Cass General Msc Prospectus

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Business.Masters.Specialist Masters Programme

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Stand out inthe real world

Student intakeby geographical region

01 United Kingdom 20%

02 RestofEurope 36%

03 Asia 30%

04 Americas 5%

05 Arica 5%

06 MiddleEast 4%

MSc facts

1,300students Averageage24 41%women 100nationalities.

Cass Business School oers you: Agreatlocationinwhichtolive,

study and ind career opportunities Awidechoiceoffull-timeandpart-time

specialist Masters programmes High-qualityteachingdirectlyrelevant

to your proessional career basedin stimulating, modern acilities

Proactivecareersupportandadvicerightrom the start and throughout your course

Superblocalandglobalnetworkingopportunities through our linkswith alumni, leading employersand institutions.

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Visit www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters and clickon Attend an Ino Session to ind out more.

We look forward to welcoming you at Cass.

A specialist Masters degree is a highly sought aterqualication, helping you to move orward on yourcareer path and gain a good grounding in businessknowledge. It is an important investment in your careerandyourfuture.CassisoneofEuropesleadingbusinessschools and we believe it should be your rst choice.

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Cass Business School has a rolling admissions policy:you can apply for one of our specialist Masters programmesat any time in the year before you plan to start. In mostcases we let you know if you have a place within six weeksof receiving your application.

When to apply

Applying early maximises your chanceof a place. You are strongly recommendedto apply before 1 May for the best chanceof gaining admission to one of our courses.After this time, courses begin to fill quickly.

Visit www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters orcontact the MSc Admissions Officedirectly for more information.

Admission requirements

To support your application you will need: Anundergraduatedegreewitha

minimum 2.1 or higher UK equivalent ProofofproficiencyinEnglish

(awellbalancedIELTSscoreof 7.0 with no less than 6.5 inwritingandTOEFLscore107)

Twoconfidentialreferences(academicorprofessional)

Youruniversitytranscriptandconfirmation of professionalqualifications

ForaMastersinaquantitativesubject you should have a firstdegree in a numerical discipline

Allcandidatesforthefollowingcourses must take the GMAT*: MSc in ManagementMScinFinance.

Sources o unding

We appreciate that a Masters degreeisasignificantinvestment.EachyearCass makes scholarship funds availablefor outstanding applicants on eachof the specialist Masters courses.

Scholarships are worth between 1,500and 20,000. Applications for scholarshipsand awards are considered on a competitivebasis. To qualify you must demonstratehigh academic calibre and be in needof financial assistance. In addition, Cassalumni have generously created severalscholarships related to particular courses.

We aim to make decisions on scholarshipsas early as possible, but some decisionsmay not be held until July or August eachyear.Formoreinformationonscholarshipsand how to apply, please visitwww.cass.city.ac.uk/courses/masters/unding-your-study

Eachyear,theBritishGovernmentoffersscholarships to overseas students forpostgraduate study in Britain underthe Chevening Scholarships Scheme(administeredbytheBritishCouncil).A number of our international students havebeensuccessfulonthisscheme.Fordetailsof how to apply for Chevening Scholarshipscontact your local British Council office.

Chevening Scholarships:www.chevening.com/how-applyBritish Council:www.educationuk.org/UK/Home

UK-based students can apply for a Career

DevelopmentLoantohelpfinancetheirstudies.Formoreinformationonthisloanscheme visit www.lielonglearning.co.uk/cdl or call +44 (0)800 585 505.

Getting intoCass BusinessSchool

Application details

To apply online go to:www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters/applyor contact:

MSc Admissions OfceCass Business School

106 Bunhill RowLondonEC1Y8TZ

Tel:+44(0)2070408600

*The GMAT is one of severaladmission criteria andis mandatory for theMSc in Finance and MSc

in Management. We lookfor a well balanced scorein the range of 600-800.

The GMAT is stronglyrecommended for theMScs in Banking andInternational Finance,

International Accountingand Finance, InvestmentManagement andCorporate Finance.


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Casss location is a decisive advantageor your study and career search. No otherEuropeanbusinessschoolhasasmanyFortune500companiesonitsdoorstep.These companies visit the School regularlyto give presentations about what they doand ofer advice and insights, invaluable or

your job search. They also participate at ourcareers airs, ofering great opportunities to

gather inormation and network.

Casss extensive links with business inLondonalsoprovideagoodsourceofcourse projects. This not only developsstudents learning, but can also open doorsto jobs even beore they are advertised.

