MSc Quantitative Finance

Would you like to learn about forecasting returns or financial prices? Choose the MSc in Quantitative Finance if you are fascinated by quantitative aspects of financial markets, even if you don’t have a background in finance.

In the MSc Quantitative Finance, you will focus on the tools that allow you to analyse the relevant information for making investment decisions and strategize the best response to market changes. This will open the door to a career for example in asset management, or as a quantitative financial analyst.

Consequently, emphasis is given to explore econometrics and forecasting models. You will also acquire a sound knowledge of asset pricing, risk management, stochastic modelling and key financial securities such as equities, fixed income products and derivatives. Finally, you will master advance programming skills in Python and Matlab.

In the master’s in Quantitative Finance, you’ll explore the quantitative aspects of finance from a practical and mathematical point of view, and learn to use financial econometrics forecasting models to make informed decisions on future investments.

Study core modules in risk management, asset pricing and introductions to key financial securities such as equities, fixed income securities and derivatives. Learn essential programming languages, Python and Matlab, in the first two terms, with a third term opportunity to learn other programming languages, such as VBA or C. Then progress to more specialist learning, covering basic and advanced topics in econometrics, stochastic modelling and numerical methods.

In term three you have flexibility to adapt your master’s to your career goals with the choice of undertaking a research project or focusing on electives.

The difference between the MSc Quantitative Finance to MSc Financial Mathematics and Mathematical Trading and Finance, are core modules which focus on financial econometrics and forecasting.