Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year
Study language	English
Awards	MSc

Entry qualification	Undergraduate diploma (or higher) overall grade of 2:2 and above

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 overall (with a minimum component score of 5.5) CAE: C

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. Reference should be written on official letterhead, signed and dated. Please upload it in the Documents section. CV

More information	essex.ac.uk/..tercourse=PG00496&subgroup=1

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Year 1

CCFEA MSc Dissertation
Financial Engineering and Risk Management
Introduction to Financial Market Analysis
Learning and Computational Intelligence in Economics and Finance
Professional Practice and Research Methodology
Quantitative Methods in Finance and Trading
Big-Data for Computational Finance (optional)
Industry Expert Lectures in Finance (optional)
Mathematical Research Techniques Using Matlab (optional)
Programming in Python (optional)
Artificial Neural Networks (optional)
High Frequency Finance and Empirical Market Microstructure (optional)
Machine Learning and Data Mining (optional)
Trading Global Financial Markets (optional)
Creating and Growing a New Business Venture (optional)
Evolutionary Computation and Genetic Programming (optional)
Constraint Satisfaction for Decision Making (optional)

Career opportunities

Our recent graduates have gone on to become quantitative analysts, portfolio managers and software engineers at various institutions, including:

HSBC
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
Old Mutual
Bank of England