Program start date | Application deadline |
2025-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Risk Management MSc
Overview
Risk management is key to an organisation's sustainability. It allows a business to plan for situations ranging from global pandemics to volatile marketplaces, and to put solutions in place that enable them to continue to thrive.
Our programme will give you a complete set of essential management skills and will also develop your potential to excel in global risk management positions. You will be able to directly contribute to the success of organisations in sectors as diverse as healthcare, aviation, law, energy, engineering and insurance.
On our MSc, you'll explore topics such as analysing and modelling risk, risk governance in different sectors and quantitative risk management.
You have the option to take industry-recognised digital qualifications by Microsoft and SAP alongside your course, which will develop your digital skills.
Studying this course with us will enhance your CV and help to bring you to the notice of prestigious employers who are looking for the skillset you will have.
Why choose this course?
- Gain digital skills: Business School students have the opportunity to gain digital skills with industry-recognised Microsoft and SAP certifications.
- Triple accredited: Part of an elite group of business schools worldwide to gain ‘triple crown’ accreditation.
- More than 27,000 Business School alumni connect you to a powerful global network of business contacts.
- Top 100 in the world for Management: QS World Business Master's Rankings 2025: Management.
- Gain membership to the leading international professional education and training body for risk management: Institute of Risk Management.
Course content
Across the autumn and spring semesters, you will take 120 credits of taught modules. Each module typically consists of 10 two to three hour sessions.
You will complete a 60-credit dissertation over the summer, and will be allocated an appropriate dissertation supervisor who will oversee your progress.
Modules
- Research Methods for Risk Management
- Risk Analysis
- Risk and Society
- Corporate Risk
- Quantitative Risk Management
- Theory of Risk and Applications
- Business Project (Summer)
- Risk Management Dissertation
Learning and assessment
How you will learn
- Lectures
- Seminars
- Tutorials
- Workshops
Digital professional skills certifications
We offer the opportunity for you to take industry-recognised Microsoft and SAP certifications alongside your degree programme. This will enhance your digital capability, differentiate your CV and help you stand out to future employers.
How you will be assessed
- Dissertation
- Examinations
- Essay
- Coursework
Assessment is by a mixture of methods such as independent and group coursework, take home exams, and a final dissertation.
Entry requirements
- Undergraduate degree: 2:1 (or international equivalent) in business studies, economics or management
- English language requirements: IELTS 6.5 (no less than 6.0 in each element)
Fees
- Home / UK: £15,800
- International: £32,400
Funding
- Business School MSc scholarships
- International masters scholarships for high-achieving international scholars
Careers
Our Business School Postgraduate Careers team provides expert advice, guidance and coaching to support you in your career plans, whether you are aiming to find work in the UK, in your home country or elsewhere.
Ranking 3rd in the UK for graduate support and employment rate, our expert staff can help you research career options, build your CV, develop your interview skills and meet employers. You’ll have access to vacancy platforms, careers events and work experience opportunities.
Integrated within your MSc, the Accelerated Career Leader Programme is designed to provide you with the tools and skills to kick start your career. Our Global Career Insights Series provides valuable sector insights from alumni and industry experts.
International students who complete an eligible degree programme in the UK on a student visa can apply to stay and work in the UK after their course under the Graduate immigration route. Eligible courses at the University of Nottingham include bachelors, masters and research degrees, and PGCE courses.
When you have graduated, you then have access to our lifelong careers support.
Graduate destinations
Career destinations for our postgraduates include:
- Accountants
- Finance and investment analysts and advisers
- Marketing associate professionals
- Human resources managers
- Management consultants
- Business analysts
- Business development managers
- Financial managers
- Data analysts
Some MSc graduates have gone on to doctoral studies, others have become entrepreneurs. Our Ingenuity Lab has supported a number of our MSc graduates in starting their own company.
Career progression
86.2% of all postgraduates from Nottingham University Business School secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. The average annual salary for these graduates was £31,419.
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