Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
The course is particularly suitable for students with a degree in Finance, Financial Economics, Actuarial Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, as well as relevant work experience.
You will learn how to forecast and manage risk and return, gain the skills to price any financial instrument and learn how to engineer new methods and financial products. You will build advanced knowledge of the main theoretical and applied concepts in quantitative finance, financial engineering and risk management, using current issues to stimulate your thinking. The course will also prepare you for careers involving the design and management of new financial instruments, the development of innovative methods for measuring, or predicting and managing risk.
We require a First or Upper Second class honours degree (2:1, with 60% average) from a UK university or the overseas equivalent. You ideally need a a degree in finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, physics, engineering, actuarial or decision sciences and have taken or be taking a significant number of modules in quantitative subjects, such as differential equations, econometrics or mathematical statistics in the final year of your degree, with excellent results. We highly recommend GMAT or GRE and anticipate a well-balanced score with a strong performance in the quantitative sections. When assessing your academic record, we take into account your grade average, position in class, references and the standing of the institution where you studied your qualification.
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/courses/list/10251/msc-quantitative-finance/
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Fri 24 May 2024