Londonisanexcitingandcosmopolitanplace to live, with some o the worldsbest known monuments, museums and artgalleries, as well as music, theatre, nightlieand restaurants. There is a vibrant studentcommunity at Cass and the rich internationalmix oers a particularly stimulatinglearning experience and social lie.

Choice, quality andprofessional relevance

Cass oers one o the widest choices oull-time and part-time specialist MastersprogrammesinEurope.Specialisttraining

in inance, real estate, management,actuarial sciences, insurance, shipping,energy and supply chain is backed by worldclass teaching, research and resources.In particular, Cass has one o the largestfinancefacultysinEurope,offeringcourses in accounting, banking, valuation,asset management and expert teachingin other niche inancial disciplines.

Many o our courses oer proessionalexemptions which ast track your career.Forexample,doingourone-yearMScinActuarial Science course saves you our

years training or proessional qualiications.

At Cass the teaching approach integratessta lectures, case studies, group work andmost importantly, student participation.This integrated approach and the widemix o student backgrounds makes or

challenging classroom discussions,as well as an international perspectivethat employers increasingly value.

The School possesses the sought-atertriple crown gold standard in businesseducation which comprises AMBA, EQUISand AACSB accreditation. This places Cassin an elite group o global business schools.

TheCFAInstituteisaprogrammepartnerwith the MSc in Banking and InternationalFinance,MScinFinance,MScinInternationalAccountingandFinance,MSc in Investment Management and MSc inCorporateFinance.TheMScinManagement

isaccreditedbyAMBA(AssociationofMBAs).Outstanding modern facilities

Openedin2003,theBunhillRowbuildingis a bright and lexible space designed toencourage a ree low o people and ideas.

TheCyrilKleinwortLearningResourceCentrecombines library and computing servicesto support all business and managementteaching, learning and research. As well asbooks and journals, students can access manyspecialist databases, including sources orcompany data and economic inormation.

There is computer access throughout the

Resource Centre and in every lecture room.Students can also link into the wirelessnetwork throughout the building.

A large proportion o our students move intocareers in the inancial services sector whereunderstanding how to use dealing screens is akey skill. Our Thomson Reuters and Bloombergtrading rooms complement classroom-basedstudy by simulating trading in real time.

Clubs and societies

Students are encouraged to create andparticipate in a range o clubs and societies.Currently there are about 40 activeclubs which all into the broad interest

areas o business, sport and culture.

They include Cass Women in Business,TheMarketingSociety,TheEntrepreneurialSociety,TheActuarialSociety,TheFinance

A great location,a unique experience

Reerred to as the best located businessschoolinEurope,CassisideallyplacedinthecentreofLondonsnancialdistrict,closetotheBankofEngland.

A realperspective

Get [email protected]+44(0)2070408641

Name:KaranPuri

Country: India

Course: MSc in BankingandInternationalFinance

Cass ocuses on hands-on,practical experience along witha sound theoretical basis. Mostlecturers on the course were stillpart o the industry, thereorethey were able to provide uswith relevant, practical casestudies, whilst linking this toacademic thinking.

The programme provided

me with the basis or myresearch. I am very interestedin und management and, uponcompletion o my studies innance, I would like to orgea career in absolute returntracker unds and hedge unds.


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Society,TheM&ASociety,TheLatin American Society, The Nordic Society,TheIndianSociety,LGBTgroup,SalsaClasses,TheFilmSociety,aswellasthefollowingsportingclubs:Football,Basketball,Tennis,Badminton, Cricket, Squash and Chess.

These provide students with the opportunityto extend their soter skills, to make newriends and to network with people romother courses as well as providing some lightrelie rom their academic commitments.

A year-round focuson your career

Competition or the best jobs is intense

so you must work hard to stand out romthe crowd. One o the eatures unique

to the specialist Masters programme at

Cass is that we encourage you to start

your job search the day you arrive.

The Cass Careers team works with you to

help connect you with potential employers,

to create powerul CVs and to prepare and

practise or interviews and presentations.

There are year-round workshops

and events with industry experts

and recruitment proessionals who are

available to advise all specialist Masters

students upon vital business skills.

Cass Careers Online holds all the tools

to help you manage your career and

the challenging recruitment process.

I you are uncertain about which career is right

or you, our careers team will help you ocus

on your strengths and interests and devise

a strategy to pursue the best career path.

Cass alumni

Cass alumni orm a powerul and expanding

network o prominent people in leading

organisations worldwide there are now

over33,000withinanetworkspanning

over 150 countries.

