MSc Mathematical Finance

This new specialised MSc in Mathematical Finance programme has been designed to provide students with the necessary mathematical techniques and tools to understand and model the complexity of financial markets and to succeed in a future career in the finance industry.

The programme brings together two highly-respected schools of Queen Mary, University of London. Expertise from the School of Mathematical Sciences ensures that the programme is mathematically sound, while the School of Economics and Finance contributes with its huge knowledge of applied aspects of financial market. The School of Mathematical Sciences has an excellent reputation, with more than half of its research judged to be either world-leading or internationally excellent in the latest Research Assessment Exercise. The School of Economics and Finance is one of the top Economics schools in the country ranked joint sixth in the Research Assessment Exercise.

Postgraduate study in Mathematical Finance at Queen Mary is excellent preparation for a variety of career paths. Past students of the School of Mathematical Sciences and the School of Economics and Finance have gone to have success in the financial sector, industry, government service, academia, and international organisations such as the IMF.

The MSc in Mathematical Finance will provide you with rigorous training in modern mathematical theories and techniques as applied to finance. You will also be introduced to important numerical techniques and computational aspects of mathematical finance, based on C++, the programming language of choice for many practitioners in the finance industry.

Please use the menu on the left to find out more about admissions to the programme. For more detailed programme information, please visit the MSc Mathematical Finance programme pages.

Prof. Christian Beck
Programme Director