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Queen Mary, University of LondonMSc Banking and Finance

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Welcome

Dear Applicant,

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to theSchool of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary,University of London, and in particular to our MSc inBanking and Finance. This new, specialisedprogramme has been designed to provide studentsand professionals with the necessary skills and toolsto succeed in financial markets.

This programme builds on the high reputation of both the School andUniversity, and benefits from being based in one of the world’s financialcentres, London. Most of our former MSc students are currently working inthe finance and banking industries, both in the UK and further afield.

Three principles are at the root of this new programme: academic rigour,transmission of market practice, and banking orientation. Some of ourlecturers are highly respected academics, while others are extremely well known professionals. This provides students with a good balance of theoretical and practical knowledge.

A very exciting year is waiting for you, and I hope you will take the most of it.This brochure covers what you need to know about the MSc in Bankingand Finance, including the application process.

I look forward to working with you, and hope to see you on board inSeptember.

Dr Leone LeonidaDirector of MSc Banking and Finance

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Contents

Queen Mary, University of London 01

The programme 02

The modules 05

Staff 07

Careers 10

Graduate employment 11

Alternative MSc programmes 12

Accommodation and application procedure 14

The information given in this brochure is correct at the time of goingto press. The College reserves the right to modify or cancel any statement in itand accepts no responsibility for the consequences of any suchchanges.

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The programme

Programme overviewThis MSc in Banking and Finance offersspecialised, practical training in an environmentof academic excellence. You will study a variety of perspectives on how financial markets operate,grounded in economic and financial theory andpractice.

This completely new, taught MSc programme isideal for those aiming to pursue careers in the City,private banking sector, financial institutions, andfinancial regulatory bodies, as well as those alreadyworking in these fields. You will be well placed tofollow careers in investment management,financial statement, risk and portfoliomanagement.

You will follow a programme of four modules persemester, followed by a 10,000 word dissertation.There are also pre-sessional modules in mathsand statistics, providing a good opportunity forstudents to refresh their knowledge of theseareas. More detailed module information followsin this brochure.

Research strengthThe School of Economics and Finance iscommitted to excellence in research andteaching. Our expertise covers three key areas:economic theory, econometrics and finance, and applied economics. We regularly publish the results of our research in leading economicjournals.

We combine an excellent international reputationwith a friendly and informal atmosphere.

The School of Economics and Financeperformed exceptionally well in the 2008Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), ranked inthe top 10 economics departments in the UK.See: www.econ.qmul.ac.uk/news/rae2008/

Many members of our School have recentlyreceived academic grants, and providedconsultancy and advisory services to primaryfinancial institutions such as the UK and ItalianTreasury, the ONS, the Bank of England andmany others.

Applied learningThe School has developed and nurturedcollaborations with a number of public andprivate institutions. This provides plenty ofopportunity for student placements and researchco-operation.

We also organise a number of additional, optionalmodules, the topics of which vary from year toyear. These modules are taught by Cityprofessionals, who are well-placed to give aninsider’s view on issues of interest to the financialcommunity.

Postgraduate resourcesYou will have access to excellent computingfacilities, offering an ideal environment in whichto practise applied analysis. Standard softwarepackages for data analysis, simulation, and wordprocessing are available, including GAUSS,Eviews, PCgive, RATS, Microfit, and Stata.

We also provide full subscription access toDatastream.

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Teaching styleModules are taught in a three hour block format.The first two hours deliver the core theoreticaland technical concepts; these are then applied inthe remaining hour. Classes will be scheduledlate afternoon/evening where possible toaccommodate work commitments.

DissertationOver the summer term, you will write a 10,000word dissertation. Under supervision, you willlearn how to undertake applied analysis, runestimations and formulate and test hypotheses.

Examples of student dissertations include:Testing the Purchasing Power Parity betweenChina and US; Financial Market Imperfectionsand the Degree of Financing Constraints inTransitional Economy: Evidence from PakistanMarket; Financial Conservatism in the UKFinancial Market; Exchange Rates Movementsand Corporate Investment.

AssessmentThe grade for each module is assessed throughcoursework, which counts for 25 per cent of thefinal marks, along with a written exam in May.The 10,000 word dissertation written over thesummer counts for four modules.