We constantly invest in building

our alumni network through a wide

range o events, publications, special

interest groups, international groupsand online communications.

Our alumni team organises over 50 annualevents in the UK and worldwide. Wherever

your career or personal lie takes you, youare likely to ind a ready-made local Cassalumni network to tap into. All o our alumniand students are invited to become onlinecommunity members. This Cass resourceadds enormous value to alumni by acilitatingonline networking, helping alumni makenew connections and allowing them toaccess the many beneits and services.

Alumni are also entitled to return to

Cass to continue their education withContinuingProfessionalDevelopmentcourses and are provided with continuedaccess to library resources.

Ourregularalumnie-bulletinTheHubupdates alumni on events and news romellow alumni and the School. Our eventsare an ideal opportunity to hear the latestideas and views rom leading businessexperts and senior igures, and networkwith aculty and ellow alumni. In additionto the events run by Casss alumni team,alumni and students set up and organiseSpecial Interest Groups themselves. Thesecentre on speciic industries or topics andare an excellent orum or networking.

Pleasevisitwww.cass.city.ac.uk/alumnior more inormation and a taste ocurrent events and reunions worldwide.

Ask Alumni is a service oered to Cassstudents and alumni, allowing them tosearch or and contact alumni by sector,company, location, course and year attendedor careers and other advice. The serviceallows students and alumni to liaise directlywith Ask Alumni volunteers, who arepart o our worldwide alumni network.

A realperspective


Name:ChristinaEmseis

Country: Cyprus

Course: MSc in Supply Chain,TradeandFinance

A amily riend studying atCass last year recommendedthe programme to me.

Although I ound myunder-graduate courseinteresting, it was extremelybroad and I was unsure o thearea o business I wanted tospecialise in. This course hasdeinitely given me guidance

towards an area o business thatI would thoroughly enjoy. I aimto be a high lyer. I would liketo work or an organisation togain experience and eventuallystart my own business.

I believe the programmewill open up wider careeropportunities or me andallow me to excel in the areao Supply Chain Management.

Quality at CassIntheUKsmostrecentResearchAssessmentExercise(RAE),Cassisranked in the top 10 business schools or business and managementresearch: 90% o our research is o international signicance and 55%isinternationallyexcellent.TheRAEscoreisbackedupbyaTeachingQualityAssessmentorQAAscoreof23outof24.Theseratingsare

your assurance that all teaching at Cass is underpinned by the latestcutting-edge research, with our lecturers creating and imparting themost up-to-date knowledge in their eld.


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MSc in Real Estate

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/realestate

This course is aimed at those students whowish to develop a career in the real estateindustry but may be unsure o the directionthey wish to take. It allows students entryinto a wide variety o career paths.

It is designed to provide a broad backgroundin real estate investment, appraisal anddevelopment. The core modules providecoverage o a wide variety o areas in

real estate, including real estate inance,valuation, development, market analysisand economics.

Your routes to business success

ThisRealEstatecourseisaccreditedby the Royal Institution o Chartered Surveyors(RICS),andenablesgraduatestobegintheRICSAssessmentofProfessionalCompetence(APC)qualification.Alumniofthiscoursehave gone on to senior roles in a range oproperty management and consultancybusinesses, as well as inancial institutions.

Full-time

Term one PropertyValuation RealEstateEconomics RealEstateAssetManagement QuantitativeTechniquesinInvestment.

Term two

RealEstateInvestmentandFinancialAnalysis

Pleaseselectthreeofthefollowingmodules**: RealEstateFinance InternationalRealEstate LandlordandTenantLaw RealEstateDevelopmentandPlanning

AppliedValuationandTaxation.Term three

BusinessResearchProjectand three electives*.

MSc in Real EstateInvestment

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/mscrei

This course is aimed at those studentswishing to enter or advance their careersin the ields o real estate investmentmanagement, real estate inance andthe securitised real estate markets.

The course combines the rigour o amainstream inance programme withthe direct application o inancial theoryand techniques in a real estate context.

It deals extensively with the growth in thesecuritisedrealestatemarketsofRealEstateInvestment Trusts and Mortgage BackedSecurities. It also examines the growing realestate derivatives market. The programmeis designed or students with relevantundergraduate degrees or work experienceand strong quantitative skills.


ThisRealEstatecourseisaccreditedby the Royal Institution o Chartered Surveyors(RICS),andenablesgraduatestobegintheRICSAssessmentofProfessionalCompetence(APC)qualification.Alumniofthiscourse

have gone on to senior roles in a rangeo property management and consultancybusinesses, as well as inancial institutions.TheMScinRealEstateInvestmentcourseoers a clear route or entry to theInvestmentPropertyForumintheUK.

