Entry Requirements
You will need a UK first-class or 2:1 honours degree in one of the subjects below, or an equivalent overseas qualification.
- An undergraduate degree in management science, operational research, statistics, econometrics, mathematics, physics, computer science or engineering is normally required
- Candidates with a degree in business, management, finance or economics will be required to have covered some quantitative content
- Candidates with a very good Honours degree in other areas of study or relevant business experience will be considered on an individual basis
Student Destinations
Recruiting companies include:
- Bank of Thailand
- Blackrock Investment Management
- China Construction Bank
- EY
- HSBC
- JP Morgan
- LSE
- Moody’s Analytics
- Société Générale
- Wiserfunding
Job titles include:
- Analyst
- Assistant Director
- Associate Analytical Consultant
- Business Consultant
- Client Manager
- Client Solution Associate
- Credit Risk Analyst
- Data Operations Associate
- Quantitative Risk Analyst
- Risk Assessment Manager
Module Details
Compulsory courses
Corporate Reporting Analysis
Introduction to Risk Management in Banks
Programming for Risk Analytics
Statistics for Analytics
Semester 2
Compulsory courses
Credit Risk Management
Econometrics Applications in Banking
Option courses*
Choose 2 or 3
Blockchain and Cryptofinance
Data Mining 1
Data Mining 2
Financial Engineering
Financial Machine Learning
Investment Management
Summer
Dissertation
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