What projects are suitable?
Students on the MSc Climate Change Finance and Investment programme undertake a range of courses, including:
- Advanced Energy Finance
- Carbon Accounting
- Climate Policy and Investment
- Carbon Pricing
- Fundamentals of Infrastructure Finance
- International Climate Finance
- Climate Change Consulting Project
- Climate Risk and Investment Alignment
- Baseline-and-Credit Methods
- Behavioural Finance
- Investment Management
- Sustainable Finance
Projects within any of these areas would be of interest to our students.
Qualifying criteria
- Complete an application form setting out clear project objectives
- Have an interesting research topic that meets academic requirements
- Willingness to communicate business details to the student
- Ability to engage with the student throughout the project
- Commitment to share necessary data and arrange access for data collection (NDAs can be signed as part of the process)
Timescale
| Action | Date |
|---|---|
| Contact Business Engagement Manager to discuss your project | Any time |
| Expression of interest | By mid-November |
| Client project proposal due | Deadline: 11 December |
| Final list of projects confirmed | By end of January |
| Projects are matched to students | Late February |
| Client informed of matching outcome | Early March |
| Dissertation period | May to mid-August |
| Initial meeting between client and student and project scoping | May |
| MoU and NDA agreed | By end of May |
| Student carries out the research | Exact start date to be agreed in the MoU (from May onwards to mid-August) |
| Outputs delivered to the client | End of August |
Discuss your ideas
If you would like more information on student projects please contact Mhari McIntyre, our Business Engagement Manager.