MSc Risk and Finance

at London School of Economics

You will take courses to the total value of four full units. These will be made up of compulsory and optional courses. You can select two and a half units worth of options from a wide range of courses offered by the Departments of Accounting, Finance, Geography and Environment, Law, Management, and Statistics. These elective courses offer you significant flexibility to tailor your degree to your academic and professional interests. 

(* denotes a half unit)

Management and Regulation of Risk FM403
This core course is mandatory for programme students. It is a unique course delivered through taught lectures and covers topics including: risk and regulation; financial market and regulation; financial risk analysis; strategy, control and risk in organisations; and risk analysis and the psychology of risk bearing.

Either

Asset Markets A* FM429 
This course explores the fundamental concepts and tools underlying the asset markets side of modern finance.

Or

Corporate Finance A* FM431
This course covers a range of topics in corporate finance.

Courses to the value of two and a half units from a range of options

Minimum entry requirements for MSc Risk and Finance

Undergraduate degree

• Upper second class honours (2:1) degree or international equivalent in any discipline and good quantitative skills. See international entry requirements.
• Competition for places at the School is high. This means that even if you meet the minimum entry requirement, this does not guarantee you an offer of admission.

Quantitative skills

Successful applicants usually have a solid undergraduate background in one or more of the following areas: Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics and Accounting. However, we also welcome applications from candidates with other backgrounds. If you do not have sufficient background in these areas, we may require you to take one or more LSE Summer School courses.
 

GMAT/GRE

GMAT or GRE is required for all applicants without a UK undergraduate degree (GMAT strongly preferred). GMAT is recommended for applicants with UK undergraduate degrees, especially those whose quantitative skills are not demonstrated by their undergraduate studies. More about GRE/GMAT 

Professional experience

Work experience (either through internships or full employment) is not a pre-requisite; however, applicants who have some professional experience should include this in their application, as it may strengthen their application.

English language

You may also have to provide evidence of your English proficiency, although you do not need to provide this at the time of your application to LSE. 

Every graduate student is charged a fee for their programme.

The fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It does not cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

Tuition fees 2022/23 for MSc Risk and Finance
Home students: £31,584
Overseas students: £32,208

Graduate destinations
Graduates of the Department have excellent career prospects relative to their peers. Our MSc programmes prepare students for a range of careers in investment banking, consulting and the wider financial services sector, as can be seen in the Department of Finance Employment Report.

Recent graduates from this programme have gone on to work in fields such as consulting, finance and banking, insurance, management, regulation and supervision, and public administration, among others. 

In addition to the internationally recognised research environment and academic rigour of its teaching programmes, a great advantage of studying at LSE is the reputation it holds amongst employers for producing high level graduates. Both the LSE Careers Service and the Department of Finance aim to help its students be as successful as possible on the job market once they graduate from the programme.