Behavioural Finance

The MSc Behavioural Finance is promoted as the UK's first postgraduate qualification to merge finance with psychology. Two departments, one specialising in finance and one in psychology, shape the syllabus. Students explore why psychological influences affect investment choices and drive market behaviour across the twelve-month full-time programme. Instruction is grounded in practice, with interactive workshops, case-based study and trading simulations. Because the degree is linked with the CFA Institute, students can work toward CFA Level 1 while completing the course, and the credential covers much of the CFA body of knowledge. Students can access a careers development programme oriented toward finance, and a voluntary summer work placement is offered. Alumni enter roles across the finance sector. Their studies combine conceptual depth with the practical tools needed to interpret investor behaviour.