Risk Management Courses in the United Kingdom

Master of Science in Insurance and Risk Management

• The Cass Business School at the City University of London offers a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in insurance and risk management. The course provides students with a combination of theory and practice to give students the strong foundation they need to survive in the business world. Students are required to have obtained a bachelor's degree in order to be admitted to the course. The program is designed to last 10 months and is divided up into three terms. It consists of nine required classes and five electives. The other option is to complete nine classes plus one elective and a business research project. Some of the courses include: Theory of Risk and Insurance Markets, Insurance Law and Regulation, Risk Management, and Principles of Finance and Financial Analysis.

  City University, London

  Cass Business School

  106 Bunhill Row

  London

  EC1Y 8TZ

  U.K.

  44-20-7040-5150

  www.cass.city.ac.uk

Master of Science and Ph.D. in Risk Management

• The Centre for Decision Analysis and Risk Management at Middlesex University offers both a Master of Science (M.Sc.) and Ph.D. in risk management. The M.Sc. course is designed to last one year for full-time students and two years for students studying part-time. It requires students to complete 120 credits consisting of four modules plus an additional research project. The Ph.D. course is a three to four year program that is completed by simply completing a dissertation. The emphasis of the course is in value-based decision making. Potential students must have a master's degree or a bachelor's degree with honors to be considered for the course.

  Centre for Decision Analysis and Risk Management

  School of Health and Social Sciences

  Middlesex University

  The Burroughs

  Hendon

  London NW4 4BT

  U.K.

  44-208-411-6822

  www.mdx.ac.uk

Master of Arts in Risk Management

• Sheffield Hallam University offers a Master of Arts degree in Risk Management. The course is designed for a wide range of students including recent business graduates and those who have been working in the field for a number of years. The course covers five broad areas of risk management: financial markets, corporate risk management, insurance, banking, and financial supervision and regulation. Applicants are considered from a wide variety of fields so long as they have an honors degree or professional qualifications in a related field of study. The course consists of three semesters of study which includes the completion of a dissertation.

  Sheffield Hallam University

  City Campus

  Howard Street

  Sheffield, S1 1WB

  U.K.

  011-4-225-5555

  www.shu.ac.uk