Full-time

Term one

InvestmentMarkets QuantitativeTechniques RealEstateEconomics RealEstateInvestmentandFinancialAnalysis.

Term two PortfolioRiskManagement RealEstateCapitalMarkets RealEstateModellingand

Market Dynamics RealEstateDebtMarkets.

Term three


Real Estate

*To view the list of electivesfor these courses go towww.cass.city.ac.uk/mastersor call +44 (0)20 7040 8606

** Modules musthave a minimum of15 students to run

A realperspective


Name:WillElgood

Country: UK

Course: MSc inRealEstateInvestment

I heard about Cass throughseveral ormer colleagues whohad studied here. The MSc enjoysa vastly superior reputation inthe market compared to thoseoered by other institutions.

Beore starting the course I wasworking in real estate advisoryand transaction support. I choseto study or the MSc as the creditcrunch oered me an opportunityto relect on my personal goals

and requirements or my nextcareer phase. The scope o thecourse resulted in my studyingmore general aspects o inance,portolio management andquantitative analysis, whichare ar more advanced thananything I have been exposedto in a work environment.


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MSc in Insuranceand Risk Management

Full-time and part-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/irm

Management o risk is now a key issue or allmajor irms. Business risk takes many orms,including luctuations in currencies, interestrates and commodity prices; threats tophysical assets rom earthquake, windstormand other natural perils; man-made threatso terrorism, raud and criminality, plusa host o urther operational risks thatsurround all commercial enterprises.

The course explores this world o risk andthe growing relationship between insurance,risk management and inancial services.ForapplicantswhoalreadyholdaCIIAdvanced Diploma there is a special asttrack January start, giving exemptionrom the irst term o the MSc.


Graduates rom the MSc in Insurance andRisk Management programme hold positionsin many top companies worldwide, includingmajor insurers and re-insurers, internationalinsurancebrokers,LloydsofLondon,investment and retail banks, accountancy

irms, management consultancies andindustrial corporations.

Full-time

Term one

InsuranceLawandRegulation PrinciplesofFinanceandFinancialAnalysis

RiskManagement TheoryofRiskandInsuranceMarkets.

Term two

AccountingandFinancialManagement in Insurance

BusinessOrganisationand

Corporate Strategy in InsuranceandFinancialServices

GeneralInsurance RiskAnalysisandModelling ResearchProjectManagementSkills.

Term three


MSc in Actuarial Science

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/actscience

The course is aimed at highly numeratestudents who wish to pursue actuarial careersin insurance, inance, consultancy andrelated areas. An actuary is a proessionalwho applies mathematical and statisticaltechniques to inancial problems.

This ast track study route allows studentsto gain proessional qualiications beoreembarking upon their career.

This course is also aimed at actuarialtrainees and associates. Up to eightexemptions can be gained rom the currentsystem o proessional examinationsoftheInstituteandFacultyofActuaries, which is just over hal o the examinationsrequiredforFellowship,therebysavingseveral years o study.


The actuarial proession is a small buthighly respected body, whose membersare among the highest paid in the UK.Cass graduates work or a variety oemployers, including insurance companies,

investment and retail banks, actuarialconsultancies, plus government andnon-government organisations.

Full-time

Term one

FinancialMathematics(CT1)FinanceandFinancialReporting(CT2)ProbabilityandMathematicalStatistics(CT3)

Economics(CT7).

Term two

Modelling(CT4)

Contingencies(CT5)StatisticalMethods(CT6)FinancialEconomics(CT8)ResearchProjectManagementSkills.

Term three

BusinessResearchProjectand one elective*

OrFiveelectives*.

Actuarial/Insurance

MSc in Actuarial Management


www.cass.city.ac.uk/actman

This course has been designed in view o theneeds o actuarial employers and employersrom other sectors requiring inancial riskmanagers. Cass aims to produce highly skilledactuarialprofessionals.Emphasisisplacedon skills in the areas o lie and non-lieinsurance, pensions, inance and investment.

This course is accredited by the UK ActuarialProfession,enablingstudentstostudythe

key areas o actuarial practice in an academicenvironment and to gain exemptions romtheCoreApplicationsConcept(CA1)andSpecialistTechnical(ST1-ST6)subjects oftheInstituteandFacultyofActuaries. In addition, lexible course structure allowsstudents to gain exemptions rom outstandingCoreTechnicalsubjectsCT2,4,5,6and8.


