Undergraduate degree, 2:1 or equivalent in Mathematics or in a subject with a substantial mathematics component. We may accept a 2:2 undergraduate degree supported by relevant professional qualifications.
International pre-masters programme, Pre-masters from our International Pathway College
If English isn't your first language you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept the following qualifications:
IELTS, 6.0, minimum 5.5 in each component
C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency, 169, minimum 162 in each component
Duolingo, 100, minimum 90 in all other components
LanguageCert, B2 Communicator High Pass with 33/50 in each component
PTE Academic, 55, minimum 51 in each component
TOEFL, 79, minimum 17 in Listening, 18 in Reading, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing
Trinity ISE III, Pass in all components
Train to work as a professional statistician and gain skills and experience working at the interface between statistics and finance.
Our course emphasises data analysis and will provide you with contemporary statistical ideas and methodologies that are attractive to prospective employers. The skills you gain are useful for a wide range of financial data analysis and in a range of other sectors where data analysis is required, for example sociology, health science, medical science or biology. This experience is also an ideal foundation for further academic study; many of our students choose to progress to PhD.
Our Statistics and Probability Group has a thriving research culture. Our group works with mainstream statistics to develop new methodology and apply it to real-world problems. The team produces world-class research, publishing in top journals. Our graduate students have full access to this expertise, as well as being exposed to forefront research carried out across the globe through our regular seminars and working groups.
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Modules
Core modules
Core modules may include:
Core modules (both pathways):
Advanced Regression Analysis
Portfolio Theory and Risk Management
Financial Time Series
Advanced Multivariate Analysis
Computational Finance
Additional core modules (pathway A):
Mathematical Methods of Finance
Stochastic Calculus and Black-Scholes Theory
Additional core modules (pathway B):
Stochastic Processes
Mathematical Finance II
Statistics for Insurance
Statistical Modelling and Practical Data Analysis with R
Option modules
Options may include
Option modules (pathway A)
Stochastic Processes
Bayesian Statistics
Statistics for Insurance
Credit Risk
Survival Analysis
Statistical Modelling with Practical Data Analysis with R
C++ Programming with Applications in Finance
Option modules (pathway B)
Bayesian Statistics
Survival Analysis
C++ Programming with Applications in Finance
Quantitative analyst
Auditor
Account manager for a bank
Trainee chartered accountant
Management associate
Software developer
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
