Overview
The Mathematical Finance MSc course from University of Warwick build on your strong mathematical background to gain both a deep theoretical and conceptual knowledge of finance, together with the requisite high-level probability, statistics and mathematics, to enable you to undertake advanced quantitative modelling. Lab work will give you hands-on experience of using software packages for simulations and time series analysis, as well as learning programming for quantitative finance in three core languages: Python, C++ and R.
Our departments benefit from excellent links to key financial institutions and employers, and this course has benefited from industry recommendations.
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Build on your strong mathematical background to gain both a deep theoretical and conceptual knowledge of finance, together with the requisite high-level probability, statistics and mathematics, to enable you to undertake advanced quantitative modelling. Lab work will give you hands-on experience of using software packages for simulations and time series analysis, as well as learning programming for quantitative finance in three core languages: Python, C++ and R.
Our departments benefit from excellent links to key financial institutions and employers, and this course has benefited from industry recommendations.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
Programming for Quantitative Finance
Stochastic Calculus for Finance
Financial Statistics
Simulation & Machine Learning for Finance
Asset Pricing & Risk
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Campus Location
- Coventry, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Mathematics Finance Financial Mathematics View 144 other Masters in Mathematics in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- 2.1 or first in BSc Financial Mathematics (or similar), BSc Mathematics or BSc Statistics
- We do not require a GMAT or GRE score but a well-balanced score (700+) may strengthen your application.
- Given the fast pace of the course, it is strongly recommended that you undertake preliminary reading before the start of the course if you have little or no background in areas such as Measure-Theoretic Probability, Statistics, and Financial Economics. Before you join the course, we will make reading recommendations and other materials available via our dedicated pre-arrival pages.
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Tuition Fee
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40790 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 40790 GBP for the full programme during 12 months. -
National
33540 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 33540 GBP for the full programme during 12 months.
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Scholarships Information
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