Pre-semester modulesThese pre-semester modules in mathematicsand statistics take place over two weeks inSeptember. They are especially designed forstudents who want to review concepts such asstatistical distributions and matrix algebra. Youwill sit exams at the end of modules.

DurationYou will be studying over a 12 month period,beginning in September with the maths andstatistics pre-semester modules. You can alsostudy part-time over a 24 month period.

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The programme (cont)

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Pre-semester A

Mathematics

Statistics

Semester A

Financial Statements

Investment Management

Commercial andInvestment Banking

Quantitative Methods in Finance

Semester B

Asset Management

Risk Management for Banking

Option

Option

Post-semester B

10,000 worddissertation

Programme Timetable

Graduate profile: Damien RegnierStudied:MSc Finance andInvestment – graduated 2007.

Currently:Working for JPMorgan Chase (London) onConvertible Bonds Tradingdesk as a permanent Analyst.During the first year I will

focus on the Quantitative side of the Trading, asConvertible Bonds are pretty complex, then I will goto the trading floor proper.

Why did you choose Queen Mary?After my studies in Mathematics in France in a‘Grande Ecole’ at Masters level, I was looking for aone-year postgraduate degree that would help me tofind a job in a big US investment bank. Due to mybackground, an MSc in Finance was the bestavailable choice. The choice for Queen Mary’s MScFinance and Investment was a no-brainer: It waslocated in London, ten minutes from the City, it waswell balanced between economics subjects like

Corporate Finance and technical ones like FinancialDerivatives and last but not least it included somequite ambitious lectures on Behavioural Financeand Empirical Finance – not to mention that theSchool of Economics was very well ranked in the UK!

What did you gain from your time at Queen Mary?Good facilities, including reasonably priced centralLondon accommodation and the language school,which greatly helped me to enjoy my time inLondon. I also met some really interesting peopleduring this year, and I still meet up with some ofthem from time to time as many have been hired inthe City. Lastly, I use the knowledge I gained duringmy MSc on a daily basis: I think that is the best proofthat the programme is well structured!

What are your career plans in the next five years? As I have just started I’m still learning... a lot!I will hopefully be able to start trading towards theend of this year... and then well I don’t know, but I’mpretty confident!

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Empirical FinanceThis module revisits the Efficient MarketHypothesis in finance, and its relationship to therandom walk model. You will examine statisticaltests for the random walk hypothesis and theirapplications to weekly returns on commonstocks. You will then explore in more detail, theempirical analysis of asset returns data so as touncover the main stylized facts in finance usingsimple descriptive statistics. To explain thestylized facts in the data, the lectures will applyasset pricing models from the two main strandsof modern finance: market microstructure theoryand behavioural finance.

Asset ManagementThis module aims at providing you with practicalapplications of modern portfolio theory and assetpricing, including active portfolio management,portfolio performance evaluation, portfolioinsurance, and international portfoliodiversification.

Behavioural FinanceThe purpose of this module is to develop yourunderstanding of the theoretical underpinningsof behavioural finance, the empirical researchsurveyed in this area and the implementation ofinvestment strategies based on the behaviouralfinance approach.

Financial StatementsThis module provides you with the necessaryskills to interpret and analyse accounting reportswhen making business decisions. Topics include

valuation of equity of debt instruments, ratioanalysis, fundamental analysis, earningmanagement.

Commercial and InvestmentBankingIn this module you will study the role of money inthe macroeconomy, the behaviour of interestrates, banks and other intermediaries, theregulation of both money markets and thebanking system and the operations of centralbanks. The focus is on the practical aspects ofmoney and banking as experienced bypractitioners in financial institutions.

Financial DerivativesThis is an introduction to the pricing of derivativesecurities. You will look at how to price forwardand futures contracts as well as swaps. The finalpart of the module covers option pricing.

Applied Future and OptionsThis course will provide students a generaloverview of exchange-traded futures and options(derivatives), from the perspective of a marketparticipant i.e., where are they traded? Whotrades derivatives? The composition of a trade?Order types available? What happens after thetrade? What is the impact of InformationTechnology on trading? Further, the course willclarify definitions relating to trading derivatives,evaluating option pricing using synthetics,assessing risk, the impact of margin and variousequity option strategies will be simulated.

