Postgraduate finance students receive CFA scholarships

Seven Strathclyde postgraduate students from the MSc in Finance and the MSc Investment and Finance programmes have been awarded scholarships to complete level 1 of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). 

The Department is an Affiliate Institution to the CFA and this allows students to achieve one of the highest distinctions in the investment management profession. The CFA charter gives students expertise and real-world skills in investment analysis. There are more than 190,000 professionals who have been recognised globally for their commitment to ethics and professionalism. 

These scholarships will pay for the students to undertake level 1 CFA exam which covers the following topics:

• Ethical and Professional Standards
• Tools
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Economics
  • Financial Statement Analysis
• Portfolio Management and Analysis
  • Corporate Issuers
  • Portfolio Management
• Assets
  • Equity Investments
  • Fixed Income
  • Derivatives
  • Alternative Investments

Our MSc programmes in Finance and Investment & Finance will ensure that most Level I candidates have already mastered many introductory financial concepts as part of their studies.

Published: 19 June 2024