MSc FINANCE

Finance is a stimulating and challenging discipline that offers a wide range of exciting and dynamic careers across the financial industry. Our MSc Finance has been designed to produce graduates that meet the demands of employers. The application of finance theory to real-world problems is a consistent theme running through our modules. Extensive use of real-world data is a feature of all taught modules as we seek to integrate theory with real-world practice. The programme offers an extensive training in the core areas of finance, such as Asset Pricing and Portfolio Management, Corporate Finance and Valuation, Derivatives Securities and Financial Risk Analysis, while also offering a Finance Live module, which will bring financial market participants and real financial market challenges to the classroom, giving students an experience of critically evaluating real-world situations and solving problems. A novel Summer School in Data Management and Analytics in Finance is designed to provide students with practical experience in software used across the industry. In combination, these modules deliver skills that will positively differentiate our graduates in the job market.

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Course Commences

September entry

Successful applicants will normally have:

• A minimum 2.2 single honours (level 8) degree in economics, finance, business, maths or other quantitative discipline;
• A minimum 2.2 double honours (level 8) degree in which one of the above disciplines constitutes at least 50% of the degree content and the applicant has a 2.2 grade in that component of the overall degree.

Other applicants will be considered on a case-by-case basis and may be interviewed if they have:

• A minimum 2.2 double honours (level 8) degree in which any of the above disciplines constitute between 20% and 49% of the degree content and the applicant has a 2.2 grade in that component of the overall degree;
• A primary degree in any other discipline and have at least 5 years' relevant work experience. This is done through the Maynooth University Procedure for Non-Standard Entrants and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Minimum English language requirements:

Applicants for whom English is not their first language are required to demonstrate their proficiency in English in order to benefit fully from their course of study. For information about English language tests accepted and required scores, please see here. The requirements specified are applicable for both EU and International applicants.

Maynooth University's TOEFL code is 8850

IELTS : 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in each band

Duolingo English Test (DET) : The minimum requirement will be a DET score of 120 - with at least 110 in each individual subscore. 

Pearson Test of English : 63 with no less than 59 for each item in the Communicative Skills section

TOEFL internet-based test  : iBT: 90 with no less than 21 in writing and at least 19 in every other section

Our MSc Finance is an ideal launch pad for a successful career in the global world of finance. The programme is designed to equip graduates with the necessary skills and adaptability to forge a successful and sustainable career in the financial sector. investment banking, stockbroking, corporate finance, central banking and derivatives trading are among the diverse career paths accessible to graduates.