1. 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

2. 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

3. Athabasca Oil Sands – Convergence between petroleum and mining

4. MSc Metals and Energy Finance. Teaching Programme Gold intergrowth

5. MSc Metals and Energy Finance. Teaching Programme Carlin – epithermal gold

6. Business School Spring Term 50 hrs Theory of Finance 2 Language Group 33 hrs MSc Metals and Energy Finance. Teaching Programme Reservoir Rocks

8. Summer Programme Summer Term Week 123 &45 -78 & 910 Activity ExaminationsDissertation Preparation ExcursionExcursion 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

9. 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.

10. Profile of Current Students 2007/08, 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

11. 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

12. Contact Details Course Director – Professor Dennis Buchanan E-mail: msc.mef@imperial.ac.uk Samantha Delamaine - Postgraduate Administrator Address: Department of Earth Science & Engineering South Kensington Campus Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ Tel: 020 7594 7339 E-mail: sam.delamaine@imperial.ac.uksam.delamaine@imperial.ac.uk Fees: £19,200 (overseas) and £11,350 (Home EU)