Sustainable Finance MSc 2022/23 entry
Overview
This MSc in Sustainable Finance provides the opportunity for you to learn and develop skills to enable you to resolve financial problems in ways that mitigate harm to the environment and society.
- The course will enhance your career by helping you develop analytical and quantitative tools to resolve financial problems that relate to Sustainable Finance
- The course is of interest to those concerned with mitigating the harm of economic activity on the environment and society
- The course can be taken part-time or full-time to suit your employment situation
- The full course allows you to pursue one of two Pathways for more in-depth study
- You can register for: i) the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Finance; ii) the Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Finance; or, iii) the full MSc in Sustainable Finance.
Why Coventry University
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Sustainable Finance and Responsible Investment
The battle for advancing Sustainable Finance must be waged on the education and training front. Sustainable Finance and Responsible Investment is not just a product and must be embedded within an organisation's strategy. We need to think about the knowledge required rather than the skills in the future it will just be referred to as Finance.
Course information
The adverse effects of human activity on the climate and society are now matters of grave concern. There is also the recognition that graduates are not insufficiently trained to meet the challenges of mitigating the harmful effects of economic activities.
This new MSc in Sustainable Finance aims to help you develop the financial and analytical tools to bridge the gap between the traditional approaches to financial decision-making and the concept of financial sustainability, where Sustainable Finance is the main pillar of the course. The course is interdisciplinary and draws on environmental economics, governance, finance and risk management, law and regulation and carbon accounting. It aims to provide you with the skills needed to understand and help resolve some of the problems facing the national and global economy in meeting sustainable development goals. The course is flexible to accommodate your employment situation, such that you can enrol for the Certificate, Diploma or the full MSc degree. If you pursue the full MSc, you will be able to choose one of two distinct Pathways that emphasizes: i) Socially Responsible Investment and Carbon Reporting (Pathway A); and ii) Islamic Portfolio Management and Islamic Sustainable Finance (Pathway B). You will also be able to undertake your dissertation in Sustainable Finance at The Institute of Responsible Business Economics and Society, under the supervision of established academic researchers at The Centre for Corporate and Financial Integrity. The aims of the course are in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Modules
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
In more detail...
- Sustainable Finance.
- Sustainability and Governance
- Sustainability and Risk Management
- Ethics and Sustainability
- Carbon Accounting
- Islamic Sustainable Finance
- Law
How you’ll learn.
The course is taught using a mixed of seminar, lectures, group work and individual assignments. Mini case studies, and short Q&A activities will be undertaken during lectures. Teaching will include the use of digital media, statistical software packages, and financial databases. There will be individuals and group presentations.
- You will be taught by members of the Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity who have long-standing teaching and learning, and research experience
- You will have access to a suite of databases including Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), Refinitiv Workspace which includes Datastream, IBES and Worldscope, in addition to FAME, BoardEx and Bloomberg. Bloomberg provides both historical and live market trends and data, that can help you develop artificial trading strategies in their own time
- You will have exposure to the research undertaken at the Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity, as well have the opportunity to attend research seminars
- You will be provided with the critical knowledge of the appropriate analytical and quantitative tools to apply when solving financial problems, and hands-on learning experience in certain areas
Assessment is by a mix of Individual Course Work, Group Course Work and 2-hour exam, plus a 10,000-word Dissertation
For the full MSc, half of your taught modules (60 credits; 4 modules) are assessed by 2-hour examination per module, equally spread across two semesters.
The remaining modules will be assessed by individual Report and Group Work including and Individual Dissertation.
22 contact hours for each 15-credit module
Entry Requirements
Fees and funding
2022/23 Tuition fees
For advice and guidance on tuition fees3 and student loans visit our Postgraduate Finance page.
We offer a range of International scholarships to students all over the world. For more information, visit our International Scholarships page.
Course essentials – additional costs
We are committed to communicating study costs clearly to make sure you not faced with incurring unexpected expenditures. This is why our ‘Flying Start’ package provides you with additional essentials. Your full-time fee for your course include the following: UK field trips • Any mandatory site visits and trips within the United Kingdom. Key material • This can include some core lecture material, e.g. lecture slides, software and equipment Laser prints • 1,000 A4 sides of black and white laser printing credits per year Optional year • Pay no tuition fees for optional work placements or study abroad trips The following are additional costs not included in the fees: Any optional overseas field trips or visits: £400+ per trip.Career prospects
Graduate Immigration Route visa
Based on current information from the UK Government, international students whose study extends beyond summer 2021 may be eligible for a visa under the UK Government’s Graduate Immigration Route, which will enable students to stay and work, or look for work, in the UK at any skill level for up to two (2) years. Check the most up to date guidance available to check your eligibility and any updates from the UK Government before making an application or enrolment decision.
The course is suitable for those wishing to pursue a career in Sustainable Finance where decision-making and the allocation of resources have implications for sustainability and society. The course will enhance your prospects if you wish to pursue a career in commercial firms, national governments, local authorities, international organisations, and non-for-profit making organisations.
Further study
This is an advanced course in Sustainable Finance and will be suitable for doctoral studies.
Disclaimer
By accepting your offer of a place and enrolling with us, a Student Contract will be formed between you and the university. A copy of the 2021/22 Contract can be found here. The Contract details your rights and the obligations you will be bound by during your time as a student and contains the obligations that the university will owe to you. You should read the Contract before you accept an offer of a place and before you enrol at the university.
The tuition fee for the course that is stated on the course webpage and in the prospectus for the first year of study will apply. We will review our tuition fees each year. For UK and EU students, if Parliament permit an increase in tuition fees, we may increase fees for each subsequent year of study in line with any such changes. Note that any increase is expected to be in line with inflation. Following the UK’s exit from the European Union, EU students should be aware that there may be a change to UK laws following the UK’s exit, this may change their student status, their eligibility to study part time, and/or their eligibility for student finance. We will act in accordance with the UK’s laws in force in relation to student tuition fees and finance from time to time.
For International students the tuition fee that is stated on the course webpage and in the prospectus for the first year of study will apply. We will review our tuition fees each year. For international students, we may increase fees for each subsequent year of study but such increases will be no more than 5% above inflation.