MSc Risk Management and Financial Engineering at Imperial College London

Our Master’s degree in Risk Management is a one-year course, providing technically-minded graduates with an analytical study of risk management and financial engineering.

The course is run by Imperial College Business School and equips our students with the cutting-edge risk management tools and strategies utilised by world-leading financial firms.

You will learn how to put the latest academic thinking and business strategies into practice from leading practitioners and world class faculty, giving you a thorough and hands-on understanding of risk management.

Study programme

The course begins with core modules in the autumn term that continue into the spring term.

You also complete a number of online interactive primer modules that you must pass but which do not contribute to your final grade. These foundation modules introduce you to the modern tools of finance.

In the spring term, you choose a number of elective modules as well as choosing between two different types of projects. The individual Applied Project comprises of a 3,000-word report and a short presentation and the individual Research Project involves an original piece of work of around 10,000 words. You carry out your chosen project over the summer term. Students who complete a Research Project are required to take one less elective.