MSc Quantitative Finance and Financial Engineering
The MSc Quantitative Finance and Financial Engineering targets students planning to pursue further and advanced studies in the discipline, and those working in, or planning to work in, investment banking and securities trading, asset and risk management, commercial banking, international finance markets or as economists in government or central banks. The course combines the academic strength and practical expertise of both Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester’s School of Mathematics.
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Tuition fees £17,150
Start dates September
Length 12 months full-time
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Area of study Finance
Last update 2008-05-13
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Length
12 months full-time
Start dates
September
Application Deadline
Applications are considered from October. Admission is on a rolling basis (prospective students are advised to apply as early as possible).
Teaching Language
English
Exams Required
For non-English speakers:
IELTS 7 (each element 6 or above)
TOEFL 623 paper-based, 100 internet-based
CPE grade C
Other Requirements
Upper 2:1 honours (65% or above) or overseas equivalent in a related discipline, with excellent results in finance and quantitative subjects.
Application form
Apply online at: www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapply/
Course content
Course structure
Semester 1
- Foundations of Finance Theory
- Stochastic Calculus
- VBA/C++ with Financial Applications*
- Derivative Securities*
* If you can produce a transcript that shows
you have studied option pricing and/or
VBA/C++ programming previously, you may
apply to the course director/coordinator to
swap these modules for one or more of the
following modules:
- International Macroeconomics and Global
Capital Markets
- Martingales with Applications to Finance
- Portfolio Investment
Semester 2
- Financial Econometrics
- Interest Rate Derivatives
Two course units from:
- Computational Finance
- Mathematical Modelling of Finance
- Real Options in Corporate Finance
- Credit Risk Modelling
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