Financial Mathematics

University of Birmingham Dubai

Overview

Key features

This Financial Mathematics programme from University of Birmingham Dubai aims to provide students who possess a strong existing undergraduate background in mathematics with a specialisation in financial mathematics. Students pursuing it as a terminal MSc degree will gain the technical skills to work in quantitative financial analysis. Those intending to pursue further research in financial mathematics will gain the technical and research skills to do so.

Why study Mathematical Finance MSc in Dubai?

• Develop your ability to apply mathematical and scientific knowledge to financial analysis, identifying, critically analysing and evaluating scenarios within the sector
• Learn to use software packages to analyse financial data and to implement numerical models
• Train specifically in independent study and research, which is an essential skill for a quantitative analyst

• Learn at an internationally-recognised university ranked in the top 100 in the 2021 QS World University Rankings

Career

Postgraduate study at the University of Birmingham is a chance to learn from world leaders in their fields. This guarantees you a first-class learning experience, leading to a qualification that is respected the world over and making you an attractive prospect in a very competitive job market.

Graduates from MSc Mathematical Finance are well prepared to compete for quantitatively demanding positions in financial institutions, with state-of-art mathematical methods, computational skills and programming expertise. The School’s graduates work in a wide variety of fields in governmental and multi-national organisations.

The degree also provides an ideal basis for postgraduate research, either for purely academic ends or to further qualify graduates for work in financial institutions.