What will I learn?

Finance is a stimulating and challenging discipline that offers a wide range of exciting and dynamic careers across the financial industry. Our MSc Finance has been designed to produce graduates that meet the demands of employers. The application of finance theory to real-world problems is a consistent theme running through our modules. Extensive use of real-world data is a feature of all taught modules as we seek to integrate theory with real-world practice. The programme offers an extensive training in the core areas of finance, such as Asset Pricing and Portfolio Management Corporate Finance and Valuation Derivatives Securities and Financial Risk Analysis while also offering a Finance Live module, which will bring financial market participants and real financial market challenges to the classroom, giving students an experience of critically evaluating real-world situations and solving problems. A novel Summer School in Data Management and Analytics in Finance is designed to provide students with practical experience in software used across the industry. In combination, these modules deliver skills that will positively differentiate our graduates in the job market.

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Social Sciences

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees

€18,000.00 (16,27,634) per year

Total Rent for Full Academic Year- 6229 Single room

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Maynooth University

Maynooth University, Maynooth,

MAYNOOTH,

Kildare,

W23 F2H6, Leinster, Republic of Ireland

Entry requirements

For international students

Successful applicants will normally have:

A minimum 2.2 single honours (level 8) degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Maths or other quantitative discipline;
A minimum 2.2 double honours (level 8) degree in which one of the above disciplines constitute at least 50% of the degree content and the applicant has a 2.2 grade in that component of the overall degree.

Other applicants will be considered on a case-by-case basis and may be interviewed if they have:

A minimum 2.2 double honours (level 8) degree in which any of the above disciplines constitute between 20% and 49% of the degree content and the applicant has a 2.2 grade in that component of the overall degree;
A primary degree in any other discipline and have at least 5 years relevant work experience. This is done through the Maynooth University Procedure for Non-Standard Entrants and Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.