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MScComputational Finance

University of Essex
United Kingdom, Colchester
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

Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Notes
Please see the university profile or contact us for the deadlines that apply to you
Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Notes
Please see the university profile or contact us for the deadlines that apply to you