Kemmy Business School

The recent financial crisis that originated in the sub-prime US credit markets has provided compelling evidence that even the most sophisticated quantitative financial models have struggled (indeed failed) to match their predictive ability with observed market behavior. Given the consequences for financial risk-appraisal and the stability of global financial markets, quantitative financial models must more than ever be explicit about their assumptions (principally, which risks are priced and which are not). Consequently, the financial services industry will increasingly demand that graduates combine a quantitatively-founded understanding of market dynamics and financial risk with an ability to use financial models with a mix of common sense and intuition. Faced with these challenges, the MSc in Computational Finance (MSc CF) is an intensive 12-month, full-time programme which has been designed to balance theoretically rigorous coursework with a practical emphasis on the acquisition of advanced quantitative skills and an intuitive understanding of the dynamics of risk in financial markets. Although only in its second year of existence, the MSc CF programme has already been singled out as being academically rigorous by its external academic examiners and as being highly innovative in its delivery mechanisms. Delivery of the MSc in Computational Finance programme is largely based in the purpose-built financial markets Trading Floor. Recently completed with the support and encouragement of the international financial services industry in Ireland, the campus-based Trading Floor is located prominently in the new Kemmy Business School and is the first such facility to be located in a University on the island of Ireland.

This joint programme between the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick and the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, NUIG has been developed to meet ongoing up-skilling and re-training needs of specific sectors of the regional economy (business, financial services, ICT etc.) while also building upon both Universities' complementary teaching strengths and areas of expertise.

EPAS Accredited

EPAS is an international programme accreditation system operated by EFMD.  It aims to evaluate the quality of any business and/or management degree programme that has an international perspective
and, where of an appropriately high quality, to accredit it.

The MSC in HRM has a strategic and international focus and reflects the transition from HR as a peripheral concern to HR as an area of strategic importance within organisations. HR professionals and managers are now serving multiple, and often conflicting, roles and face increasing complexity and challenges in the HR function. These challenges include transformational change, the current economic downturn, globalisation, balancing operational and strategic issues and managing competing demands from multiple stakeholders. The MSc in HRM is designed to assist organisations in the private, public, non-profit and semi-state sector in meeting these challenges and includes modules on strategic decision making and change management, negotiations and conflict management, International HRM, HRD, employment law and industrial relations. The programme also includes a five day international workshop - this includes seminars from international experts, company visits and networking opportunities. The programme is CIPD accredited at the highest level and EPAS Accredited (awarded by the European Foundation for Management Development).

Designed for graduates who want to pursue international business careers, this Master's Degree explores the landscape of international management and global business. It provides an in-depth understanding of the successful management of the global enterprise and seeks to develop an international, cross-cultural and global mindset among international managers of the future. Delivered by an internationally experienced teaching team in state-of-the-art teaching facilities at the Kemmy Business School, this programme offers an excellent blend of the academic and the practical in order to enhance your international career potential.