Cass graduates work or a variety oemployers, including insurance companies,investment and retail banks, actuarialconsultancies, plus government andnon-government organisations.

Full-time

Term one

Compulsory modules in: ActuarialRiskManagement(CA1)Parts1and2

Elective modules in: FinanceandFinancialReporting(CT2)** FinanceandInvestmentB(ST6).

Term two

Compulsory modules in: ResearchProjectManagementskillsElective modules in: Models(CT4)**

Contingencies(CT5)** StatisticalMethod(CT6)** FinancialEconomics(CT8)** HealthInsurance(ST1) LifeInsurance(ST2) PensionsandOtherBenefits(ST4) FinanceandInvestmentA(ST5)GeneralInsuranceReservingandCapitalModelling(ST7).

Term three

BusinessResearchProjectand one elective*

OrFiveelectives*.

Part-time schedule for actuarialcourses amounts to one fullstudy day attendance per week

*To view the list of electives

for these courses go towww.cass.city.ac.uk/masters

**Subject to availabilityas hosted by MSc inActuarial Science


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MSc in Management

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/management

This course, ranked third in the UK by theFinancialTimesin2011*,isbasedonanMBA-style curriculum. It is academicallyrigorous and highly practical, oeringgraduates rom a variety o backgroundsthe opportunity to develop knowledge andskills in key areas o modern management.ThisAMBA(associationofMBAs)accreditedcourse allows you to tailor your studies tosuit your particular interests and ambitions.

You will acquire the most up -to-date,cutting edge knowledge in all managementdisciplines.Furthermore,youwillbetaughtpractical skills such as working with others,leadership, decision making, communication,managing conlict and job interviewtechniques, complementing theacademic elements o the course.

Commencing in September, the coursebegins with the Workshop in Management.This highly practical workshop introduces

you to the Cass educational philosophy andprepares you or the undamental conceptsthat are addressed throughout the course.

The irst term ocuses on a range otheories which come rom Casss worldrenown aculty, as well as rameworksand management tools. You will be askedto select one o the ollowing specialistareas to specialise in: Business RiskManagement,Entrepreneurship,Marketingor Strategic Management. In term three

you will urther specialise in these areas.

Business Risk Management is orthose who want to go into the areao risk, internal consultancy andcorporate governance, a prominenteature o most large organisations.

TheEntrepreneurshipstreamisforaspiringentrepreneurs in all sectors who want togain a grounding in developing innovativebusiness ideas, begin their own venture orbecome part o a new, growing business.

The Marketing stream recognises the centralrole played by marketing in organisationsand is aimed at students who want to studymanagement with a marketing ocus. Thisstream teaches strategic marketing conceptsby using a learning-by-doing approach.

The Strategic Management stream is orthose looking to develop their analyticalskills, whilst dealing with advanced strategicissues with an international context.

Your routes to business successThe MSc in Management is an extremely

versatile qualiication, oering access toa wide range o careers in strategy andmarketing roles. We have demonstratedsuccess in helping our students to gain awide range o careers in the corporate andconsultingworld.TheEntrepreneurshipstream can help budding entrepreneurswho want to develop their own innovativebusiness ideas, or those wishing to pursuea career in their amily business.

Full-time

Induction: Workshop in Management

Term one Core modules

Accounting Finance BusinessEconomics OrganisationalBehaviour PrinciplesofMarketing QuantitativeMethodsforBusiness StrategicAnalysis.

Term two Core modules

SupplyChainAnalysis InternationalFinance LeadershipandChange ResearchMethodsforBusiness.

Management

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Ranked 3rd in the UK in themost recent Financial TimesMSc in Management rankings*

Term two Specialist modules

Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship101

EntrepreneurialManagementOrMarketing ConsumerBehaviour MarketingStrategySimulationOrStrategic Management AdvancedStrategyAnalysis StrategicRiskandControl.

Term three Core modules

BusinessandSociety ConsultingProject PracticesofManagementPlus

BusinessResearchProject Endofyearinternationaltrip/BusinessPlanCompetition

Students must also select a furthertwo electives from the following list: AssetManagementandBusiness BrandManagement CorporateSocialResponsibility ConsultingSkills CustomerServiceRelationship

Management DigitalMarketing EntrepreneurshipinEurope FamilyBusiness FinancialCrime:IssuesforManagement GlobalSourcingStrategy HumanResourceManagement ManagingCustomersinBusiness

to Business Marketing ManagingAccountingTechniques StrategiesofFastTrackVenturing.

