Centre for Economic and Financial Studies
The Centre for Economic and Financial Studies (CEFS) is part of the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School. CEFS covers research and postgraduate teaching at the juncture of the fields of Economics and Finance. The Adam Smith Business School has significant expertise in the field of international finance research and is ranked in the top 10% of institutions worldwide while staff member, Professor Ronald MacDonald, is ranked in the top 5% of authors in this area and in economics as a whole. The subject of Economics within the Adam Smith Business School is among the top 25% Economics Departments in the world (RePEc, January 2013). RAE 2008 ranks all research in Economics at Glasgow as being of international quality: 75% is considered to be world-leading and internationally excellent.
The following MSc programmes are offered through the Centre for Economic and Financial Studies:
- MSc Asset Pricing and Investment new
- MSc Banking and Financial Services
- MSc Finance and Management new (joint with Management)
- MSc Financial Economics
- MSc Financial Forecasting and Investment
- MSc Financial Risk Management
- MSc International Trade and Finance
- MSc Investment Banking and Finance
- MSc Investment Fund Management new
- MSc Quantitative Finance
CEFS also offers a PhD in Finance and in Quantitative Finance.