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The modules (cont)

International FinanceThe process of financial globalisation hasemphasised the importance of internationalcapital flows for the understanding of exchangerate dynamic behaviour. The emphasis of themodule is on exchange rate determination whichis an area of central importance to major financialinstitutions. You will study parity relationships(purchasing power and interest rate), the use ofthe forward rate as an optimal predictor of thespot nominal exchange rate; the asset price viewof exchange rate (using either flexible or stickyprices) with financial assets as perfectsubstitutes; the international CAPM and the (first generation) models of currency crises.

Investment ManagementThis module offers a high level introduction toconcepts related to investment analysis. Topicstreated include valuation of real and financialsecurities; the principles of investment; valuationof risky securities; portfolio analysis and bondportfolio management; financial marketequilibrium; the CAPM and APT models; capitalbudgeting and risk; market efficiency.

Quantitative Methods in FinanceThis module provides an introduction toeconometrics applied to banking and financeissues. It covers estimation techniques andmethods that are currently used in banks, centralbanks and in financial institutions

Risk Management for BankingThis module deals with the ways in which risksare quantified and managed by financialinstitutions. Among the topics covered are thenature of financial institutions and theirregulation, market risk, credit risk, operationalrisk, liquidity risk, and the credit crisis of 2007.

Applied Risk Management This module takes an applied approachconcentrating on risk arrears which are ofparamount importance to the financial industry,particularly those identified after the globalfinancial crisis of summer 2008. In addition torisk identification, the module will offer ananalysis of tools and processes used in practicedesigned to manage these risks. On completion,students will have a good understanding of therisks faced by financial institutions in the current,post-financial crisis environment – a skill highlysought after in the financial industry.

Further QuantitativeTechniques for Finance This module aims to provide a deeper foundationin mathematics and statistics, creating a goodbasis for students to draw on in their professionalcareers. Module content also encompasses newand specialised techniques, which may not havebeen studied previously.

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Staff

Alfonsina Iona, PhD(Naples) Lecturer (Deputy Director)email: [email protected]

Corporate financeAlfonsina’s research in finance focuses on modelsof investment where the effects of capital marketimperfections contribute to shape the firm'sinvestment; where corporate investment is affectedby the public investment and where capital marketimperfections effects may be relaxed by somemacroeconomic variables. In this research areashe also analyses how corporate governancecharacteristics affect the firm financing policiesand how these affect the firm value.

Andrea Carriero, PhD(Bocconi University, Milan)Lectureremail: [email protected]

Applied macroeconometrics and forecastingAndrea is working on the econometric analysis ofpresent value models, with applications on theexpectation theory of the term structure ofinterest rates, the uncovered interest rate parity,and the new Keynesian Phillips curve.He is also working on the construction andevaluation of alternative composite coincidentand leading indexes for the Euro Area and the UK.

Francis Breedon Professor email: [email protected]

FinanceFrancis works mainly on foreign exchangemarkets with a focus on FX microstructure whichaims the understand exchange rate movementsby analysing actual trading activity. Most recentlyhe has studied how differences in beliefs

amongst market participants influence returnsand volatility. His research also extends to theinteraction between monetary and exchange ratepolicy and financial markets and includes recentwork on foreign exchange policy in Iceland.

Marcelo Fernandes, PhD(Solvay Business School,Brussels)Professoremail: [email protected]

Econometric theory, financial econometrics and empirical financeMarcelo’s research interests are in econometrictheory, financial econometrics and empiricalfinance. Most of his work deals with the theoryand application of nonparametric methods tohigh frequency financial data, although he is alsointerested in non parametric testing of propertiessuch as symmetry and independence. As forempirical finance, he is currently working on apreferences-free approach for the identificationof the stochastic discount factor.

Stepana Lazarova, PhD(LSE) Senior Lectureremail: [email protected]

Time series econometrics, structural breaks, long memory and bootstrapStepana works in the area of time serieseconometrics. In particular she focuses on timeseries with long memory. She investigates linearmodels with breaks in parameters and examinesthe validity of bootstrap methods for models withstrongly dependent processes.

