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  • DeadlineStudy Details: MSc: 12 months full-time

Course Description

Our Quantitative Finance and Risk Management MSc will develop your understanding of generalist finance issues. You'll also develop specialist practical skills in quantitative methodology and risk management.

Develop your career in financial services, or as a quantitative analyst in investment banking and risk management fields.

There has been worldwide growth in the financial services sector. This has fuelled the demand for suitably qualified graduates. We ensure you'll graduate ready to meet this demand. You'll develop a sound understanding of generalist finance issues, and gain specialist skills in quantitative methodology and risk management.

You'll be able to develop a career in the financial services sector. The course is also suitable for future quantitative analysts in economics and finance.

Entry Requirements

A 2:1 honours degree, or an international equivalent. You also need to show a firm grasp of:

  • basic calculus
  • probability theory
  • statistical inference

If this is not evident from your transcripts, please use your personal statement to give details of your mathematical knowledge.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

We offer a number of scholarships and funding opportunities, please visit our website for further information and to apply.

Student Destinations

Graduates from this course have undertaken various roles, including:

  • financial trader
  • risk analyst
  • investor relations adviser
  • economist
  • financial analyst
  • engineer on economic modelling
  • auditor

Careers

This course prepares you for a wide range of careers with employers, such as:

  • HSBC Bank
  • Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
  • Normura
  • Tiburon Partners LLP
  • PwC
  • KPMG
  • State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic

Module Details

Compulsory modules    
Dissertation    60
MATLAB for Finance    10
Risk Modelling    10
Applied Econometrics    10
Research Methods in Economics and Finance    10
Introductory Econometrics    10
Financial Theory    20
Financial Derivatives    20
Critical Skills for Finance    0

Optional modules    
International Money and Banking    10
Behavioural Finance    10
Retail and Investment Banking    10
International Finance    10
Corporate Finance    10
Portfolio Management    10
Numerical Methods and Scientific Programming    20
Applied Data Science    20
Financial Technology    10
Green Finance and Sustainability    10

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