Term three Specialist modules

Entrepreneurship HighGrowthEntrepreneurshipOrMarketing BrandManagementOrStrategic Management

GlobalStrategy.

*2011 Financial TimesMSc in Managementrankings, most recent atthe time of going to print.

Full-time courses take anacademic year to complete.

**Electives are sharedwith other courses andmay be subject to change.For more information aboutscholarships, please visitwww.cass.city.ac.uk/courses/masters/funding-your-study


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Energy/Supply Chain/Shipping

MSc in Energy,Trade and Finance

MSc in Supply Chain,Trade and Finance

MSc in Shipping,Trade and Finance

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/tradefinance

The International Centre or Shipping,TradeandFinanceatCass,whichprovidesteaching to these three MSc degrees, wasestablishedin1983,introducinganewintegrated and unique approach to global

business. Recognised internationally orits educational excellence, the Centredemonstrates its commitment to the globalbusiness community, as well as students,by organising conerences, symposiaand seminars eaturing leading igures incommerce, inance and industry, as well asgovernment and international organisations.In addition, the Centre is internationallyknown or its research, teaching andinternational dialogue in the areas o energyeconomics, shipping inance, shipping riskinance, commodity inance, logistics andsupply chain management, commodity trade,inancial and commodity risk modelling

and management.

These three courses are designed toenable students to operate at the highestlevels o international business, includingbanking and inance, shipping, transport,logistics, energy and other related sectorsand industries.

The MSc in Energy, Trade and Finance isvalidatedbytheEnergyInstituteandstudentscan become members ater graduating.The MSc in Supply Chain, Trade and

Finance is validated by the CharteredInstituteofLogisticsandTransportand provides ull exemptions rom theeducational requirement or CharteredMembership. The MSc in Shipping, Tradeand Finance is validated by the Instituteo Chartered Shipbrokers. Graduateswill be granted exemptions rom variousexaminations o the Institute.


The Centres reputation or educationalexcellenceandlocationintheCityofLondon the nexus o the global inancial, maritime,insurance and commodity trading industries

oer graduates unparalleled networkingandjobseekingopportunities.Fromatotalofover1,900graduatestodate,35%areworkingin banking and inance,29%inshipping,13%in trade, industry and manuacturing and 6%in consultancy. The remainder work in othersectors including law, academia, governmentand international organisations.

Full-time

Term one

Compulsory ManagerialAccounting PrinciplesofFinance

QuantitativeMethodsPath choice InternationalEconomics

or Shipping Supply Chain MScOr EnergyEconomicsfortheEnergyMSc.

Term two

Compulsory AdvancedQuantitativeMethods CorporateFinance FinancialMarkets

Path choice

Choose either InternationalCommodityTradefor

Shipping/Supply Chain MScOr PowerMarketsfortheEnergyMSc

And one o the ollowing related to your course GlobalSupplyChainManagementOr ShippingInvestmentandFinanceOr OilandEnergyTradingandEconomics.

Term three

BusinessResearchProjectandoneelective*Or Fiveelectives*.

Full-time courses take an

academic year to complete.

*To view the list of electivesfor these courses please visit

www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters

A realperspective

Name:AnnaPotkina

Country: Russia

Course: MSc in International

AccountingandFinanceAt Casss careers airs I learnedabout companies in the UKnancial markets, and therewere a number o really largecompanies I had never heardo beore. It was a antasticopportunity to learn about thegraduate programmes companieshave and to nd out who they arelooking to recruit. Interestingly,at the careers air I could askcompany representatives aboutthe type o questions I could beasked later at my job interviews.

I took a number o one-to-onesessions with Casss careersadvisers to polish my CV. I alsoattended presentations andinterview skills sessions at Cassand read presentations on howto write covering letters onthe Cass careers website.

I took one-to-one sessionsto improve my interview skillsand to learn to identiy my weakpoints, which may be visible tointerviewers, so I could work

on improving them.These sessions were really helpul.I took a lot o them because therewas a lot o work to be done.I must coness that I evolved into adiferent personality at Cass as myoverall attitude to the recruitmentprocess changed. I now know howto write a CV that sells itsel, knowwhat answers interviewers wantto hear and why networking isa winning ormula.


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Finance

MSc in InvestmentManagement

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/mscim

This demanding but highly rewarding courseleads to a broad range o career opportunitieswithin the inancial sector. Students acquire asound knowledge o the theoretical oundationso modern investment and risk managementtechniques by applying these principles inpractice through case studies and the use o ourBloomberg and Thomson Reuters trading rooms.


