Overview

You will learn how this deliver value in organisations with finance, risk and decision-making related digitalisation from both technology and business perspectives.

The move towards digital organisations offers great potential for small and large, public and private enterprises. Edinburgh is in the UK's second largest financial centre after London and is leading cutting-edge, data-driven innovation to become the data capital of Europe.

This Advanced Technology for Financial Computing programme from The University of Edinburgh is taught by world class researchers and educators. It is based on full-time cross-disciplinary study and has strong links to existing centres of research excellence within three world-class academic schools within the University:

School of Informatics

Edinburgh Business School

School of Mathematics

Career opportunities

Graduates will be equipped with the strong technology knowledge and background to keep up with developments in computing technologies and business awareness.

Typical areas in which to pursue a career might include:

quant developer
financial system architect
application engineer
financial system consultant
software developer
data scientist (in academia or industry)
financial system engineer in IT firms, banks, investment, or finance sectors
government and public sector positions

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Programme Structure

This MSc consists of approximately seven months of taught courses across two semesters and up to four months of project work. This leads to a dissertation focused on both academic and real-world industry challenges.

It provides a unique blend of advanced technical courses, including finance-related sectors, and digital business skills with an emphasis on finance elements (minimum 30 credits) from Edinburgh Business School.

The programme provides you with unique interdisciplinary training. Computing courses build your technical skills. Maths and finance related courses develop your ability to understand the finance system challenges associated with the development, implementation and exploitation of technical solutions.

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2023-09-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2023-03-31 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

7

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Finance Web Technologies & Cloud Computing Artificial Intelligence View 808 other Masters in Finance in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

7

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in informatics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, electrical engineering, linguistics, mathematics, physics, or other numerate degree.
Competence in programming is essential. During your degree you must have completed a programming course in at least one of the following: C/C++, Java, Python, R, Matlab, Haskell, ML.
During your degree you must have completed the equivalent of 60 SCQF credits or 30 ECTS credits of mathematics that have typically covered the following subjects/topics: calculus (differentiation and integration), linear algebra (vectors and multi-dimensional matrices), discrete mathematics and mathematical reasoning (e.g. induction and reasoning, graph theoretic models, proofs), and probability (concepts in discrete and continuous probabilities, Markov chains etc.)

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Tuition Fee

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International

38500 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 38500 GBP for the full programme during 12 months.
National

17100 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 17100 GBP for the full programme during 12 months.

Living costs for Edinburgh

725 - 1167 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.

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Studyportals Scholarship Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and win up to €10000 to cover your tuition fees.

Studyportals Scholarship Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and win up to €10000 to cover your tuition fees.

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Advanced Technology for Financial Computing.

Available Scholarships

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United Kingdom / Merit-based

The George Lindsay Cooper and Madeleine Bentley Scholarships

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Tuition Fee

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Funding

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