Welcome to Imperial College London

Welcome to this MSc Metals and Energy Finance Open Day

31 January 2008

Combined Department of Earth Science & Engineering (Faculty of Engineering) – Tanaka Business

School programme

Imperial College London

• >12,500 students (06/07) - 30% postgraduate (highly international - 66% UK, 13% EU, 11% Commonwealth) 43% engineering, 30% science, 23% medicine, 4% management

• 30 Academic departments grouped into 3 faculties, + Business School & Academic Centres, such as Centre for Professional Development

• 1,100 academic staff with student/staff ratio ~ 10:1

• Annual budget ~ £500M

• Attracts ~ 8.5% total national public funding of university research

• Highest industry funded university in UK

Athabasca Oil Sands – Convergence between petroleum and mining

Business School Autumn Term 120 hrs

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Accounting(Lecture)

Math Tech inFinance (Lecture)

Math Tech inFinance (Seminar)

Theory of Finance1 (Lecture)

Theory of Finance1 (Seminar)

MSc Metals andEnergy Finance.Teaching Programme

Gold intergrowth

ESE Autumn Term (Maths) 105 hrs

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Cash FlowModelling

Mineral DepositStudies

Petroleum Geology ExtractiveMetallurgy

SupplementaryMaths

Business School Autumn Term 120 hrs

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Accounting(Lecture)

Math Tech inFinance (Lecture)

Math Tech inFinance (Seminar)

Theory of Finance1 (Lecture)

Theory of Finance1 (Seminar)

MSc Metals andEnergy Finance.Teaching Programme

Carlin –epithermal gold

ESE Autumn (Language) 130 hrs

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Petroleum Geology Extractive Metallurgy Language

Business School Spring Term 50 hrsTheory of Finance 2

Language Group 33 hrs

MSc Metals andEnergy Finance.Teaching Programme

Reservoir Rocks

ESE Spring Term 163 hrs

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ProjectAppraisal &

Finance

Managementof Projects

MineralsEngineering

PetroleumEngineering

Excursion(wessexBasin)

ResourceEvaluation

StrategicManagement

Summer ProgrammeSummer Term

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1 2 3 &4 5 -7 8 & 9 10

Activity Examinations Dissertation Preparation

Excursion Excursion report

Preparation and presentation of dissertation topics

Board of Examiners meeting. Preliminary results

Summer – Internships and dissertations.

Anglo Coal, South Africa

Deadline for submission of Dissertations– mid September

Programme Aims• produce graduates equipped to pursue careers in the technical and financial

appraisal of natural energy and mineral resource projects and develop an understanding of how this knowledge may be applied in practice;

• offer traditional minerals related training directly applicable to a career in the minerals industry for graduates with geology and minerals engineering undergraduate degrees;

• introduce key technical and geological concepts relevant to petroleum projects;• enhance career opportunities in the financial services and petroleum industries for

graduates of all backgrounds;• provide the basis for an understanding of quantitative finance, accounting and

strategic management within the context of technical principles that apply specifically to mineral and energy projects;

• respond to the importance of the City of London as a global centre for mining and energy finance by providing knowledge of corporate finance (acquisitions and mergers), the equity markets, debt finance, metals markets and associated derivative markets;

• provide training in financial modelling, financial engineering and in the techniques of risk modelling;

• enhance entrepreneurial skills;• provide the skills needed to undertake independent research projects both in industry

and in the university environment.

Profile of Current Students2007/08, 2008/09 limit 25

• BSc Economics, SOAS• BE Pet, Istanbul Tech Uni• BE Bioengineering, IC• BSc Elec Eng, Univ Lagos• BSc Elec Eng, Ecole Sup

D’Elec (x3)• BSc Econ, Royal Holloway• BE Eng Physics, Queen’s• BSc Comp Sci, Royal

Holloway• BSc Mech Eng, Uni Ado-Ekiti• B.Com Finance, Wits• MSci Phyusics, UCL

• BE Chem Eng, Edinburgh• BSc Fluid Mech, Ecole Poly• BA Economics, Cambridge• MA International Business,

Edinburgh• BSc Man Studies, IC• BA Physical Science,

Cambridge• BSc Geol Eng, Middle East

Tech Uni• BSc Econ, Warwick• BSc Mech Eng, Ecole Nat Sup• BSc Fin & Accounting, Brunel• MSc Chem, Warwick

2006/2007 Graduate Placements

• SMBC Europe Ltd (Energy & Natural Resources Project Finance Team)

• Lehman (Natural Resource Team)• Lundin Mining (New Business)• CIM Investment Management (analyst)• Halliburton (Consultancy)• Rotherham Sand and Gravel (Manager)• Angolan National Oil Company (Engineer)• Macquarie Bank, (Natural Resources Team)• GMP Securities Europe LLP (Analyst)• PhD Research• Military Service

Contact Details

• Course Director – Professor Dennis BuchananE-mail: msc.mef@imperial.ac.uk• Samantha Delamaine - Postgraduate AdministratorAddress:

Department of Earth Science & EngineeringSouth Kensington CampusImperial College LondonLondon SW7 2AZ

Tel: 020 7594 7339 E-mail: sam.delamaine@imperial.ac.uk

Fees: £19,200 (overseas) and £11,350 (Home EU)