Graduates work as traders, und managers,risk managers, security analysts, brokers

and corporate treasurers.

Full-time

Term one

EquityAnalysis FixedIncomeAnalysis PortfolioTheory QuantitativeMethodsfor

Investment Management.

Term two

AlternativeInvestments DerivativeApplications AdvancedFinancialStatementAnalysis PortfolioManagement

ResearchProjectManagementSkills.Term three Elective modules

CourserequireseitheraBusinessResearchProjectandoneelectiveorfiveelectives*.

MSc in Banking andInternational Finance

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/mscbif

This course recognises and relectsthe wide and sophisticated range oactivities within the banking sector.


The course MSc in Banking and InternationalFinanceisdesignedtoequipourstudentsor a very wide range o careers in banks, asportolio managers, in inance departmentso industrial and service companies, asconsultants, in central banks and as auditorsin multinational inancial organisations.

Full-time

Term one

FinanceandInvestmentsFinancialStatementAnalysisQuantitativeMethodsforFinanceCommercialandInvestmentBanking.

Term two

CorporateFinance RiskManagementInternationalFinance

FixedIncomeandCurrencyDerivativesResearchProjectManagementSkills.

Term three Elective modules


MSc in InternationalAccounting and Finance

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/msciaf

This course aims at preparing graduatesor leading roles in the global investmentcommunity and within commercial entities.It provides students with a combined expertisein accounting and corporate inance. Starting

with the basic principles in accounting andinance, the course demonstrates how to assessperormance and conduct valuation o irmsusing complex inancial and accounting data.


Graduates rom this course move into a range ocareers in the inancial sector, including roles asanalysts in accounting irms, corporate inance,auditing, regulatory bodies and consultancy.

Full-time

Term one

AppliedEmpiricalAccounting CorporateFinanceandValuation

FinancialReporting StrategicCostManagement.

Term two

FinancialStatementAnalysis AccountingInformationandCapitalMarkets InternationalFinancialManagement CorporateFinanceandRestructuring ResearchProjectManagementSkills.


CourserequireseitheraBusinessResearchProjectandoneelective,fiveelectives*or ICA certiicate.

MSc in FinanceFull-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/mscfin

TheMScinFinanceaddressesarangeo inancial issues including: portoliomanagement, asset allocation, perormanceevaluation, behavioural inance, valuationo companies, raising capital, capitalstructure and dividends, mergers andacquisitions, cross-listing and oreignexchange management. Within term two,students take our core modules, twocompulsor and two chosen rom aurther our options.

In addition, students acquire in-depthknowledge o statistics, accounting andinancial reporting. The course ocuseson inancial issues in all industry sectors.Students successully completing the MScinFinancemaybeeligibleforexemption

rom proessional examinations romthe CIMA and ACCA.


Our international body o graduates has movedinto a range o roles such as inancial analyst,risk manager and consultant, within areas such ascorporate inance, und management and banking.

Full-time

Term one

CorporateFinanceandValuation TheoryofFinance FinancialReporting StatisticsinFinance.

Term two

AssetManagement Derivatives&RiskManagement

ResearchProjectManagementSkillsChoose two of the following: InternationalFinance FixedIncome M&A/PrivateEquity CorporateFinance&Restructuring.



MSc in Corporate Finance

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/msccf

This course is based on our highly ranked MScinFinanceandwillgivestudentstheopportunityto specialise in corporate inance, one o themost popular sectors o inancial services.


GraduatesfromtheMScinCorporateFinancewill move into a diverse range o inancial sectorcareers: investment banking, securities sales andtrading, oreign exchange, hedge unds, privatebanking, credit products, inancial and creditrisk management and consultancy.

Term one CorporateFinanceandValuation FinancialReporting StatisticsinFinance TheoryofFinance.

Term two

M&A/PrivateEquity CorporateFinanceandRestructuring CorporateRiskManagement FinancialStatementAnalysis ResearchProjectManagementSkills.




*To view the list of electivesfor these courses go towww.cass.city.ac.uk/masters


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MSc in QuantitativeFinance

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/qf

This course is designed to give studentsa sound understanding o the quantitativeaspects o inance, used both by practitionersand academics. It ocuses on topics such aseconometrics, orecasting and risk modellingand covers the inancial instruments and theinancial theory rom a mathematical andpractical point o view. It also provides studentswith knowledge o various computer sotwareand programming languages such as Matlab.