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Staff (cont)

Leone Leonida, PhD(York and Naples) Directoremail: [email protected]

Growth economics and financeLeone’s research interests are mainly in growthdynamics and corporate finance. On the onehand, he is studying the effects on growthprocesses and convergence patterns ofstructural change (ie industrialisation andeconomics shocks) by means of semi-parametricstochastic kernels and ACF estimation. On theother hand, he is studying the effects on firmvalue and investment of corporate governancemechanisms, exchange rate fluctuations andspill-over effects from public capital.

Yioryos MakedonisLectureremail: [email protected]

Yioryos's main areas of teaching and researchare mathematical economics, macroeconomics,with emphasis on banking, and environmentaleconomics. He holds postgraduate degrees fromthe University of Kent at Canterbury andBirkbeck, University of London.

Giles Spungin, PhD(London) Lectureremail: [email protected]

Asymmetric information, algorithmic trading,financial forecasting and financeGiles’ research interests are concentrated aroundareas of Finance, Financial Economics andFinancial Econometrics. He is interested ineffects of informational asymmetries on financialmarkets. Moreover, he works on Algorithmictrading and applications of Markov Regime

Switching to high-frequency financialforecasting, both equity and fixed income. In addition, he works in the industry for aninvestment bank as a quant auditor.

Jesse McDougall Visiting Professor

Jesse McDougall is a Visiting Professor ofFinance at QMUL. She also works as a PortfolioManager of a proprietary, quantitatively-drivenasset management strategy for Liquid CapitalMarkets. She worked for 5 years at BarclaysCapital in their Equity Derivatives ProprietaryTrading team, researching and trading arbitragestrategies and in a prior role, in CorporateFinance Advisory with Bank of Montreal. Jesse’sresearch interests are focused in the equitiesspace, on tradable market anomalies andbehavioural finance.

Gerry PerezVisiting Professor

Gerald Perez has been in the financial marketsfor more than 23 years. He is a formerprofessional institutional trader (in the US andEurope). He is a former project manager andcompliance officer. Gerald formerly sat on theFutures Industry Association (FIA) Europeanboard. Currently sits on the Options IndustryCouncil - European board and on the editorialboard of the Futures Industry AssociationMagazine. Gerald periodically appears andspeaks in exhibitions, periodicals, TV and Radio,on Bloomberg, CNBC Europe, NDTV and SkyNews from Europe, the Middle East to India. Heis a director at Interactive Brokers (IB).Interactive Brokers Group with an equity capital

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of $4.4 billion is a large independent onlinebroker/dealer that operates offices worldwide. IB executes over one million trades per day.

Sample publicationsAiello, F., Iona, A. and Leonida, L. 2009 "RegionalInfrastructure and Firm Investment. Theory andEmpirical Evidence for Italy." (with F. Aiello and L.Leonida). 2011 Empirical Economics 40, 25-50Regional Infrastructure and Firm Investment.Theory and Empirical Evidence for Italy

Guay, A., Guerre, E. and Lazarová, S. 2009Adaptive Rate-optimal Detection of SmallAutocorrelation Coefficients

Caggiano, G. and Leonida, L. 2008.“International Output Convergence: Evidencefrom an AutoCorrelation Function Approach”,The Journal of Applied Econometrics

Caggiano, G. and Leonida, L. 2007. “A Note onthe Empirics of the Neoclassical Growth Model”,Economics Letters

Carriero, A. 2008. “A simple test of the NewKeynesian Phillips Curve”, Economics Letters

Carriero, A., Favero, C.A., and Kaminska, I., 2006.“Financial factors, macroeconomic informationand the Expectations Theory of the term structureof interest rates”, Journal of Econometrics

Fernandes, Marcelo and Rocha, Marco Aureliodos Santos (2007) Are price limits on futuresmarkets that cool? Evidence from the BrazilianMercantile and Futures Exchange, Journal ofFinancial Econometrics.

