Financial Risk Management
Position Details (Master's)
The Financial Risk Management program at the University of Glasgow focuses on the risk management and the quantification of several types of risk such as financial, including market risk and some elements of liquidity and counterpart risk.
Key facts
- The Financial Risk Management program at the University of Glasgow will provide you with a thorough understanding of
- advanced econometric analysis
- theories of risk, including bond market interest rate determination, market risk, liquidity risk and counterpart risk
- the role and impact of financial regulations.
- It will equip you with up to date risk management skills for the quantification of risk and the optimal asset allocation. These skills are essential for managing and hedging market, credit and interest rate risks.
- You will have access to statistical packages, such as MATLAB and EViews, and a dedicated computer lab that will enable you to put theory into practice.
- We are now partners with Bloomberg Experiential Learning. The ELP program recognises and celebrates academic institutions that are leaders in experiential learning through the integration of Bloomberg terminal exercises into curriculum.
- Take advantage of our individualised skills development program, which will ensure you balance academic theory with crucial employability skills to help you maximise your potential and achieve your career goals.
- Career prospects
- As a graduate you will be qualified to work in risk management, asset management companies, hedge funds, wealth management banks and central banks. Graduates have found employment with companies such as Morgan Stanley, HSBC, KPMG, and the Royal Bank of Scotland. We have a dedicated careers and employability team who provide 1-2-1 support and advice, group workshops, employer events on campus and networking opportunities throughout the year to help you with your career prospects.
Courses include:
- Dissertation Gcefs
- Financial Markets, Securities And Derivatives
- Hedge Fund Risk Management
- Mathematical Finance
- Modelling And Forecasting Financial Time Series
Research Areas & Fields of Study involved in the position
Position Start Date
Sep 2026
University of Glasgow
On Campus (Full Time)
1 year
Jul 2026