Students rom this MSc are suitable or a numbero roles in the inancial industry requiringextensive and in-depth market analysis, or or acareer in asset management. Graduates rom theMScinQuantitativeFinancearealsoequippedto continue their postgraduate studies with aPhDinanyareaofquantitativefinance.


AssetPricing NumericalMethods1:Foundations Derivatives FoundationsofEconometrics.


FixedIncomeSecurities NumericalMethods2:ApplicationstoFinance

RiskAnalysis EconometricsofFinancialMarketsResearchProjectManagementSkills.


BusinessResearchProjectandone elective*

Or Fiveelectives*.

MSc in FinancialMathematics

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/fm

This course gives you the tools necessary toundertake high-quality research in both inancialand academic institutions. This will includeinancial theory and mathematical modelling,along with stochastic calculus and programmingwhich are then applied or asset pricing, interestrates modelling and risk management. Thisprogramme is rigorous with respect to themathematics but also links the theory withreal world developments.


Graduates rom this MSc will be equipped orroles involving the development o pricing andrisk management models and their testing, or ora career as a risk analyst or quantitative analyst.TheMScinFinancialMathematicsalsoprovidesa solid platorm or urther postgraduate studies,suchasaPhDinmathematicalfinance.


AssetPricing NumericalMethods1:Foundations MathematicalModelsfor FinancialDerivatives

StochasticCalculus.


FixedIncomeSecurities NumericalMethods2:ApplicationstoFinance

RiskAnalysis AdvancedStochasticModellingMethodsinFinance

ResearchProjectManagementSkills.


BusinessResearchProjectandone elective*

Or Fiveelectives*.

MSc in MathematicalTrading and Finance


www.cass.city.ac.uk/mtf

This course combines academic rigour with astrong practical orientation. It oers students,who already possess excellent appliedmathematical skills, a solid oundation ininancial mathematical theory and practice.

This enables them to participate ully in theever-changing derivatives markets, whereinancial innovation and globalisation havecreated new investment opportunities, risksand instruments. Students acquire a soundknowledge o mathematical inance, stochastic

calculus, derivatives valuation, inancialengineering, quantitative risk modelling,numerical methods and econometrictechniques. The use o TraderMade, a marketleading platorm/database, enhances thestudents learning experience on this course.


Students go on to pursue a wide rangeo careers in derivatives trading and riskmanagement, with many o the worldsleading inancial institutions.

Full-time


AdvancedFinancialEconometrics Derivatives1 QuantitativeAssetPricing MathematicalFinanceand

Stochastics Calculus.


Derivatives2 NumericalMethods RiskAnalysisandModelling StructuredEquityandEnergyDerivativesResearchProjectManagementSkills.


BusinessResearchProjectand

one elective*Or Fiveelectives*.

Quantitative Finance


*To view the list of electivesfor these courses go towww.cass.city.ac.uk/masters

For more information aboutscholarships, please visitwww.cass.city.ac.uk/courses/masters/funding-your-study


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Cass Business School106 Bunhill RowLondonEC1Y8TZTel+44(0)2070408600 www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters

Underground

Barbican, Liverpool Street,Moorgate, Old Street

Overground train

Barbican, Liverpool Street,Moorgate, Old Street

Bus route4/55/66/ These buses goto Barbican Station, youthen have a short walkto Bunhill Row.

Other buses that

run near Barbican:8/11/17/26/35/4243/47/48/56/76/78100/133/141/149/153214/242/344

Pedestrians

Please use the mainentrance at Bunhill Row.

Parking

NCP Aldersgate157 170 Aldersgate,London EC1A 4HR

London Finsbury SquareFinsbury Squareunderground car park,London EC2A 1AD

Barbican Centre car parks

The Barbican Centre,London EC2Y 8DS

Key1. Cass Business School

(postgraduate)2. Northampton Square,

includingCass Business School(undergraduate)

3. Saddlers Sports Centre4. Francis Rowley Court5. Willen House6. Walter Sickert Hall

Cass Business School

In 2002, City Universitys Business

School was renamed Sir John Cass

Business School following a generous

donation towards the development

of its new building in Bunhill Row. The

Schools name is usually abbreviated

to Cass Business School.Sir John Casss Foundation

Sir John Casss Foundation has supported

education in London since the 18th century

and takes its name from its founder, Sir

John Cass, who established a school in

Aldgate in 1710. Born in the City of London

in 1661, Sir John served as an MP for

the City and was knighted in 1713.

Cass General Msc Prospectus

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