Features Of the Program :
  • Designed for students interested in a career in finance and economics in the international banking sector
  • Delivered jointly by the Department of Economics and the Xfi Centre for Finance and Investment, you’ll learn important economic concepts and apply advanced economics and finance theories to commercial money markets and banking
  • Gain intensive computer training on financial databases and software including Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, IQ, and Morning Star
  • Select optional modules relevant to your career goals including portfolio management, FinTech, Experimental and Behavioural Economics, Bank Management, Economics of Public Finance
  • Take advantage of our Double Degree options, where you can spend your first year at Exeter and a second year at another world class international institution, resulting in two Masters degrees.
  • Course duration is one year.

Course content

  • This programme is available for study 12 months full-time over three terms and is University-based throughout this time.
  • The taught components of the programme are delivered in the first two terms, leaving the third term and most of the summer to research, write and submit your dissertation. The programme in its entirety runs from September to September.

Teaching and research:

  • Our postgraduate taught programmes utilise a range of teaching methods including lectures, seminars and tutorials.
  • The aim of lectures is to give you information on ideas that are central to the module and to help you in developing your understanding of complex ideas.
  • Many of the teaching materials for lectures are made available to you electronically to accompany the notes you take during the lecture. 
  • Guest lecturers, including members of industry, also contribute to some modules.
  • Modules are assessed through a mixture of group work, coursework, project work and examinations; the weighting of each of these components will vary according to the academic requirements of the module. Examinations are normally held at the end of the module, in January and May/June.
  • During your studies, you’ll take part in your own research by formulating an independent research question, conducting the research activities and writing up your findings in a 14,000-word dissertation – all in consultation with a supervisor.