MSc Risk Management & Financial Engineering

i have a bachelor degree in geography and Business Management can i still apply to this master degree. I have work experince in accounting.

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Original post by Nearlyayy

i have a bachelor degree in geography and Business Management can i still apply to this master degree. I have work experince in accounting.

It's unlikely because the only 2 degrees in the country that offer these degrees (in joint subjects) ask for quantitative undergrads. See:
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/masters/risk-management/admissions/#entry-requirements
https://www.essex.ac.uk/courses/pg00588/1/msc-financial-engineering-and-risk-management

Your accounting experience means very little because accounting isn't really a quantitiative subject i.e. you're not doing mathematical formulas day in day out.

A possible way around this would to do an economics conversion course at postgrad level (as opposed to doing a second bachelors possibly with extra A Levels/Access course/foundation year) to meet the entry requirements. See the following for example:
https://www.bbk.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/economics-graduate-diploma
https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/ececadecn
https://www.london.ac.uk/courses/economics
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/2023/ssl/graduate-diploma-economics/
https://www.essex.ac.uk/courses/pg00542/3/graduate-diploma-economics
https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/economics/diplomas/diploma-in-economics-v13
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/coursefinder/courses/2024/graduate-diploma-in-finance-and-economics/

For international diplomas, see:
https://www.sydney.edu.au/courses/courses/pc/graduate-diploma-in-economics.html
https://www.waikato.ac.nz/study/qualifications/postgraduate-diploma/economics
https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/decon#admission-requirements
https://socialscs.unn.edu.ng/economics-programmes-postgraduate-diploma/
https://www.ucd.ie/economics/study/graduate/higherdiplomaineconomics/

Interestingly, there are postgrad diplomas in finance as well:
https://www.london.ac.uk/courses/finance#programme-structure-courses-and-specification-939
https://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/qualifications/e83.
https://courses.uwe.ac.uk/N39012/finance-and-investment#entry (through practical experience)
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/coursefinder/courses/2024/graduate-diploma-in-finance-and-economics/ (academically ineligible, but you might want to ask them if you passed sufficient modules in your accounting qualification i.e. the equivalent of an accounting degree)
https://www.lsbf.org.uk/programmes/executive/postgraduate-certificates/finance

You will be very unlikely to qualify for any of the postgrad diplomas in science, engineering, or maths.

The main issue is that you don't have sufficient quantitative modules in your geography degree. To qualify for the master's, you would ideally do the more quantitative modules in your postgrad diplomas e.g. econometrics/financial mathematics/mathematical economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, portfolio analysis. Some of the modules in the postgrad diplomas won't be very quantitative, so you would need to check and pick the ones that are to ensure your eligibility.

Do note, you should ask the graduate admissions personnel at both universities before you take any of the above courses, as there is a chance that the unis would still reject your application despite having studied the above material.

Do also note, if you're looking for a qualification to get into financial risk management, you're better off doing the FRM: https://www.garp.org/frm

If you want to be on the credit analysis side, then you're looking for the CFA qualification:
https://www.cfauk.org/study/cfa-program

(edited 7 months ago)

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