown that higher degree graduates are more likely to obtain jobs at professional or managerial level.
The Financial Economics course offered by the University of Essex you will gain key skills in the analysis of complex financial data. In addition you will develop key employability skills like mathematical techniques, statistical analysis and computer skills and acquire a deep knowledge of how financial markets work and how to analyse them.
Our recent graduates have gone on to work for a range of high-profile organisations:
- Santander
- Ernst and Young
- Amba Research
- Indicus Analytics
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses included:
Econometric Methods
Mathematical Methods
Economics of Financial Markets
Economic Development Theory
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Political Economy
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Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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General requirements
- A degree with an overall 2.2 in a discipline related to economics such as: Economics, Maths, Engineering, Finance, Physics or any other degree with a strong maths component.
- The Degree should contain some economics components including Macroeconomics; Microeconomics or Econometrics.
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International
20350 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 20350 GBP per year during 12 months. -
National
13030 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13030 GBP per year during 12 months.
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Funding
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