Master Financial Services online with IOB

Pathway to the MSc in Financial Services

The Pathway to MSc in Financial Services is ideal for financial services professionals who are in leadership positions, or who aspire to leadership roles.

For more detailed information about the programme, please go here.

The Pathway to MSc in Financial Services aims to develop expertise in your chosen areas of interest (e.g. Digital, Data, Culture, Risk Management, Retail Banking or Investment Funds) while fostering a strategic perspective to enable you to assess strategic alternatives, identify new growth opportunities, and solve complex problems in financial services.

Pathway Diagram

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The curriculum develops industry specific knowledge and research insights and utilises students’ practical experience to promote peer learning. An important aspect of the programme is the integration of technical skills and a focus on strategic challenges facing financial institutions to identify opportunities and threats arising in the global marketplace.

Students will critically evaluate the implications of operating in a dynamic business environment and the challenges they face in developing and executing strategies to provide value added products, services and solutions as firms seek to create compelling value propositions to support sustainable competitive advantage.

Routes to attaining the MSc in Financial Services

To attain the MSc in Financial Services, you must complete 90 ECTS (academic credits) through the programmes outlined in the Programme Structure diagram.

Core Requirement

The Professional Diploma in Strategic Management in Financial Services (30 ECTS) is a mandatory component of the MSc and must be completed.

Two routes to attaining the MSc:

FIRST ROUTE - Graduate Diploma Pathway

• Complete one of the four Graduate Diplomas listed in the Programme Structure diagram. Each Graduate Diploma consists of six modules over 18 months. (60 ECTS) You must achieve a minimum 2.2 grade in the Graduate Diploma.

• Complete the core programme - Professional Diploma in Strategic Management in Financial Services. (30 ECTS)

SECOND ROUTE - Professional Diploma Pathway

• Complete three Professional Diplomas (30 ECTS each) (One of these must be the core programme - Professional Diploma in Strategic Management in Financial Services).

Choose the other two Professional Diplomas from those listed in the Programme Structure diagram.

*If you select the Graduate Diploma in Investment Fund Services Management, which already includes the three core modules from the Professional Diploma in Strategic Management in Financial Services, you must complete one additional Professional Diploma to meet the MSc requirements. However, please do not choose the Professional Diploma in Advanced Banking Risk Management or the Professional Diploma in Advanced Operational Risk Management in Financial Services programmes, as they also include common modules. Please choose from one of the nine remaining Professional Diplomas.

Award

• When you successfully complete this programme you will be awarded a MSc in Financial Services from UCD.

• This is a level 9 qualification on the National Framework of Qualifications.

As a recognised college of UCD, IOB's accredited programmes are bound by the regulations and policies of the University. Where students receive multiple awards based on the achievement of the same modules, the higher award is given. In the case of students taking the MSc in Financial Services, they will not receive the final diploma that completes the MSc as they are receiving the MSc award. We have outlined this in the programme pages of the IOB Prospectus.

Professional Body Membership

You must be a current member of IOB, or become a member, to register for this programme.

Continuous Professional Development

If you hold an IOB designation or a designation managed by IOB, CPD hours may be awarded on successful completion of this programme.

For further information

For more detailed information, go here.

Please also contact the Programme Manager Edel Hayden at [email protected]