Amaro de Matos, Joao and Fernandes, Marcelo(2007) Testing the Markov property with highfrequency data, Journal of Econometrics

Fernandes, Marcelo (2006) Financial crashes asendogenous jumps: Estimation, testing andforecasting, Journal of Economic Dynamics andControl

Fernandes, M. and Grammig, J. 2006. “A Familyof Autoregressive Conditional Duration Models”,Journal of Econometrics

Fernandes, M. and Gram mig, J. 2005.“Nonparametric Specification Tests forConditional Duration Models”, Journal ofEconometrics

Giles, R. 2005. “A point and figure chartapproach to UK interest rates”, Journal ofManagerial Finance

Lazarova, S. 2005. “Testing for Structural Changein Regression with Long Memory Processes”,Journal of Econometrics

Lazarova, S., L. Trapani and G. Urga. 2008.“Common stochastic trends and aggregation inheterogoeneous panels”, Econometric Theory

Kartsaklas, A. 2005. “The volume-volatilityrelationship and the opening of the Korean stockmarket to foreign investors after the financialturmoil in 1997”, Asian Pacific Financial Markets

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Careers

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George KapetaniosHead of SchoolWhy is your School offering the MSc in Bankingand Finance?We are expanding our range of finance-relatedcourses following the success of our MSc inFinance and Investment. In today’s competitiveand unpredictable environment, banks and otherfinancial institutions are increasingly focusing onsound practices and tight risk management,while ensuring the continuing ability to operateprofitably. Graduates will acquire the necessarytheoretical and practical tools to operate in thisenvironment. This is particularly important tobanking institutions, particularly post the 2007-2008 “credit crunch”.

In which sector do you think your graduates willfind a job?Almost all economics graduates find a job withina year, and I expect this to continue and possiblyimprove with this new MSc. Most will embark onfinancial careers, for example financial analysts,brokers, public sector treasurers, financialservices watchdogs, and so on.

Careers service Our careers service is run by a team of dedicatedand professional staff. We offer advice throughdrop-in sessions and in-depth interviews, andrun an extensive programme of seminarscovering topics such as: interview skills; howto deal with psychometric tests; and survivingassessment centres. You will also be able to use our extensive Careers Library

Why did you choose the School of Economicsand Finance at Queen Mary for yourpostgraduate study?After studying Economics in the University ofToulouse 1, I decided to come to London to studyfor an MSc in Finance and Investment as I felt itwould boost my career prospects. I chose QueenMary University of London after much researchof UK universities. The School of Economics andFinance at Queen Mary is renowned for itsexcellent research work.

What did you gain from your time at theSchool of Economics and Finance?I enjoyed a warm welcome from the School staffwhen I first arrived. In fact, my experience of theprogramme, teaching staff and fellow studentswas extremely positive from the outset. The mixof revision classes, tutorials, and guest speakerskept up the momentum, and helped me achievethe best results. As a foreigner, I was also veryglad of the free English classes offered by QueenMary. This helped to improve my confidence andlanguage skills. The University is also well-equipped with excellent modern facilities,especially the gym. Everything is done to helpyou feel at home.

What are your career plans in the next fiveyears? I am now living in London and working forone of the leading investment banks in the world,Deutsche Bank. I definitely think that studyingfor the MSc in Finance and Investment wasexcellent preparation for the corporate world.

Graduate profile: Karim Boudjelal

Salary bracket: £45-50,000 + bonus

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An international outlook The Economics School at Queen Mary is madeup of people from all over the world. In fact,international diversity of both faculty andstudents is a key ingredient of our success.Female students are also well represented,making up almost 50 per cent of students.

The table below shows students’ country of originby percentage, for the MSc in Finance andInvestment. (The MSc in Banking and Finance isa new degree programme, so does not have anycountry of origin statistics yet.)

Country of origin

Banking33%

Europe22%

Asia30%

Africa6%

England9%

InvestmentBanking23%

MiddleEast33%

InternationalFinance15%

Others17%

EventManagement 8%Research 4%

Graduate employment Former students have carved out successfulcareers in a variety of environments including:financial and academic institutions, the civilservice and industry.

First destinations of our graduates includeemployment and/or research at: the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF), CFA, NYSE¬Euronext,Mazars Pakistan, JS Bank, South Chine Securities(UK) Ltd, ING Wholesale. Other former studentswork in the City of London in institutions such asBarclays, HSBC, Ernst&Young.

The table below shows student destinations, bypercentage.

Graduate employment

Destination

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Alternative MSc programmes

The School of Economics and Finance runs anumber of specialist MSc degree programmes.You can indicate a second choice of programmeon your application form. You will be consideredfor entry on to your second choice should wehave reached the maximum number of studentson the MSc in Banking and Finance.

MSc EconomicsMSc Finance and Economics MSc Finance and Econometrics

These are well-established intensiveprogrammes providing rigorous training inmodern economic theory and applications (MSCEconomics); advanced study in finance andrelated areas of economics (MSc Finance andEconomics); advanced study in finance andeconometrics (MSc Finance Economics).

These programmes are ideal for students whoaim to train as professional economists in theprivate sector or government, or follow anacademic, or research career. All threeprogrammes include a dissertation component,and are recognised as Research Training degreesby the ESRC under their “1+3” scheme.

For more information:MSc Economics www.econ.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/msc-programmes/msc-economics MSc Finance and Economics www.econ.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/msc-programmes/msc-finance-and-economics

MSc Finance and Econometrics www.econ.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/msc-programmes/msc-finance-and-econometrics

MSc Investment and FinanceThis programme aims to train students andprofessionals in areas of finance which havemajor practical and theoretical interest,especially investment analysis and corporatefinance issues such as optimal capital structureand mergers and acquisitions, banking,derivatives and finance microstructure.This programme offers professional postgraduatetraining, preparing students to follow careers infinance, banks or elsewhere in the private sector.A number of optional modules are also on offer.These are taught by City practitioners whoprovide insiders’ views on issues of interest tothe financial community.

For more information:MSc Investment and Financewww.econ.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/msc-programmes/msc-investment-and-finance

MSc Finance This course provides a rigorous training infinance coupled with a strongly vocationalapproach. As well as offering advanced study inall the key areas of finance, this course has a fullyintegrated careers programme and extensiveindustry links that aim to maximise students'employment prospects. On completion of theprogramme students are expected to have deepknowledge of the financial systems of advancedand transitional economies; to be able to

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understand how corporations are financed and tobe able to analyse financial statements, andfinally, to be equipped with appropriate statisticaland mathematical tools for high quality researchin Finance.

For more information:MSc Financehttp://www.econ.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/programmes/msc-finance-new

MSc Law and FinanceA new MSc Degree is to be offered jointly by the School of Economics and Finance and theSchool of Law. The objective is to provide highlevel inter-disciplinary treatment of the keysubject areas within law and finance foradvanced academic study and professionaltraining purposes. The Law and Financeprogramme will follow the LLM format withstudents taking 10 taught modules and anassigned essay.

For more information:MSc Law and Financewww.econ.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/msc-programmes/msc-law-and-finance

MSc Accounting and Finance The MSc in Accounting and Finance is a newtaught MSc programme that offers specialised,practical and theoretical education in anenvironment of academic excellence. It isdesigned for students who aim to pursue a careerin the financial services industry andprofessionals who wish to improve theirtheoretical and practical knowledge of financialmarkets.

For more information:MSc Accounting and Financehttp://www.econ.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/programmes/msc-accounting-and-finance-new

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Accommodation and applicationprocedure

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AccommodationIn the 2009/10 academic year, all postgraduateEconomics students were accommodated in MileEnd’s award-winning Student Village, oncampus. This should be the case for future years.However, the accommodation office can alsohelp you find private accommodation nearby ifyou prefer. For more information please see:www.qmul.ac.uk/qmliving/accommodation

Entry requirementsYou should have at least an upper-second classhonours degree, or equivalent, normally, but notstrictly, in Economics. Some background inquantitative subjects is advisable. Students areexpected to sit pre-sessional statistics andmathematics examinations following intensivepre-sessional modules in September.

ApplicationAll candidates should include a full academictranscript (a record of courses taken and gradesachieved) and two academic references withtheir applications. The deadline for applicationsis mid-July, but courses generally start to fill up bythe middle of March each year. The Schoolreserves the right not to process applicationswhich arrive later than July.

Further information The School welcomes informal enquiries aboutany aspect of its graduate programmes. Forfurther information please contact thepostgraduate programme manager:

Sarah RileySchool of Economics and FinanceQueen Mary, University of London Mile End Road, London E1 4NS email: [email protected] +44 (0)20 7882 8848Fax +44 (0)20 8983 3580

For more information and application pack, visit:www.econ.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/msc-programmes/msc-banking-and-finance

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